The American Spectator : The Spectacle Blog : No Moment of Silence for Murdered Israeli Athletes at London Olympics

PattyMor| 5.17.12 @ 6:09PM

Sad but true. But you know those who oppose God's chosen people always lose in the end. I don't know where or when the end is, but it does look like the prophesies are playing out on a grand scale.

Jack in Wi.| 5.17.12 @ 11:48PM

June 8th is the 45 aniversary of the dastardly attack on the USS Liberty. It is time to give these great hero's the full honors that have been denied them all these years. The coverup and disrespect show to these men was shameful. We shall never forget.

mzk1| 5.18.12 @ 6:31AM

Yes, by all means, condemn theose bastards in the State department who put a bunch of our sailors in a war zone without telling anyone they were there. You know false flagging is a valid naval meneuver? And should we talk about the civilian airlines (I believe Iraqi) shot down accidentally by the US Navy? That was also an accident, but less justifiable.

mzk1| 5.18.12 @ 6:32AM

airliner, one.

Occam's Tool| 5.18.12 @ 10:42AM

The Captain won the MOH. I'm trying to figure out the disrespect. The film cameras on the planes do not validate the flag "clearly shown" hypothesis.

Accidents happen in war. Pat Tillman was killed by friendly fire.

Jack in Wi.| 5.18.12 @ 11:26AM

Every surviver says it was a deliberate and willfull attack. The whole incident was hushed up and the suvivers and the dead were treated like they had the plague. It is long since time that they were given the honors they deserve by a disgraceful Congress and White House.

Clint| 5.18.12 @ 5:40PM

The Israel Firster Smear Bund Goebbels Propagandist Traitor Bastard Liars Are In The Building.

'USS Liberty' veterans demand investigation

Jun. 3, 2007 12:00 AM
Conclusions submitted in October 2003 to the Office of the U.S. Secretary of Defense by the USS Liberty Veterans Association, Inc., in demanding a congressional investigation into the aborted rescue during the attack of the USS Liberty and subsequent alleged cover-up.

The group also calls for a new Naval Court of Inquiry and that June 8 be officially recognized as USS Liberty Remembrance Day.

1. That on June 8, 1967, after eight hours of aerial surveillance, Israel launched a two-hour air and naval attack against USS Liberty, the world's most sophisticated intelligence ship, inflicting 34 dead and 173 wounded American servicemen (a casualty rate of 70 percent, in a crew of 294);

2. That the Israeli air attack lasted approximately 25 minutes, during which time unmarked Israeli aircraft dropped napalm canisters on USS Liberty's bridge and fired 30mm cannons and rockets into our ship, causing 821 holes, more than 100 of which were rocket-size; survivors estimate 30 or more sorties were flown over the ship by a minimum of 12 attacking Israeli planes which were jamming all five American emergency radio channels;

3. That the torpedo boat attack involved not only the firing of torpedoes, but the machine-gunning of Liberty's firefighters and stretcher-bearers as they struggled to save their ship and crew; the Israeli torpedo boats later returned to machine-gun at close range three of the Liberty's life rafts that had been lowered into the water by survivors to rescue the most seriously wounded;

4. That there is compelling evidence that Israel's attack was a deliberate attempt to destroy an American ship and kill her entire crew; evidence of such intent is supported by statements from Secretary of State Dean Rusk, Undersecretary of State George Ball, former CIA Director Richard Helms, former NSA Directors Lt. Gen. William Odom, USA (Ret.), Adm. Bobby Ray Inman, USN (Ret.), and Marshal Carter; former NSA deputy directors Oliver Kirby and Maj. Gen. John Morrison, USAF (Ret.); and former Ambassador Dwight Porter, U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon in 1967;

5. That in attacking USS Liberty, Israel committed acts of murder against American servicemen and an act of war against the United States;

6. That fearing conflict with Israel, the White House deliberately prevented the U.S. Navy from coming to the defense of USS Liberty by recalling Sixth Fleet military rescue support while the ship was under attack; evidence of the recall of rescue aircraft is supported by statements of Capt. Joe Tully, Commanding Officer of the aircraft carrier USS Saratoga, and Rear Admiral Lawrence Geis, the Sixth Fleet carrier division commander, at the time of the attack; never before in American naval history has a rescue mission been cancelled when an American ship was under attack;

7. That although Liberty was saved from almost certain destruction through the heroic efforts of the ship's captain, William L. McGonagle (MOH), and his brave crew, surviving crewmembers were later threatened with "court-martial, imprisonment or worse" if they exposed the truth; and were abandoned by their own government;

8. That due to the influence of Israel's powerful supporters in the United States, the White House deliberately covered up the facts of this attack from the American people;

9. That due to continuing pressure by the pro-Israel lobby in the United States, this attack remains the only serious naval incident that has never been thoroughly investigated by Congress; to this day, no surviving crewmember has been permitted to officially and publicly testify about the attack;

10. That there has been an official cover-up without precedent in American naval history; the existence of such a cover-up is now supported by statements of Rear Adm. Merlin Staring, USN (Ret.), former Judge Advocate General of the Navy; and Capt. Ward Boston, USN, (Ret.), the chief counsel to the Navy's 1967 Court of Inquiry of Liberty attack;

11. That the truth about Israel's attack and subsequent White House cover-up continues to be officially concealed from the American people to the present day and is a national disgrace;

12. That a danger to our national security exists whenever our elected officials are willing to subordinate American interests to those of any foreign nation, and specifically are unwilling to challenge Israel's interests when they conflict with American interests; this policy, evidenced by the failure to defend USS Liberty and the subsequent official cover-up of the Israeli attack, endangers the safety of Americans and the security of the United States.

Oldefarte| 5.19.12 @ 11:39AM

Contemplate this you ignorant bastard:
'.....Times 24|7 The Skinny WashingtonTimes.com

Wright says Obama considered himself Muslim BlogsFox News by: Fox NewsFriday, May 18, 2012

"When I asked the Rev. Wright about this whole question of Islam and Christianity, he said, well, you know, Barack Obama was steeped in Islam," author Ed Klein said. Photo Credit:AP Fox News host Sean Hannity: Here is author Ed Klein. We will do what the mainstream media will not do, we will play the tapes of his recent interview with the Reverend Jeremiah Wright. ...

KLEIN: Do you think he ever thought of himself as Muslim?

WRIGHT: Yes. ...

HANNITY: What do you think of that?

KLEIN: Well, I was very interested in another part of that, as well, which is, when I asked the Reverend Wright about this whole question of Islam and Christianity, he said, "Well, you know, Barack Obama was steeped in Islam. He knew a lot about Islam from his childhood. But he knew very little about Christianity. And I made it easy for him to feel not guilty about learning about Christianity without turning his back on his Islamic friends."...........'

Oldefarte| 5.19.12 @ 11:40AM

Remember this also:
'.....Times 24|7 The Skinny WashingtonTimes.com

Wright says Obama considered himself Muslim BlogsFox News by: Fox NewsFriday, May 18, 2012

"When I asked the Rev. Wright about this whole question of Islam and Christianity, he said, well, you know, Barack Obama was steeped in Islam," author Ed Klein said. Photo Credit:AP Fox News host Sean Hannity: Here is author Ed Klein. We will do what the mainstream media will not do, we will play the tapes of his recent interview with the Reverend Jeremiah Wright. ...

KLEIN: Do you think he ever thought of himself as Muslim?

WRIGHT: Yes. ...

HANNITY: What do you think of that?

KLEIN: Well, I was very interested in another part of that, as well, which is, when I asked the Reverend Wright about this whole question of Islam and Christianity, he said, "Well, you know, Barack Obama was steeped in Islam. He knew a lot about Islam from his childhood. But he knew very little about Christianity. And I made it easy for him to feel not guilty about learning about Christianity without turning his back on his Islamic friends."...........'

BSmith| 5.17.12 @ 6:16PM

I agree with the statement made by Danny Ayalon to the effect that it was an attack not only on the Israeli athletes but the entire Olympic Games and the international community.
If the terrorists had massacred the athletes and their coaches in Tel Aviv, simply because they were Israelis, it would be a different matter for the IOC to decline a commemoration.
An Olympics without representatives from the Arab/Muslim block: Is that a problem?

chuck| 5.17.12 @ 9:16PM

Yea, I should would miss all those hot Muslim babes running around in their burkas!

Occam's Tool| 5.17.12 @ 6:36PM

Hey, the Muslim Block women's beach volleyball team wears wicked beach burqas.

The IOC only had decent management once, under Romney. It is the usual EU/UN type organization: verminous scum who defaced the planet by their sheer existence.

Clint| 5.17.12 @ 10:40PM

" But the story of Romney's supposed Olympic triumph isn't as simple as he wants you to believe. Rather, his success as president of the 2002 winter games was due to the unprecedented amount of federal money he procured to organize the most expensive Olympics in American history. And coming from a candidate who's spent his campaign railing against federal spending and earmarks, it's another breathtaking example of Romney's hypocrisy.

The Salt Lake games got more taxpayer dollars than all of the previous U.S.-hosted Olympics combined: a whopping $1.3 billion. For comparison, the 1984 games in L.A. received $75 million and the 1996 games in Atlanta received $609 million.
Romney's campaign is already pushing back by saying that the extra money was necessary for security. But our money went to much more than security, including $30 million for parking lots, $2 million for sewer systems, and $33,000 for an Olympic horse adoption program."

Mickey| 5.18.12 @ 4:29PM

Wow.
Another cut and paste job from KKKlintie.
What brilliance.
What's the name of the war hero you claim is your Dad?

Oldefarte| 5.19.12 @ 11:41AM

This is who/what you morons elected in 2008:
'.....Times 24|7 The Skinny WashingtonTimes.com

Wright says Obama considered himself Muslim BlogsFox News by: Fox NewsFriday, May 18, 2012

"When I asked the Rev. Wright about this whole question of Islam and Christianity, he said, well, you know, Barack Obama was steeped in Islam," author Ed Klein said. Photo Credit:AP Fox News host Sean Hannity: Here is author Ed Klein. We will do what the mainstream media will not do, we will play the tapes of his recent interview with the Reverend Jeremiah Wright. ...

KLEIN: Do you think he ever thought of himself as Muslim?

WRIGHT: Yes. ...

HANNITY: What do you think of that?

KLEIN: Well, I was very interested in another part of that, as well, which is, when I asked the Reverend Wright about this whole question of Islam and Christianity, he said, "Well, you know, Barack Obama was steeped in Islam. He knew a lot about Islam from his childhood. But he knew very little about Christianity. And I made it easy for him to feel not guilty about learning about Christianity without turning his back on his Islamic friends."...........'

mzk1| 5.18.12 @ 6:34AM

The US IOC was asked to boycott the Berlin games, but refused. And in spite of the Jesse Owens myth, those games were a great triumph for Hitler; Leni Refenstahl's second greatest movid was Olympiad.

Clint| 5.18.12 @ 5:42PM