[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> In a message dated 6/24/02 8:09:24 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
>
> > Descriptions of the battle and the Israelis' ability to discern the
> > nationality of the ship vary quite a bit.
> -----> True ... but I'd be more inclined to believe the survivors of the
>
> attack, rather than the attackers.
> >
> >
> > It _could_ have been a deliberate attack by the Israelis with their full
> >
> > knowlege of whose ship it was. That could have been because, as I said,
> > The Liberty _possibly_ was transmitting decoded Israeli messages and the
> >
> > Israelis, at some military level, were determined to stop that.
> -----> Possible -- but highly unlikely, given the USA's penchant for
> keeping
> secrets. I find more credence in the theory that the Israelis were
> worried
> that we (USA) might stick our nose in and try and stop them from
> starting the
> war and siezing the Golan Heights.
>
> As you stated ... countries don't have friends, just mutual interests.
> And
> Israel is no friend of ours. But it's in her interest to placate us, so
> a
> deliberate attack followed by a profusion of apologies and reparations
> would
> be a very logical move on her part. Its a small price to pay for the
> land
> that they took.
>
> Lawana
>
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I hope we can just agreeably agree to disagree about some of the finer
points of US-Israeli relations and attitudes toward the "Palestinians."
I'm 100% behind Israel's right to use military brute force to defend
itself. -- AW
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