The Daily Blog Open Mic – 16th June 2022
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
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This from another post today on TDB. We befuddle ourselves with our conflicting loyalties and immoderate fixations on particular countries and groups both positive and negative.
In June 1967, the USS Liberty was stationed in international waters off the Sinai Peninsula at the time of the Six Day War. Israeli fighter jets and torpedo boats fired on the Liberty for 2 hours, killing 34 sailors, wounding 173 others and nearly sinking the ship. The Liberty attempted to radio for assistance, but Israeli aircraft blocked the transmissions. Eventually, the ship was able to make contact with the U.S. Carrier Saratoga. Fighter jets were dispatched to defend the Liberty. When word of their deployment reached Washington, however, Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara ordered them to return to the Saratoga…
Israel admitted attacking the Liberty but claimed that they thought it was an Egyptian ship. President Johnson accepted the Israeli explanation and cancelled investigations. “We will not embarrass an ally” the President said.
The surviving crew members were sworn to secrecy. The attack on the USS Liberty has been buried.
https://thedailyblog.co.nz/2022/06/12/guest-blog-lois-griffiths-survivors-plead-remember-the-uss-liberty/