Do You Consider the Destruction of Israel a "Personal Tragedy?"

[docmauser1]

True, but what did the Palestinians have to do with that? Why should they get bounced for what some people in Europe did?

Being in the wrong place has its disatvantages, of course, noone has been extending invitations to major arab immigrants from the hood, indeed.

 

[JStone]

President Kennedy visited "Palestine" and saw that it was a barren wasteland. Good thing the Jews turned the land into an oasis. The lazy, backward, ignorant troglodyte muzzies and rabs only know how to turn everything to shit.

John F. Kennedy

When the first Zionist conference met in 1897, Palestine was a neglected wasteland

I first saw Palestine in 1939. There the neglect and ruin left by centuries of Ottoman [Muslim] misrule were slowly being transformed by miracles of [Jewish] labor and sacrifice. But Palestine was still a land of promise in 1939, rather than a land of fulfillment. I returned in 1951 to see the grandeur of Israel

I left with the conviction that the United Nations may have conferred on Israel the credentials of nationhood; but its own idealism and courage, its own sacrifice and generosity, had earned the credentials of immortality.

Israel was not created in order to disappear - Israel will endure and flourish. It is the child of hope and the home of the brave. It can neither be broken by adversity nor demoralized by success. It carries the shield of democracy and it honors the sword of freedom; and no area of the world has ever had an overabundance of democracy and freedom.

It is worth remembering, too, that Israel is a cause that stands beyond the ordinary changes and chances of American public life. In our pluralistic society, it has not been a Jewish cause - any more than Irish independence was solely the concern of Americans of Irish descent. The ideals of Zionism have, in the last half century, been repeatedly endorsed by Presidents and Members of Congress from both parties. Friendship for Israel is not a partisan matter. It is a national commitment.

The original Zionist philosophy has always maintained that the people of Israel would use their national genius not for selfish purposes but for the enrichment and glory of the entire Middle East. The earliest leaders of the Zionist movement spoke of a Jewish state which would have no military power and which would be content with victories of the spirit

The technical skills and genius of Israel have already brought their blessings to Burma and to Ethiopia. Still other nations in Asia and in Africa are eager to benefit from the special skills available in that bustling land

John F. Kennedy: Speech by Senator John F. Kennedy, Zionists of America Convention, Statler Hilton Hotel, New York, NY

 

[DCJ]

Quote: Originally Posted by P F Tinmore
True, but what did the Palestinians have to do with that? Why should they get bounced for what some people in Europe did?

President Kennedy visited "Palestine" and saw that it was a barren wasteland. Good thing the Jews turned the land into an oasis. The lazy, backward, ignorant troglodyte muzzies and rabs only know how to turn everything to shit.

American President visited "the western plains" and saw that it was a barren wasteland. Good thing the Whites turned the land into an oasis. The lazy, backward, ignorant troglodyte inJunz and savages only know how to turn everything to shit.

 

[toomuchtime_]

That can relocate to the land of their parents; Germany, Russia, Poland, America, etc.

????There were some pretty good reasons why their parents left those places....... You buying them a new car & a house to live in there???

I guess even you can see that what you apply to them, could just as easily be applied to those who's parents left their land & homes in Palestine.............

????There were some pretty good reasons why their parents left those places.......

True, but what did the Palestinians have to do with that? Why should they get bounced for what some people in Europe did?

They weren't. Their losses are the result of their own actions. Arab anti semitism from the Middle Ages into the 20th century was just as pervasive and just as violent as anti semitism in eastern Europe. Had they not responded to Jewish immigrants with hostility and violence they would have suffered no losses. If they had accepted Partition, they would have suffered no losses. Their problems all arose from violently expressing the anti semitism that is a core value of their culture and religion. In eastern Europe the governments supported anti semitic violence but neither the Ottomans nor the British did in the Protectorate, so the Arabs were held accountable for their racist hate crimes but the eastern Europeans were not.

 

[JStone]

Warren Buffett...

We believe generally in the United States, we believe in ourselves and what a young country can achieve. Israel, since 1948, now a major factor in commerce and in the world. It's a smaller replica of what has been accomplished here and I think Americans admire that. They feel good about societies that are on the move.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaN_2nFqFtI]Warren Buffet Supports the U.S.-Israel Relationship - YouTube[/ame]

Warren Buffett

If you go to the Middle East looking for oil, you don't need to stop in Israel. But, if you're looking for brains, for energy, for integrity, for imagination, it's the only stop you need to make

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbX60Pktzsk]Warren Buffet on Israel - YouTube[/ame]

 

[docmauser1]

Wrong, they spend their time trying to get their land back.

Oh, not that palistanian littérature ordurière about land again. But, as luck would have it I'm here to set the facts straight:

• 7% of the land of the west palestine was owned by jews.
• 7-8% was owned by absentee landowners, arab effendi clans.
• 16% was owned by various churches and other foreign entities.
• The remainder - what?! 70%! - was state lands, owned first by the sultan and later by the Govt of Palestine.

So, a pertinent question is due - what effin "lands" are those major illegal arab immigrants masturbating over?

So according to you, no individual arabs owned ANY land?

Why?! Of course, they did as mentioned above! And happily sold their land to jews too! Like, for example, Karkur, land sold to jews by Kassem Abd El Hadi of the Abd El Hadi clan of Jenin; Kfar Pinnes, Nisam Abd El Hadi sold 400 acres; etc., etc., etc., the list is rather long and is happily confirmed by the memorable words of the jordanian king Abdullah "It is made quite clear to all, both by the map drawn up by the Simpson Commission and by another compiled by the Peel Commission, that the Arabs are as prodigal in selling their land as they are in useless wailing and weeping." Doooooh!

Better luck next time.

Cool, more luck is good, of course.

 

[JStone]

Oh, not that palistanian littérature ordurière about land again. But, as luck would have it I'm here to set the facts straight:

• 7% of the land of the west palestine was owned by jews.
• 7-8% was owned by absentee landowners, arab effendi clans.
• 16% was owned by various churches and other foreign entities.
• The remainder - what?! 70%! - was state lands, owned first by the sultan and later by the Govt of Palestine.

So, a pertinent question is due - what effin "lands" are those major illegal arab immigrants masturbating over?

So according to you, no individual arabs owned ANY land?

Why?! Of course, they did as mentioned above! And happily sold their land to jews too! Like, for example, Karkur, land sold to jews by Kassem Abd El Hadi of the Abd El Hadi clan of Jenin; Kfar Pinnes, Nisam Abd El Hadi sold 400 acres; etc., etc., etc., the list is rather long and is happily confirmed by the memorable words of the jordanian king Abdullah "It is made quite clear to all, both by the map drawn up by the Simpson Commission and by another compiled by the Peel Commission, that the Arabs are as prodigal in selling their land as they are in useless wailing and weeping." Doooooh!

Better luck next time.

Cool, more luck is good, of course.

The few Rab landowners were wealthy Rabs who lived elsewhere and leased their "mulk" land to the fellaheen who were, in effect, sharecroppers.

99% of the Ottoman Empire was "miri" land owned by the Sultanate which if leased out for cultivation ultimately reverted back to the State.

 

[ima]

Oh, not that palistanian littérature ordurière about land again. But, as luck would have it I'm here to set the facts straight:

• 7% of the land of the west palestine was owned by jews.
• 7-8% was owned by absentee landowners, arab effendi clans.
• 16% was owned by various churches and other foreign entities.
• The remainder - what?! 70%! - was state lands, owned first by the sultan and later by the Govt of Palestine.

So, a pertinent question is due - what effin "lands" are those major illegal arab immigrants masturbating over?

So according to you, no individual arabs owned ANY land?

Why?! Of course, they did as mentioned above! And happily sold their land to jews too! Like, for example, Karkur, land sold to jews by Kassem Abd El Hadi of the Abd El Hadi clan of Jenin; Kfar Pinnes, Nisam Abd El Hadi sold 400 acres; etc., etc., etc., the list is rather long and is happily confirmed by the memorable words of the jordanian king Abdullah "It is made quite clear to all, both by the map drawn up by the Simpson Commission and by another compiled by the Peel Commission, that the Arabs are as prodigal in selling their land as they are in useless wailing and weeping." Doooooh!

Better luck next time.

Cool, more luck is good, of course.

So basically you're saying that Israel's incorporation went smoothly and everyone was smiling and high fiving their camels? Hmmm. Not completely sure about that.

 

[JStone]

So according to you, no individual arabs owned ANY land?

Why?! Of course, they did as mentioned above! And happily sold their land to jews too! Like, for example, Karkur, land sold to jews by Kassem Abd El Hadi of the Abd El Hadi clan of Jenin; Kfar Pinnes, Nisam Abd El Hadi sold 400 acres; etc., etc., etc., the list is rather long and is happily confirmed by the memorable words of the jordanian king Abdullah "It is made quite clear to all, both by the map drawn up by the Simpson Commission and by another compiled by the Peel Commission, that the Arabs are as prodigal in selling their land as they are in useless wailing and weeping." Doooooh!

Better luck next time.

Cool, more luck is good, of course.

So basically you're saying that Israel's incorporation went smoothly and everyone was smiling and high fiving their camels? Hmmm. Not completely sure about that.

Israel was "incorporated" 3000 years ago where Jews have lived and ruled to today.

Eminent Middle East Historian Dr. Bernard Lewis, Professor Emeritus of Near Eastern Studies at Princeton University, Author, "the Middle East: A Brief History of the Last 2000 Years, ""The Future of the Middle East," "The Shaping of the Modern Middle East," "The End of Modern History in the Middle East," Faith and Power: Religion and Politics in the Middle East"

The adjective Palestinian is comparatively new. This, I need hardly remind you, is a region of ancient civilization and of deep-rooted and often complex identitites. But, Palestine was not one of them. People might identify themselves for various purposes, by religion, by descent, or by allegiance to a particular state or ruler, or, sometimes, locality. But, when they did it locally it was generally either the city and the immediate district or the larger province, so they would have been Jerusalemites or Jaffaites or Syrians, identifying with the larger province of Syria

The constitution or the formation of a political entity called Palestine which eventually gave rise to a nationality called Palestinian were lasting innovations of the British Mandate [1922-1948]

The countries forming the western arm of the Fertile Crescent were called by the names of the various kingdoms and peoples that ruled and inhabited them. Of these, the most familiar, or at least the best documented, are the southern lands, known in the earlier books of the Hebrew Bible and some other ancient writings as Canaan. After the Israelite conquest and settlement, the area inhabited by them came to be described as "land of the children of Israel" or simply "land of Israel" After the breakup of the kingdom of David and Solomon in the tenth century BCE, the southern part, with Jerusalem as its capital, was called Judah, while the north was called Israel

It is by now commonplace that the civilizations of the Middle East are oldest known to human history. They go back thousands of years, much older than the civilizations of India and China, not to speak of other upstart places. It is also interesting, though now often forgotten, that the ancient civilizations of the Middle East were almost totally obliterated and forgotten by their own people as well as by others. Their monuments were defaced or destroyed, their languages forgotten, their scripts forgotten, their history forgotten and even their identities forgotten.

All that was known about them came from one single source, and that is Israel, the only component of the ancient Middle East to have retained their identity, their memory, their language and their books. For a very long time, up to comparatively modern times, with rare exceptions all that was known about the ancient Middle East--the Babylonians, the Egyptians and the rest--was what the Jewish tradiiton has preserved.
Amazon.com: Political Words and Ideas in Islam (9781558764248): Bernard Lewis: Books

Harvard Semitic Museum: The Houses of Ancient Israel The Houses of Ancient Israel § Semitic Museum

In archaeological terms The Houses of Ancient Israel: Domestic, Royal, Divine focuses on the Iron Age (1200-586 B.C.E.). Iron I (1200-1000 B.C.E.) represents the premonarchical period. Iron II (1000-586 B.C.E.) was the time of kings. Uniting the tribal coalitions of Israel and Judah in the tenth century B.C.E., David and Solomon ruled over an expanding realm. After Solomon's death (c. 930 B.C.E.) Israel and Judah separated into two kingdoms.

Israel was led at times by strong kings, Omri and Ahab in the ninth century B.C.E. and Jereboam II in the eighth.

 

[Hossfly]

Why?! Of course, they did as mentioned above! And happily sold their land to jews too! Like, for example, Karkur, land sold to jews by Kassem Abd El Hadi of the Abd El Hadi clan of Jenin; Kfar Pinnes, Nisam Abd El Hadi sold 400 acres; etc., etc., etc., the list is rather long and is happily confirmed by the memorable words of the jordanian king Abdullah "It is made quite clear to all, both by the map drawn up by the Simpson Commission and by another compiled by the Peel Commission, that the Arabs are as prodigal in selling their land as they are in useless wailing and weeping." Doooooh!Cool, more luck is good, of course.

So basically you're saying that Israel's incorporation went smoothly and everyone was smiling and high fiving their camels? Hmmm. Not completely sure about that.

Israel was "incorporated" 3000 years ago where Jews have lived and ruled to today.

Eminent Middle East Historian Dr. Bernard Lewis, Professor Emeritus of Near Eastern Studies at Princeton University, Author, "the Middle East: A Brief History of the Last 2000 Years, ""The Future of the Middle East," "The Shaping of the Modern Middle East," "The End of Modern History in the Middle East," Faith and Power: Religion and Politics in the Middle East"

It is by now commonplace that the civilizations of the Middle East are oldest known to human history. They go back thousands of years, much older than the civilizations of India and China, not to speak of other upstart places. It is also interesting, though now often forgotten, that the ancient civilizations of the Middle East were almost totally obliterated and forgotten by their own people as well as by others. Their monuments were defaced or destroyed, their languages forgotten, their scripts forgotten, their history forgotten and even their identities forgotten.

All that was known about them came from one single source, and that is Israel, the only component of the ancient Middle East to have retained their identity, their memory, their language and their books. For a very long time, up to comparatively modern times, with rare exceptions all that was known about the ancient Middle East--the Babylonians, the Egyptians and the rest--was what the Jewish tradiiton has preserved.
Amazon.com: Political Words and Ideas in Islam (9781558764248): Bernard Lewis: Books

Harvard Semitic Museum: The Houses of Ancient Israel The Houses of Ancient Israel § Semitic Museum

In archaeological terms The Houses of Ancient Israel: Domestic, Royal, Divine focuses on the Iron Age (1200-586 B.C.E.). Iron I (1200-1000 B.C.E.) represents the premonarchical period. Iron II (1000-586 B.C.E.) was the time of kings. Uniting the tribal coalitions of Israel and Judah in the tenth century B.C.E., David and Solomon ruled over an expanding realm. After Solomon's death (c. 930 B.C.E.) Israel and Judah separated into two kingdoms.

Israel was led at times by strong kings, Omri and Ahab in the ninth century B.C.E. and Jereboam II in the eighth.

[/QUOTE]
The Good Old Days.

http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Facts+Abo...dom+of+David+and+Solomon+-+1077+-+997+BCE.htm

 

[georgephillip]

Hoss...you bumped your damn head (again)...

"Each year, the U.S. Army War College in Carlysle Barracks, Pennsylvania, invites foreign military personnel to partake in war games scenarios and seek solutions to problems and potential problems around the globe.

"Saudi Arabia’s Lieutenant Colonel Mohammed F. Abo-Sak participated in the USAWC Class of 1997 where he developed a strategy research project he entitled 'US Involvement in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Solution or Complication?'

Do you really believe the "God of the Collection Plate" created civilization?

"Palestinians have continuously resided in Palestine since four thousand years before Christ, Abo-Sak pointed out. Their ancestors built the cities of Jerusalem, Nablus, Jericho, Beisan, Acca and Jaffa.

"The Hebrews arrived in the land between 1400-1200 B.C., and only maintained control over it during the lifetimes of King David and his son King Solomon – a period of about 80 years.

"The land then came under Greek and Roman rule, and was then conquered by Islam in the year 637 A.D. under the second Caliph, Omar. By that time, the Jews had already left Jerusalem, and Christianity was the dominant religion..."

"In this century, the eastern Mediterranean became subject to British and French occupation as a result of the First World War, and Palestine came under British military occupation. The British encouraged the Arabs to gain their independence from the Ottoman Empire and promised them support if they stood on the side of the allies during the First World War.

"However the British reneged on the promise, and British Foreign Minister Arthur James Balfour promised the International Zionists a homeland for the Jews in Palestine. At the time, the population of Palestine was comprised of 95% Arabs (both Christians and Muslims), 4% Palestinian Jews, and 1% expatriates. The Jews owned only 2% of the land.

THINK AGAIN

US Involvement in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Solution or Complication? by Lt. Col. Mohammed F. Abo-Sak

 

[Hossfly]

Hoss...you bumped your damn head (again)...

"Each year, the U.S. Army War College in Carlysle Barracks, Pennsylvania, invites foreign military personnel to partake in war games scenarios and seek solutions to problems and potential problems around the globe.

"Saudi Arabia’s Lieutenant Colonel Mohammed F. Abo-Sak participated in the USAWC Class of 1997 where he developed a strategy research project he entitled 'US Involvement in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Solution or Complication?'

Do you really believe the "God of the Collection Plate" created civilization?

"Palestinians have continuously resided in Palestine since four thousand years before Christ, Abo-Sak pointed out. Their ancestors built the cities of Jerusalem, Nablus, Jericho, Beisan, Acca and Jaffa.

"The Hebrews arrived in the land between 1400-1200 B.C., and only maintained control over it during the lifetimes of King David and his son King Solomon – a period of about 80 years.

"The land then came under Greek and Roman rule, and was then conquered by Islam in the year 637 A.D. under the second Caliph, Omar. By that time, the Jews had already left Jerusalem, and Christianity was the dominant religion..."

"In this century, the eastern Mediterranean became subject to British and French occupation as a result of the First World War, and Palestine came under British military occupation. The British encouraged the Arabs to gain their independence from the Ottoman Empire and promised them support if they stood on the side of the allies during the First World War.

"However the British reneged on the promise, and British Foreign Minister Arthur James Balfour promised the International Zionists a homeland for the Jews in Palestine. At the time, the population of Palestine was comprised of 95% Arabs (both Christians and Muslims), 4% Palestinian Jews, and 1% expatriates. The Jews owned only 2% of the land.

THINK AGAIN

US Involvement in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Solution or Complication? by Lt. Col. Mohammed F. Abo-Sak

You could be right, GP but Israel has it now and in the future and when that pigsty of a mosque and ugly-assed shrine are no more, will take back David and Solomon's old stomping grounds. Like that,don't ya?

 

[georgephillip]

Let us ask Liberty

"On June 8, 1967, US Navy intelligence ship USS Liberty was suddenly and brutally attacked on the high seas in international waters by the air and naval forces of Israel.

"The Israeli forces attacked with full knowledge that this was an American ship and lied about it. Survivors have been forbidden for 40 years to tell their story under oath to the American public..."

USS Liberty Memorial

How many more American lives are you prepared to sacrifice for Israel?

 

[toomuchtime_]

Let us ask Liberty

"On June 8, 1967, US Navy intelligence ship USS Liberty was suddenly and brutally attacked on the high seas in international waters by the air and naval forces of Israel.

"The Israeli forces attacked with full knowledge that this was an American ship and lied about it. Survivors have been forbidden for 40 years to tell their story under oath to the American public..."

USS Liberty Memorial

How many more American lives are you prepared to sacrifice for Israel?

And you're proud to be a bottom feeder, too, aren't you. In other threads you have condemned the US military as traveling thousands of miles to spread death and destruction for money, and now you pretend to be concerned about dead sailors, despite the fact that these charges have been debunked over and over again by numerous investigations. Apparently, the message you wish to convey is that the only thing you hate more than America is Israel.

 

[georgephillip]

Let us ask Liberty

"On June 8, 1967, US Navy intelligence ship USS Liberty was suddenly and brutally attacked on the high seas in international waters by the air and naval forces of Israel.

"The Israeli forces attacked with full knowledge that this was an American ship and lied about it. Survivors have been forbidden for 40 years to tell their story under oath to the American public..."

USS Liberty Memorial

How many more American lives are you prepared to sacrifice for Israel?

And you're proud to be a bottom feeder, too, aren't you. In other threads you have condemned the US military as traveling thousands of miles to spread death and destruction for money, and now you pretend to be concerned about dead sailors, despite the fact that these charges have been debunked over and over again by numerous investigations. Apparently, the message you wish to convey is that the only thing you hate more than America is Israel.

Please cite a single investigation that has debunked these charges:

"Following their torpedo attack, the torpedo boats moved up and down the length of the ship (both the port and starboard sides), continuing their attack, raking the ship with cannon and machine gun fire.[21]

"In Malta, crewmen were later assigned the task of counting all of the holes in the ship that were the size of a man's hand or larger. They found a total of 861 such holes, in addition to 'thousands' of .50 caliber machine gun holes.

"Survivors report that the torpedo boat crews swept the decks of USS Liberty with continuous machine gun fire, targeting communications equipment and any crewmembers who ventured above decks..."[22]

"Survivors also report that the (Israeli) torpedo boat crews fired on the inflated life boats launched by the crew after the captain gave the order 'prepare to abandon ship.'[24] This order had to be rescinded because the crew was unable to stand on the main deck without being fired upon and the life rafts were destroyed as they were launched.[25]

"The defenseless crew, initially unable to report their plight or summon assistance and with only themselves to rely upon, fought heroically to save themselves and their ship.

"In recognition of their effort in this single action, they were ultimately awarded collectively one Medal of Honor, two Navy Crosses, eleven Silver Stars, twenty Bronze Stars (with "V" device), nine Navy Commendation Medals, and two hundred and four Purple Hearts. In addition, the ship was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation."

USS Liberty Memorial: Summary of Events

Thanks.

 

[Jos]

"Do You Consider the Destruction of Israel a "Personal Tragedy?"
No, but i do consider the the sales of popcorn will rise

 

[toomuchtime_]

Let us ask Liberty

"On June 8, 1967, US Navy intelligence ship USS Liberty was suddenly and brutally attacked on the high seas in international waters by the air and naval forces of Israel.

"The Israeli forces attacked with full knowledge that this was an American ship and lied about it. Survivors have been forbidden for 40 years to tell their story under oath to the American public..."

USS Liberty Memorial

How many more American lives are you prepared to sacrifice for Israel?

And you're proud to be a bottom feeder, too, aren't you. In other threads you have condemned the US military as traveling thousands of miles to spread death and destruction for money, and now you pretend to be concerned about dead sailors, despite the fact that these charges have been debunked over and over again by numerous investigations. Apparently, the message you wish to convey is that the only thing you hate more than America is Israel.

Please cite a single investigation that has debunked these charges:

"Following their torpedo attack, the torpedo boats moved up and down the length of the ship (both the port and starboard sides), continuing their attack, raking the ship with cannon and machine gun fire.[21]

"In Malta, crewmen were later assigned the task of counting all of the holes in the ship that were the size of a man's hand or larger. They found a total of 861 such holes, in addition to 'thousands' of .50 caliber machine gun holes.

"Survivors report that the torpedo boat crews swept the decks of USS Liberty with continuous machine gun fire, targeting communications equipment and any crewmembers who ventured above decks..."[22]

"Survivors also report that the (Israeli) torpedo boat crews fired on the inflated life boats launched by the crew after the captain gave the order 'prepare to abandon ship.'[24] This order had to be rescinded because the crew was unable to stand on the main deck without being fired upon and the life rafts were destroyed as they were launched.[25]

"The defenseless crew, initially unable to report their plight or summon assistance and with only themselves to rely upon, fought heroically to save themselves and their ship.

"In recognition of their effort in this single action, they were ultimately awarded collectively one Medal of Honor, two Navy Crosses, eleven Silver Stars, twenty Bronze Stars (with "V" device), nine Navy Commendation Medals, and two hundred and four Purple Hearts. In addition, the ship was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation."

USS Liberty Memorial: Summary of Events

Thanks.

U.S. Naval Court of Inquiry of June 1967

Joint Chief of Staff's Report of June 1967.

CIA Intelligence Memorandums of June 1967

Clark Clifford Report of July 1967

Senate Foreign Relations Committee Testimony during hearings of the 1967 Foreign Aid
Authorization bill, July 1967

House Armed Services Committee Investigation of 1971

The NSA History Report of 1981



None of these inquiries found any evidence of intent on part of the Israelis, but some found evidence of negligence in not being able to identify the Liberty as US ship. Pro and con arguments aside, accidents do happen in wartime and friendly fire incidents are not uncommon in any war.

 

[georgephillip]

How many of the following are awarded for "friendly fire" actions?

"...awarded collectively one Medal of Honor, two Navy Crosses, eleven Silver Stars, twenty Bronze Stars (with "V" device), nine Navy Commendation Medals, and two hundred and four Purple Hearts. In addition, the ship was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation."

Shortly before rescue jets arrived Liberty's crew noted the following:

"Israeli attack helicopters arrived over the ship.[32] Survivors report that the helicopters were packed with men in combat battle dress. The Captain of USS Liberty gave the order to 'prepare to repel boarders'[33] but the helicopters departed without attempting to land their troops.[34] "

The heroic Jews were about to put boots on deck, assassinate every US service member in cold blood, plant charges that would send the ship to the bottom with no survivors AND THEN BLAME EGYPT.

It would've worked like a charm in June of '67.

USS Liberty Memorial: Summary of Events

 

[Hossfly]

How many of the following are awarded for "friendly fire" actions?

"...awarded collectively one Medal of Honor, two Navy Crosses, eleven Silver Stars, twenty Bronze Stars (with "V" device), nine Navy Commendation Medals, and two hundred and four Purple Hearts. In addition, the ship was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation."

Shortly before rescue jets arrived Liberty's crew noted the following:

"Israeli attack helicopters arrived over the ship.[32] Survivors report that the helicopters were packed with men in combat battle dress. The Captain of USS Liberty gave the order to 'prepare to repel boarders'[33] but the helicopters departed without attempting to land their troops.[34] "

The heroic Jews were about to put boots on deck, assassinate every US service member in cold blood, plant charges that would send the ship to the bottom with no survivors AND THEN BLAME EGYPT.

It would've worked like a charm in June of '67.

USS Liberty Memorial: Summary of Events

Georgie, see if you can manage to get to a get-together of retired Naval personnel such as Port Hueneme or Point Mugu in your area where they will tell you that they consider this to be another example of friendly fire which happens all the time and that the Liberty was in the wrong place at the wrong time.. It's seems that the two-bit anti-Semites like you can't get enough of dragging up this Liberty incident over for years and years on message boards. Maybe Georgie, being such a military strategist, could tell us why Israel would even bother boarding the ship when they could have sunk it instead by bombing it if they wanted to.

 

[toomuchtime_]

How many of the following are awarded for "friendly fire" actions?

"...awarded collectively one Medal of Honor, two Navy Crosses, eleven Silver Stars, twenty Bronze Stars (with "V" device), nine Navy Commendation Medals, and two hundred and four Purple Hearts. In addition, the ship was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation."

Shortly before rescue jets arrived Liberty's crew noted the following:

"Israeli attack helicopters arrived over the ship.[32] Survivors report that the helicopters were packed with men in combat battle dress. The Captain of USS Liberty gave the order to 'prepare to repel boarders'[33] but the helicopters departed without attempting to land their troops.[34] "

The heroic Jews were about to put boots on deck, assassinate every US service member in cold blood, plant charges that would send the ship to the bottom with no survivors AND THEN BLAME EGYPT.

It would've worked like a charm in June of '67.

USS Liberty Memorial: Summary of Events

These sailors apparently behaved well in a very challenging situation, but the fact that they received medals has nothing to do with whether Israel intentionally attacked the Liberty. Seven US investigations found there was no evidence the attack was other than a regrettable accident.

U.S. Naval Court of Inquiry of June 1967

Joint Chief of Staff's Report of June 1967.

CIA Intelligence Memorandums of June 1967

Clark Clifford Report of July 1967

Senate Foreign Relations Committee Testimony during hearings of the 1967 Foreign Aid
Authorization bill, July 1967

House Armed Services Committee Investigation of 1971

The NSA History Report of 1981