Sen. John McCain protects his father’s role in the massacre of Americans on the U.S.S. Liberty June 8, 1967
October 12th, 2008On June 8, 1967, the Israeli military was in the midst of a war with its Arab neighbors. At the time, they were engaged in the battle and did not fully grasp how easily the Arab nation’s armies had collapsed — they were never a real threat to Israel. Israel wanted the United States — which was already supplying Israel with military supplies from American military stockpiles — to also enter the war and attack Egypt, which was a client state at the time of the Soviet Union.
On June 8, 1967, Israel’s air force was monitoring an American Naval Vessel, a spy ship, that was monitoring the war for the US Navy. The ship was the U.S.S. Liberty. The Israeli air force had monitored the ship for 7 hours. Suddenly, the Israeli planes disappeared. They were replaced minutes later by unmarked fighter jets that launched a massive assault on the ship which only had a few guns and cannons but was not a fighter vessel. The attack killed 10 American sailors.
The Liberty soldiers, who were pro-Israel and supporting Israel at the time, ran to the deck to wave American flags, but the jets kept firing ont he ship killing many of the sailors as they waved the American flags. Scores were wounded.
The ships captain immediately signaled an SOS to the commander of the 6th Fleet, who also immediately issued an order for American forces to respond and defend the U.S.S. Liberty. But within minutes, the order was contermanded and revoked by the 6th Fleet Commander and the rescue and defense American forces were ordered to stand down and return to their ships.
The order to not defend the Liberty came directly from Admiral John McCain, Senator McCain’s father. Admiral McCain ordered that the 6th Fleet immediately withdraw its rescue and defense operation partly because he did not want the American forces to directly engage the Israelis.
When the order not to intervene was issued, the Israeli returned with five torpedo boats that were clearly marked with Israeli flags and the Star of David. The torpedo boats fired five torpedoes at the U.S.S. Liberty. Onew of the torpedoes was a direct hit and struck the U.S.S. Liberty and killed 24 more American soldiers.
In the meantime, the commander of the 6th Fleet was fighting with Admiral McCain demanding that support be sent to DEFEND AMERICAN LIVES. It was no longer about Israel and the Arab coutnries but about AMERICAN LIVES. Admiral McCain could have issued orders to intervene, even though President Lyndon Baines Johnson was now involved in the discussions about the war and the incident involving the U.S.S. Liberty. LBJ was quoted as saying that despite the tragedy of the attack on the Liberty, he did not want to do anything that would expose Israel to defeat at the hands of the Arab nations — remember, no one knew for sure, especially among the Americans, how easily the Israelis would defeat the Arab armies.
Admiral McCain’s actions COST THE LIVES OF 24 AMERICANS who were killed AFTER the first attack and when it was clear the ship could have been defended.
The Israelis returned a third time assaulting the ship this time with helicopter gunships filled with heavily armed Israeli soldiers who were preparing to storm the ship. Their goal was to kill every last American on the U.S.S. Liberty as it became apparent to the Israelis that their plan to destroy and sink the Liberty had failed, that there were witnesses and that they feared the massacre of Americans would result in destroying their relationship with the United States. But before the troops could be ordered to assault, the Israelis realized that the battle among the American military leaders was now a major issue and it was clear that the Israelis had been identified not only by the survivors on the U.S.S. Liberty as being Israeli, but also by the commander of the 6th Fleet.
The assault helicopters were called back.
After the incident, Admiral McCain sent a commander to meet with the ship’s survivors and he ordered them to keep their mouths shut or to face court marshal. If anyone EVER discussed what happened, they would be punished.
For years, no one spoke out about theinjustice. Then, survivors began to fight back publishing several books about what they saw with their own eyes, and challenging the Israeli propaganda that the ship was attacked “by accident,” which was now the “official version” that was endorsed by the Israelis and the John administration and by Admiral McCain.
In response, Israel’s powerful lobby produced its own material and a bookw as wwritten by a pro-Israel apologist which claimed the attack was an accident and that the allegations by the eyewitnesses on the boat, and the documents, were false. It further claimed that 10 official investigations were conducted and all concluded that the attack was an accident. The truth was, there was only one official Military Probe and it refused to blame Israel. testimony from the survivors at the investigation were censored and charges that the Israelis intentionally attacked the ship were rmeoved from the official record.
How does Sen. John McCain come into the picture. His father was the commander during the Gulf of Tonkin incident in which the United States and John administration faked up an attack on an American ship to allow American forceds to invade and bomb North Vietnam. The attack never took place, but Johnson got what he wanted, an excuse to enter the Vietnam War in full force with the backing of the American people who thought the Vietnamese had in fact attacked and killed Americans.
Senator John McCain acted to defend his father’s honor and he endorsed the propaganda, pro-Israel book version of the attack on the U.S.S. Liberty introducing it to the U.S. Senate and declaring that this book by an outsider an dproagandist for Israel was in fact the official version of what happened. He then introduced the book to the Library of Congress to further cement the lie and to cover-up for his father’s betrayal of the American soldiers and the American people and truth.
Senator John McCain owes the American people an apology. And, he can make this right by standing up and demanding a full and uncensored public investigation into how America turned its back on its fighting men on June 8, 1967 in order to protect an ally it viewed crucial to the Cold War with the Soviet Union. Senator McCain can show he is a leader by exposing the truth about his father’s misdeed and to stand up for the families of the 34 brave men who were murdered by israel on June 8, 1967, and for the survivors and their families who have endured ridicule, shame and insult over the years for simply trying to tell the truth.
You can hear the story of the shameful coverup by Admiral John McCain and Sen. John McCain and the details of the massacre on my radio show (in both audio and video podcast) at www.RadioChicagoland.com.
Regardless of whether you are a Republican or a Democrat, the way our American soldiers were mistreated is shameful and remains a black spot on the honor of this country. It MUST be corrected and clarified and truth MUST be allowed to come out. The survivors of the Israeli massacre of 34 Americans must be given the chance to tell the truth, and the cowards who have shamefully tried to cover up and protect Israel’s actions deserve to experience the same ridicule and persecution that the survivors, American soldiers and their families, have been forced to endure for more than 40 years.
– Ray Hanania
www.RadioChicagoland.com.
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“Their goal was to kill every last American on the U.S.S. Liberty as it became apparent to the Israelis that their plan to destroy and sink the Liberty had failed, that there were witnesses and that they feared the massacre of Americans would result in destroying their relationship with the United States.”
This is really pathetic, and indicative of a smarmy wannabe journalist. How stupid do you think people are?
How do you know this was their goal? You just decided and then report it as fact.
How do you know what they feared? You just decided and then report it as fact.
You want us to believe you personally know the intimate thoughts and motives of the Israelis, and then you have the collosal nerve to claim the judge who wrote the book absolving Israel of the Liberty incident is a propagandist? WTF are you? A soothsayer who just so happens to know what went on in the minds of people you’ve never met?
Ray Hanania, you are a liar hellbent on spreading propaganda. You can’t prove anything you said. You only have allegations that you desperately try to pass off as facts. You have no honor, and clearly have shunned common journalistic ethics in order to promote your own political agenda. Disgusting.
Technically the gulf of tonkin incident did happen, only the first incident august 2nd really took place, the second incident on august 4th was distorted and John mccains dad had nothing to do with the gulf of tonkin incident because if you bothered to research what your talking about the gulf of tonkin incident happend in 1964, John S. McCain Jr didn’t assume command of USA forces in the pacific until 1968 your a full 4 years off. The admiral of US naval forces at the Gulf of tolkin was admiral George Stephen Morrison
Now lets move onto your next lie, the USS liberty:
As war broke out Captain William L. McGonagle of the Liberty immediately asked Vice Admiral William I. Martin at the U.S. 6th Fleet headquarters to send a destroyer to accompany the Liberty and serve as its armed escort and as an auxiliary communications center.
The following day, June 6, Admiral Martin replied: “Liberty is a clearly marked United States ship in international waters, not a participant in the conflict and not a reasonable subject for attack by any nation. Request denied.”
So how in gods name is John S. McCain Jr if he wasn’t in charge of the USS liberty or the US sixth fleet.
I move that this post by Ray Hanania be deleted for the sole purpose that every allegation made in this post is basically a complete lie when it comes John S. McCain Jr. and his command, John McCain Jr. was not in charge of US forces in vietnam, John McCain Jr. Had no command over the US sixth fleet not to mention the orders did not come from him to not send any type of escort to the USS liberty.
Ecorgirl, I wonder why, instead of respectfully refuting anyone’s argument here you often accuse people of “propaganda” and resorting to hateful attacks. You accuse him of having a political agenda. Because you don’t, with your identical comments? Because your comments here are so ethical with words like “liar,” “pathetic,” “wannabe journalist” and “propagandist”?
Ray is spreading “propaganda” on behalf of whom? How do you know his goal? “You just decided and then report it as fact.”
Readers of this post may also wish to read this report, and this post by Phil Tourney, survivor of the USS Liberty.
I’m not disputing about John mccains father being part of a cover up when it comes USS liberty. What I’m disputing is that John McCain Jr. was in charge of US forces during the gulf of tolkin incident. That is a complete lie because between 1963 he was assigned to the atlantic theater. Gulf of tolkin took place in 1964 in the pacific, John McCain Jr. did not take command of a pacific theater or any of its forces until 1968 and was not. Ray assertion that John McCain was part of the Gulf of tolkin incident is a complete lie! There is no disputing Esra that Ray here is lieing through his teeth about John McCain Jr. being apart of the Gulf of tolkin incident or that he was part of johnson lie about the gulf of tolkin incident.
Now as to the USS liberty, the problem here is that John McCain Jr. was never in discussion with vice admiral of the sixth fleet when it came to revoking orders of the rescue planes, those came directly from the pentagon from Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral David L. McDonald. The sixth fleet commander was never arguing with John McCain Jr. about defending the USS liberty considering he was already talking to John McCain Jr. Senior officer Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral David L. McDonald. So why bother talking to John McCain Jr. when your talking to Chief of naval operations.
Here is Jim Ennes also known as james ennes and is a USS liberty survior has written books on the USS liberty incident and is also those who have spoken up about the cover up.
“next extraordinary event of the Liberty saga is what Jim Ennes calls the “bungled rescue.”[53] According to the Liberty men, the first response to the crew’s radio calls for help came at 1505 hours, an hour and five minutes after the attack began.[54] The message fom the commander of the Sixth Fleet read: “YOUR FLASH TRAFFIC RECEIVED. SENDING AIRCRAFT TO COVER YOU. SURFACE UNITS ON THE WAY. KEEP SITREPS COMING.”[55] The first four rescue flights came from the USS America. According to the ship log and a chief petty officer of the USS America, two of the F-4 Phantom jets deployed were of a specific breed known as “ready” jets. The term “ready” indicates that a jet has been assigned an elite pilot, is prepared for any scenario, and is equipped with many weapons including nuclear weapons.[56] There is no official recognition that the jets launched to protect the Liberty actually carried nuclear weapons or were authorized to use such weapons.[57] As Ennes explained, there is evidence that “ready aircraft, which normally carry nuclear weapons, were launched toward Liberty, and that the Pentagon reacted with anger bordering on hysteria.”[58] When word of the rescue flights reached Washington the jets were ordered to turn around immediately. Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral David L. McDonald patched through to the Six Fleet and roared, “You get those (swearword) airplanes back on deck, and you get them back now.”[59] The jets pilots did as they were told.”
http://www.ussliberty.org/macdonald.htm
As you can see according to Jim ennes, the Sixth fleet commander was not arguing with John McCain Jr. about sending rescue forces to the liberty, and the orders to send the rescue forces back were not given by John McCain Jr. but by Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral David L. McDonald who outranks John McCain Jr. and considering the possibility that those rescue planes carried nuclear weapons it would make sense that the CNO would be directly involved and would be the one who gave the orders to not send the rescue planes.
Which means is this we are in a dispute over who is telling the truth Jim Ennes a USS liberty survivor and Barack Obama supporter or Ray Hanania.
Esra I think it’s fair that we demand Ray Hanania to reveal his sources of information that John McCain Jr. was involved in the Gulf of tolkin incident and that John McCain Jr. was arguing with the commander of the US sixth fleet about sending rescue party and that John Mccain Jr. was also the one who gave the orders to revoke the rescue operation. My source claims it was the CNO, who outranks John McCain Jr., that revoked such rescue operations and it was the CNO that the US sixth fleet commander was arguing with.