Republican Congressman Thomas Massie has urged the United States to reopen its investigation into a 1967 Israeli attack on a US Navy ship, the USS Liberty, that killed 34 service members and injured 171 others.
Monday marked the 59th anniversary of the attack, and Massie honoured the occasion by delivering a speech on the floor of the House of Representatives, in the presence of survivors.
The Israeli government has long maintained the incident was a “friendly fire” accident. But some crew members from the USS Liberty have disputed that assessment, calling the attack deliberate.
Massie highlighted their testimonies in his speech, which questioned the official version of the events.
“While they’re still alive, they need closure,” Massie said of the survivors.
This is interesting, but sounds like something they’d do on each anniversary, or is there anything new this time around?
or is there anything new this time around?
More people hate Israel so there’s a higher chance an actual investigation would get approved. The official story is a proven lie.
More people may notice; but never political action.
I think this event stays alive in the popular culture, when many worse Israeli crimes are forgotten, because this is a different type of betrayal that teary eyed patriots can empathize.
However while veterans are given lip service, by the politicians, they have no political power. The massacres of striking veterans in Washington DC almost a hundred years ago put paid to that idea
