Why is there no room to question Israel – even when it kills Americans – in the halls of Congress?

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Time for the truth about the Liberty

By Ward Boston Jr.
June 8, 2007

Forty years ago this week, I was asked to investigate the heaviest attack on an American ship since World War II. As senior legal counsel to the Navy Court of Inquiry, it was my job to help uncover the truth regarding Israel's June 8, 1967, bombing of the Navy intelligence ship Liberty.

On that sunny, clear day 40 years ago, Israel's combined air and naval forces attacked the Liberty for two hours, inflicting 70 percent casualties. Thirty-four American sailors died, and 172 were injured. The Liberty remained afloat only by the crew's heroic efforts.

Israel claimed it was an accident. Yet I know from personal conversations with the late Adm. Isaac C. Kidd – president of the Court of Inquiry – that President Lyndon Johnson and Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara ordered him to conclude that the attack was a case of “mistaken identity.”

The ensuing cover-up has haunted us for 40 years. What does it imply for our national security, not to mention our ability to honestly broker peace in the Middle East, when we cannot question Israel's actions – even when they kill Americans?

http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20070608/news_lz1e8boston.html

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bruce1337's picture

Hey y'all

been away for several days. Firstly, I'd like to express my appreciation of the annoymouse avatar -- good work! Secondly, while reading through the comments of "zeitgeistnyc"'s video on 911blogger, I only got to your comment which was the last one on page 2 -- page 3 was inaccessible by the time I tried to go there, as was the entire entry. Can you, or anyone, tell me what went down on page 3? I assume the entry was taken down because, once again, it descended into that which one shalt not talketh about.

The amazingly deeply rooted knee-jerkery is astonishing time and time again...
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kate of the kiosk's picture

that which one shalt not talketh about

it descended, in a firey ball of molten indignation and insult. over...insulting zionist, jews, christians, catholics, faith, myth, americans. Real Truther, are you okay? so you realy think that film is what???

that which i viewed,regarding 9/11, was awesomely executed; but that fact makes me suspicious, too. As we were saying, no mention of Silverstein, Zakheim, et. al., however, it did mention Zelikow!

hey regarding christians...look at the right-wing, messianic, zealot we have for president and the money behind that kind of thinking! no wonder people get turned off. maybe this zeitgeist film is the one jewish folk should see who still do not buy into 9/11 truth. i have many friends of such mindset...they can't go there.

we need a new paradigm, a new faith, we need to dissassociate from old alignments and alliances. Don't you see it is human nature for "groups" to fragment like this? what will be our 9/11 truthers' unifying force????

kate of the kiosk's picture

continuing thought on unity

I believe in my heart that we will get nowhere if we don't stopp blaming one single entity as the enemy, even if that entity is not mentioned in the MSM...whether it be the Bush Admin/Christian zealots/military industrial complex/oil/etc, Zionist/Israel/Arab/Pakistani/Muslim extremists and all the "secret agents" within... could it not be possible for it to have been a multitiered operation? a cabal of all? How many would it take? 200-300? how many isrealis were rounded up and sent back in the spy ring?

Real Truther's picture

Unity requires NOT leaving Silverstein out of a film about 9/11

I notice the entire thing was disappeared without a comment, which makes me even more glad I decided to make my own blog. between having to have blog posts approved by the admin at 911blogger (and I've had a few rejected) and the disappearing of stories like this, I'm having serious doubts about 911B. Kate, I DO think it's wrong to push a film like zeitgeist's that leaves out such important details as Silverstein, and that is NOT to say that I think proper truthing must deal only with Zionists. It must deal with everything relevant to the 9/11 crimes, and if the leaseholder of the WTC is excluded from anything I feel a right to cry foul. As bruce says, why should Jewish people have to have things filtered for their consumption? Do we want to deceive them? Do we think that there is something inherent in Jewish people that makes them incapable of accepting that other Jews might well commit crimes on par with those of terrorists? There's something kind of racist about that in my opinion. It singles out Jews as people with some kind of problem. Did anyone worry about what arabs or muslims might think about 9/11 being blamed on arab muslims? Should we really be playing into the hands of those who want to portray Jewish people as one big colluding tribe? Or should we be treating Jewish people like individuals who can very well make up their own minds as to the guilt of someone who also happens to be Jewish? José Padilla is Puerto Rican, like me. Did anyone worry how Puerto Ricans would feel about having a fellow PR accused of a plot to blow up buildings? Based on zero evidence, and yet trumpeted on the news along with every other story about latino gang members and black criminals? There will be people who will accuse me of all kinds of things, but in the end the problem they have with me is that I am NOT a hater like David Duke who they can safely promote to help their cause. I am their worst nightmare--someone who has no fear to say anything to anyone and who will approach these issues not as an anti-Jewish person but as a pro-truth person who believes that the truth will help, not hurt Jeiwsh people. I see Jewish people as the first victims of Zionism, which is really just an evolution of imperialism, who need to be freed from their lying manipulations as much as we now do from the new Zionists, or neo-conservatives, who want to bring that same kind of mind control to non-Jews around the world, using innocent brainwashed Jewish people as foot soldiers in their quest, just as BushCo uses innocent brainwashed Americans. It's kind of like the gospel, or "good news" that Jesus' followers taught. Salvation from corruption is UNIVERSAL, even when it starts as opposition to a corrupt Jewish theocracy and its imperial allies from afar. That is the secret that must be guarded with lies--we are ALL "jews". We are ALL "christians". We are ALL "muslims". We are ALL these things because we are ALL labelled by the powerful in order to herd us and control us. If we do not destroy the most sacred of official lies, no matter how difficult it may seem right now, we will have failed and will be in for another thousand years of oppression and darkness.

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Real Truther

"Truth will have no gods before it.- The belief in truth begins with the doubt of all truths in which one has previously believed."

Friedrich Nietzsche (1844 - 1900)

kate of the kiosk's picture

ALL

Very good, and so egalitarian.appreciate very much your sense of true justice. you win! I agree i think.
now what to do to convince my friends...still working this through. i think going with the facts first, like DRG is important and not blaming..just to get folks thinking..yes perhaps as children first. I was a child in 9/11 truth two years ago and have quickly aged.

bruce1337's picture

I can't bring myself to sympathize with the thought

that jewish people should see evidence filtered as to not include mighty suspicious jewish elements. That "they can't go there" is simply no excuse -- reality does not conform to people's sensibilities, and it is reality we need to deal with here. If anything, it is solely the priviledge of children to be protected by the harsher facets of it, so unless these people really want to be treated as children -- with everything that entails -- they should get over themselves.
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casseia's picture

Whoa... what happened?

I looked at that thread last night when it had maybe two comments. The video was taking too long to buffer and I gave up. What was it? What happened in the comments?

Edit: It's back -- was just being updated. Comments are back, too. Clearly, "Diamondsarebest" (What kind of name is that?) is just another of RT's sock-puppets... really should have a special name for these... shows up just to dis RT and blame the failure of the entire truth movement on his kooky posts... be sure to read ALL his kooky posts! ;)

Real Truther's picture

i'll tell you!

Some jackass who signed up 9 hours ago took issue with a comment of mine that mentioned the you know what and went off on a tirade about "real moron" and how Zionists had nothing to do with 9/11 and so I hit back with both barrels against Zionism. Instead of banning me or just closing comments, they just disappeared the entire thread, because they are the all powerful Orwellian 911Blogger overlords!

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Real Truther

"Truth will have no gods before it.- The belief in truth begins with the doubt of all truths in which one has previously believed."

Friedrich Nietzsche (1844 - 1900)

Real Truther's picture

although

My holo comment was marginal--the thrust of my comments was that zeitgeistnyc's video was most likely a slick disinfo piece that did not mention Silverstein or Israel...

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Real Truther

"Truth will have no gods before it.- The belief in truth begins with the doubt of all truths in which one has previously believed."

Friedrich Nietzsche (1844 - 1900)

casseia's picture

Okay, the Orwellian overlords have relented...

Jesus Christ (ha!) -- that's a thread that incorporates anti-Christian ravings, Holocaust denial, and the Global Warming "controversy." Crikey.

Real Truther's picture

awesome!

I bet it was one of the overlords and maybe one of the other ones said--hey, we can't get away with doing that and retain our credibility. i think it's an awesome thread exactly because it shows we're making some progress in not fearing discussion. My god, if we're affraid to talk about adult issues maybe we really DO need a nanny state with mommy and daddy parties!

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Real Truther

"Truth will have no gods before it.- The belief in truth begins with the doubt of all truths in which one has previously believed."

Friedrich Nietzsche (1844 - 1900)

Real Truther's picture

did we manage to get abortion in?

or was that another thread?

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Real Truther

"Truth will have no gods before it.- The belief in truth begins with the doubt of all truths in which one has previously believed."

Friedrich Nietzsche (1844 - 1900)

casseia's picture

Need to spread the love around...

so I saved that for the Kucinich thread. Plus, I think a thread with the Holocaust, Global Warming, peak oil, Patsystan and abortion would make the entire internet burst into flame.