June 20, 2010 by Gordon Duff
THE CURE
By Phillip Francis Tourney for Veterans Today
Mr. Kourosh,
I read your article this morning and wanted to thank you for taking the time to let the reader know about the crimes against humanity Israel has been getting by with for the past 60 plus years, ever since the United States made Israel her spoiled step child.
Children must be taught to behave and must be punished when they misbehave. None of this has taken place with the United States’ stepchild– Israel–as she is rewarded for her belligerent actions by the United States with money, military hardware and political protection that has turned this spoiled brat not only into a super power, but a very dangerous vicious, rabid dog that infects everything she comes in contact with.
What is the cure for a rabid dog, if indeed there is one? In my view education, education, and more education about the nature of this creature we call Israel is the only hope we have in maneuvering our way out of WWIII, if in fact it isn’t too late already.
The vaccine to take the poison out of the rabid dog known as Israel is right under our noses and has been for the past forty three years and yet we have not used this miracle drug. “WHY NOT?” I ask. That is the sixty four thousand dollar question that must be answered.
Writers, scholars, countries, around the world have known of this vaccine but failed to use it. It is beyond my comprehension, as it is as clear as the nose on the world’s face yet they don’t use it at full strength. Using only a small dose at a time against this rabid dog, tragically it is never enough to cure us of our ills, as the dog sheds it off then becomes even more resistant to this wonder drug.
Now is the time to use this drug in full force and keep on using this drug that would save us all from this very contagious rabid dog.
This wonder drug is called USS LIBERTY. Yes, it is that simple to remember–USS LIBERTY. If the American people were made to understand what was done to them on June 8, 1967 when the Jewish state attacked a United States ship and killed 34 of her men, they would know in an instant that the worn-out phrase that Israel is America’s only ally in the region would evaporate in an instant.
We must get the truth out to the American people that Israel got by with cold-blooded murder of Americans on the high seas June 8 1967 and the government of the United States was in on the conspiracy to sink our ship with all hands aboard and blame it on Egypt. To this very moment, the United States in collusion with the Jewish state is still covering up this act of war. The only way to cure this rabid dog is to educate the American people that this did take place and that it was not a case of “mistaken identity” as Israel and the United States have maintained for the past forty three years.
Once the truth is known about our supposed ally by the people of the United States the drug will take effect immediately to shed the world of this rabid dog. The American people will not stand by and give Israel another red cent once the truth is on the table for all to see, no matter how many Israeli bought-and-paid-for traitors in our Congress want to continue feeding this wild, rabid dog. The American people simply will not stand for it.
As the money dries up, the arms we give them are no more and then the ADL and AIPAC are neutered and –ABRACADABRA–the dog is cured.
You must go to the American people–THAT IS THE CURE–for once they know the truth about this wonder drug called USS LIBERTY their eyes will opened up. The American people are good, caring, giving people, and once they know the truth, they will do the right thing.
The problem is the United States has fed this rabid dog far too long. But once they are made aware the American people will not stand by and let Israel and America get by with cold blooded murder of their sons on the high seas. The truth is a powerful drug–USE IT, and the rabid dog is no longer America’s problem or the worlds problem, it has been cured.
Books detailing this horrible truth are as follows–
Jeff Gates’ GUILT BY ASSOCIATION.
James Bamford’s BODY OF SECRETS
Paul Findley’s THEY DARE TO SPEAK OUT
James Scott’s ATTACK ON THE LIBERTY
James Ennes Jr’s ASSAULT ON THE LIBERTY
John E Borne’s THE USS LIBERTY DISSENTING HISTORY VS.OFFICIAL HISTORY
And, last but not least, my new book “WHAT I SAW THAT DAY…ISRAEL’S JUNE 8th 1967 HOLOCAUST OF US SERVICEMEN ABOARD THE USS LIBERTY AND ITS AFTERMATH” which can be found at www.amazon.com
Respectfully,
Phillip F Tourney
Three Time Liberty Veterans President
Survivor of Israels Murderous Attack
Author ‘WHAT I SAW THAT DAY ‘
The USS Liberty Memorial Website
Hello to all. Thought I’d use this space to let you know that someone who lies in their blog about the USS Liberty can’t take the heat. His name Walter L. Brown Jr. is and here is his blog piece (POS if you ask me). Ignore Anti-Semitic Propaganda: Mossad Is Not Conducting a Secret War Against US http://patriotword.blogspot.com/2010/07/ignore-anti-semitic-propaganda-mossad.html
Seems just because his points were soundly rebutted, he went and scrubbed the entire exchange (but there’s no conspiracy to hide th truth). Not only that, he went and change his ENTIRE blog now to one that does not accept comments anymore (I guess he got scared that the one time he actually got some activity from something he wrote, he was left looking completely uninformed). If you read some of the rest of his views, you can see that’s not very difficult in his case. This is a perfect example of the type of lie-spewing clown that folds up his circus tent once he’s been exposed as such.
The worsrt part was that I was having pleasant exchange with a commenter named Ron who said he was the petty officer in charge of recovery and identification of the victims (tough job), so Walter closed the door on that. I hope Ron finds his way over here because his had to be a fascinating and moving story as well. Below is the response I posted to his blog (in 3 parts), though my follow-up replies were lost. Heckuva job there, Walter! You want the truth? You can’t handle the truth!
[posted July 6 at around 4:30pm PST - last comment entered around midnight of same day - entire exchange scrubbed as of this morning]
I guess the truth must be anti-Semitic. Where do I start Mr. Brown? It is sad that the discredited version of the attacking country is accepted over that of the crewmembers attacked. It is shameful that the US Government has not fulfilled its legal obligation to investigate the War Crimes Report filed by USS Liberty crewmembers. It is disgraceful that you wrap yourself in the flag as you claim anti-Semitic bigotry the reason for rejecting Israel’s lies about its murderous behavior.
I have had the good fortune to know and correspond with several of the heroes of the assault on the Liberty. They were most generous with their time as they helped cut through the endlessly repeated nonsense. Their character in this matter is beyond reproach. They have a right to expect that their incredible sacrifice be acknowledged truthfully, free from the distortions political expediency brings.
See: http://www.ussliberty.org/pdf/vfw_ussliberty.pdf for the VFW magazine piece “In Awesome Peril – Heroism in Defense of the USS Liberty”
See: http://www.ussliberty.org/report/report.htm for the details of the War Crimes Report filed.
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USS Liberty survivors, through sworn statements, have established that the Israeli torpedo boats shot at rescuers and firefighters on the deck of the ship. They have further established that the same torpedo boats shot at USS Liberty’s life rafts, after the rafts had been put over the side of the ship into the sea for use by shipwrecked survivors.[61]
There also exists prima facie evidence that Israeli forces committed additional separate war crimes by firing on the wounded and their rescuers, as well as subsequently firing into the life rafts.
The concerns of an Israeli whitewash first articulated by Secretary of State Rusk[62] and later echoed by Undersecretary of State Battle[63] turned out to be prophetic. In direct violation of Article 52 of the Geneva Convention[64], the Israeli Defense Forces absolved themselves of any wrongdoing, including criminal negligence, involving their attack on USS Liberty. When provided with a copy of the Israeli report, NSA Deputy Director Louis Tordella wrote “A nice whitewash for a group of ignorant, stupid and inept [epithet redacted]” on the cover of his copy.[65] In that Israel has abdicated its responsibility under international law to investigate and bring the wrongdoers to justice, the task falls to the government of the aggrieved parties to act on their behalf.
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See: http://www.ifamericansknew.org/media/misslib.html to the put the lie to rest of the so-called investigations allegedly exonerating Israel.
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The Myth of the “11 Investigations”
If USA Today had investigated this claim, continually put forward by Israel partisans, its editors would have discovered that in 2006 the reference librarian at the Library of Congress had investigated this allegation and found it to be false:
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.10
Even earlier, in 2003, a writer for the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, Terence O’Keefe, investigated this claim and similarly found it to be hokum. In his subsequent article, also clearly missed by USA Today, O’Keefe discussed each of these alleged “investigations,” as well as their alleged conclusions. Following are excerpts from his report:11
1. The U.S. Navy Court of Inquiry: The court concluded that “available evidence combines to indicate…[that the attack was] a case of mistaken identity.” …According to Captain Ward Boston, chief legal counsel to the Court of Inquiry, the court found that the attack was deliberate, but reported falsely that it was not, because they were directed by the president of the United States and the secretary of defense to report falsely. So the findings are fraudulent. Yet these fraudulent findings were the basis for several other reports that followed.
2. The Joint Chiefs of Staff Report of June 1967: This was an inquiry into the mishandling of several messages intended for the ship. It was not an investigation into the attack. It did not exonerate Israel, because it did not in any way consider the question of culpability.
3. CIA report of June 13, 1967: This interim report, completed five days after the attack, reported “our best judgment [is] that the attack…was a mistake.” No investigation was conducted, and no first-hand evidence was collected. Then-CIA Director Richard Helms concluded and later reported in his autobiography that the attack was planned and deliberate.
4. Clark Clifford report of July 18, 1967: Clark Clifford was directed by Lyndon Johnson to review the Court of Inquiry report and the interim CIA report and “not to make an independent inquiry.” His was merely a summary of other fallacious reports, not an “investigation”… The report reached no conclusions and did not exonerate Israel… On the contrary, Clifford wrote later that he regarded the attack as deliberate.
5. and 6. Two Senate meetings: The Committee on Foreign Relations meeting of 1967 and Senate Armed Services Committee meeting of 1968 were hearings on unrelated matters which clearly skeptical members used to castigate representatives of the administration under oath before them. Typical questions were, “Why can’t we get the truth about this?” They were not “investigations” at all, but budget hearings, and reported no conclusions concerning the attack. They did not exonerate Israel.
7. House Appropriations Committee meeting of April and May 1968: This was a budget committee meeting which explored the issue of lost messages intended for the ship. It was not an investigation and reported no conclusions concerning the attack.
8. House Armed Services Committee Review of Communications, May 1971: Liberty communications were discussed along with other communications failures. The committee reported no conclusions concerning the attack.
9. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, 1979/1981: [Miami bankruptcy judge A. Jay Cristol, author of a book exonerating Israel] claims that the committee investigated the attack and exonerated Israel, yet he has been unable to provide minutes, a report or other evidence of such an investigation. Rules of the select committee require that any committee investigation be followed by a report. There is no report of such an investigation; ergo, there was no such investigation.
10. National Security Agency Report, 1981: Upon the publication in 1980 of “Assault on the Liberty” by James Ennes, the National Security Agency completed a detailed account of the attack. The report drew no conclusions, although its authors did note that the deputy director dismissed the Israeli excuse (the Yerushalmi report) as “a nice whitewash.” The report did not exonerate Israel.
11. House Armed Services Committee meeting of 1991/1992: Though cited by Mr. Cristol as an investigation which exonerates Israel, the U.S. government reports no record of such an investigation. Cristol claims that the investigation resulted from a letter to Rep. Nicholas Mavroules from Joe Meadors, then-president of the USS Liberty Veterans Association, seeking Mavroules’ support. Instead of responding to Liberty veterans, however, Congressman Mavroules referred the matter to Mr. Cristol for advice. Survivors heard nothing further. Meadors’ letter was never answered. The U.S. government reports that there has been no such investigation.
Be thankful you were not abandoned by your country and government in a similar manner during your service with the Navy. I prefer truth over poorly crafted propaganda. And if you do not feel that Israel is getting special treatment in this regard, ask yourself why the media covered the 40th anniversaries of the Ford Mustang, and the Beatles Sgt. Pepper album, and other such milestones, trivial or otherwise…but fell silent on the recent 40th anniversary of the attack on the USS Liberty. It couldn’t be because of the tragic circumstances; that makes for an even more compelling story, such as with “A Bridge Too Far.” It couldn’t be because the crew did not perform adequately, the Liberty crew certainly qualifies as one of the most highly decorated for a single ship action. With one Medal of Honor, two Navy Crosses and 36 Silver or Bronze Stars for little over a one-hour action, few crews have been so courageous.
I contend it is because it would put Israeli perfidy in the spotlight. I prefer to honor the remarkable US personnel and their sacrifice than worry about Israel saving face.