Here's an interesting report from the JPost, that Joint Chiefs Chairman Mike Mullen when in Israel warned the Israelis not to pull a USS Liberty, and attempt to provoke the U.S. into taking action against Iran.
The USS Liberty, a $40m state-of-the-art surveillance ship, was 'inadvertently' attacked by Israeli fighter jets and torpedo boats in international waters north of the northern Sinai Peninsula coast [in 1967]. The attack, which lasted at least 40 minutes, claimed the lives of 34 American soldiers and wounded at least 170 crew members.
Adm. Mullen cautioned that the Israeli attack on the USS Liberty in 1967 is the type of incident that should be 'avoided in any future military actions' in the Middle East, the Jerusalem Post reported. [F]ormer US seamen who served on Liberty claim authorities are guilty of a cover-up.
American Free Press quoted Adm. Mullen as saying that it is very 'important' at this time that 'history not repeat itself', referring to increasing speculation that Israel might stage another such scenario to push the US into a war with Iran...
Israel is reportedly lobbying the Bush administration to launch a joint attack on Iran before President George W. Bush leaves office in January 2009.
I'm reminded of Tony Judt's brilliant piece of a couple years back comparing Israel to an out of control adolescent. Why is such a warning even necessary from a superpower? Cause the kid got the keys to the gun safe. And who do you think gave them to him? I sure wish Obama and McCain would speak up about the American interest.
Obama will be more of the same, here is something from thewashingtonnote.
The Race to be Obama's National Security Advisor
There are four horses out front — way ahead of everyone else who might be considered.
They are:
Brookings Senior Fellow and former Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs SUSAN RICE, UT Austin LBJ School of Public Policy Dean and former Deputy National Security Advisor JAMES STEINBERG. Willams & Connolly trial lawyer and former special counsel to President Clinton GREGORY CRAIG, and lastly, Washington Institute for Near East Policy counselor and former Clinton Middle East envoy and negotiator DENNIS ROSS.
are we to take this as a semi admission by jpost that the liberty was indeed a false flag? Perhaps with the idea that Egypt would be blamed and Invased by the us?
Woops. My mistake. I thought that was Jpost when its actually Iran's PressTV. Though I still find the 'conspiracy theory' more credible than the official narrative.
This was an Iranian Press site. Not the Jerusalem Post. But that's par for the course on mondoweiss when it comes to accuracy.
Actually, Mullen's warning/hopeful suggestion to the Israelis are covered in umpteen publications (not the MSM, wonder why that is!)link to americanfreepress.net
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No doubt SOG believe's the survivors of the USS Liberty are "pussies" and the families of the dead American seamen who feel very betrayed are probably anti Semites anyway.
Who can trust the Iranians, or the Americans if it comes to that.
Phil was sloppy in how he presented that, but there is an actual Jerusalem Post story which the PressTV article references:
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1215331092525&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
"IDF Chief of General Staff Lt.-Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi discussed the incident with the Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Michael Mullen during his visit to Tel Aviv last month. The attack on the Liberty was cited by the two as the type of incident that needed to be avoided in any future military operations in the region."
Most of the rest of the JP article is how Judge Jay Cristol was in Israel doing a follow-up, explaining to the IDF in detail on how to avoid repeating that incident.
Now who gets to explain to Aman and Mossad on the details of avoiding another Lavon Affair? (Feith got some experience in intelligence with the Office of Special Plans, so he might be one candidate.)
Witty, what's your take on the Lavon Affair? On the tale of the USS Liberty? On the suspended AIPAC spy trial case? I don't believe you've ever addressed any of those issues, although they've all been brought on the blog many times. Instead you
simply spin abstractions in cloudy circles full. You're way, duly noted often by many regulars. You're the luftmensch here; SOG is the clump of hostile mud. The rest of us are simply trying to face full reality.
Who knew Phil Gramm was such a fan of "Mad Men"?
How else to explain the former senator's recent rant that we've become a "nation of Weiners" (albeit, the press incorrectly spelled it "whiners."
Goebbels took his cues from the original, you know, the Jewish guy who got all this leggy shicksa to hike cigaret smoking back in the day?
When if ever will we see the Jewish side to Mad Men? Forgitabout it! Let's just stay tuned to the latest renditon of how goys are cold-hearted, ruthless, and lacking all empathy.
It will gain tremendous awards.
Who said that, the ragman's son?
I don't mean the Jewish rag peddler; I mean who paid the price at the Battle Of The Bulge. They were also called "ragmen." Their Jewish American shrinks in uniform kept sending them back.
Oh gee, I'm an anti-semite. Why don't you look to the facts?
Hi, I'm Kirk Douglas.
I resented the fact I had to pretend allegiance to the goy values just to placate their idea of physical embodiment of virtue.
It was really hard to keep my famous chin up, and clefted as well.
My son had the burden too.
Do I have family in Iraq?
Does Bush?
Don't blame me for playing the game.
Are you serious?” The man in the gray flannel suit of the early sixties worked from 5:30 in the morning until 10 at night. They had three women copywriters. They didn’t bed secretaries. Instead, they introduced Xerox. It was hard, hard work and no nonsense. ‘Mad Men’ is typical of ‘The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit,’ those phony S.O.B.’s. The truth was, e.g., a Greek bigmouth, a Korean War veteran, would use his ethnicity to promote his talent. Before you knew it, most of the great creative talent was Italian, Greek and Jewish. They broke through the terrible WASP-ness of the business.”
Then they substituted their own–is that the next Mad Men series? Don't count on it.