patrickcaturday
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For the record----jews never objected to the full congressional investigation of the attack on the USS LIBERTY which DID take place and was CONCLUDED.
I am a jew----I served in the Navy and I certainly NOTICED that the USS Liberty was attacked
as far as taking this episode of friendly fire as a "cause celebre' " the only people who did that were a few navy folk and garden variety civilian racists and hysterics. For the record----the Navy folk who openly objected to the findings of the Navy investigation and the Congressional investigation are in violation of Navy law but I am not at all surprised----lots of military stuff gets USED for political purposes I was in the midst of the AGENT ORANGE SCANDAL ----well ---actually on the periphery of the investigation-----but will not comment -----about the actual issues I will comment that lots of sociopaths JUMPED ON THAT BANDWAGON TOO -----individuals, "politicians" or wannabees and simply folks looking for "FAME"
the USS LIBERTY became a BANDWAGON issue for people to use against Israel-------since that time LOTS AND LOTS AND LOTS of sailors have died because of military error------including errors that took place------during peace and in domestic waters
" For the record " ---- you are lying. The US liberty Veterans association offered a $ 10,000 reward for anyone who can prove that there has been a Congressional Investigation of the US Liberty Attack You will find their adress in the links that I post below, if you are not lying I suggest that you contact them so you can claim your reward !!!
Here are three quotes from articles and links to the articles which prove that you are lying;
$10,000 challenge
The Liberty Veterans Association offers a $10,000 reward to anyone who can establish the truth of A. Jay Cristol's claim: 1
"After ten official US investigations (including five congressional investigations), there was never any evidence that the attack was made with knowledge that the target was a US ship."
The LVA has disputed the truth of this statement for years. We know it is untrue. The claim that there have been any official Congressional investigations into the culpability for the Israeli attack on USS Liberty is patently false. There have been NO official Congressional investigations on this subject. We believe that the best way to prove that the above statement is untrue is to offer a reward to anyone (including Mr. Cristol) who can prove that it is true.
Address responses to [email protected]
The challenge has been offered since March 1, 2004, with no takers.
USS Liberty $10,000 challenge
Chief among the Liberty deniers is Florida bankruptcy magistrate Ahron Jay Cristol, who wrote a book defending the Israeli position. According to Cristol, 13 investigations have all found Israel to be without blame—a claim he repeats at every opportunity. It is totally false. Liberty survivors have for more than a year offered a $10,000 reward to anyone who can prove Cristol’s assertion. In fact, there has never been a single congressional investigation (see “Cristol Claim of 13 Investigations Into Israel’s Attack on USS Liberty a Travesty,” by Terence O’Keefe, December 2003 Washington Report, p. 14). Yet the author continues to make the false allegation, and no one has claimed the reward.
Washington Report on Middle East Affairs | Special Report: USS Liberty: 38 Years and Counting
Ahron Jay Cristol, the author of dense and nearly unreadable screed published in 2002 as The Liberty Incident, persists in repeating at every opportunity the false report that the LibertyThe Liberty Incident, now out of print, was first published as a doctoral thesis and eventually in hard and soft cover by Brassey’s. Cristol’s web site proclaims in its second paragraph: attack has been repeatedly investigated and found to be a tragic accident.
“After ten official US investigations (including five congressional investigations), there was never any evidence that the attack was made with knowledge that the target was a US ship. There is substantial evidence the attack was a tragic mistake caused by blunders of both the US and Israel. Eight US presidents, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush (41), Clinton, and Bush (43), have each accepted the conclusion that the attack was a tragic case of mistaken identity.”
We have found no evidence that any of those assertions are true. Mr. Cristol has not responded to our repeated requests for proof or documentation of those claims. Moreover, the Libertywww.ussliberty.org/challenge.htm. No one has ever applied for the reward. There has never been a Congressional investigation. We are unaware that any American president has accepted the position that the attack was a tragic accident. The only American government investigation of any kind was the U.S.Navy Court of Inquiry in 1967. That inquiry examined only the performance of the crew and the adequacy of communications and avoided entirely the question of whether the attack was deliberate, accepting “at face value” the Israeli claim that the attack was an accident. That inquiry has been dismissed by its own legal counsel, legal counsel to the convening authority and numerous other key figures as fraudulent. Yet Mr. Cristol persists in his false reports. Unfortunately, the big lie has been repeated so often that it is widely repeated even by Members of Congress as if it were established fact. Moreover, we have a letter from the Librarian of Congress verifying that there has never been such an investigation which is reproduced below. Veterans Association has long offered a $10,000 reward to anyone who can show that these statements are true. See
We have repeatedly requested that Mr. Cristol explain, justify, remove or stop repeating his false claim. He declines to do so or to respond — although his failure to keep the book in print is a statement in itself.
Meanwhile, Cristol ignores our specific request for comment.
The Library of Congress confirms that Congress has never held hearings or launched an investigation into the attack on USS Liberty. Mr. Cristol’s account is false. We have repeatedly asked him to remove his false report from his web site. He declines to reply or to correct the false claim despite frequent requests for him to do so.
The Library of Congress reports: “After checking numerous resources, including the CIS (Congressional Information Service) Indexes to Congressional Hearings (both published and unpublished), and the Public Documents Masterfile, I could find no evidence that the Congress ever held hearings or launched an investigation into the June 8, 1967 incident with the USS Liberty.” ECH, Reference Librarian, Library of Congress
“The Big Lie” Ahron Jay Cristol, A Quisling for Israel | USS Liberty Cover Up
After reading these articles in full you may wish to apologize to the board for the misinformation and lies that you have spread.
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