America comes first, not Israel. McCain's father was part of the USS Liberty coverup, don't expect anything good from this guy.
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Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) is the âConscience of the Senate.â Nevertheless, he wonât
come clean about what really happened to the USS Liberty, at the hands of
the Israelis, via napalm, gunfire, torpedoes and missiles, on June 8, 1967,
13 miles off the coast of the Sinai Peninsula. McCainâs conscience, it
seems, has its limits. I suspect itâs because the powerful Israeli Lobby
weighs in so ominously in Washington, DC, protecting the interests of its
favorite country -- Israel -- and making sure the mostly mousey congress
people are kept totally in line or else. (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.wrmea.com">
www.wrmea.com</a>)</span></p>
<p align="justify"><span style="font-size: 11pt">I wrote Sen. McCain, the
âConscience of the Senate,â back on March 8, 1997, pointing out to him that
for âclose to 30 years, the truth concerning Israelâs murderous attack on
the USS Liberty has been covered-up...â I underscored for him that, âThe
conspiracy of silence concerning the Liberty must be ended now.â I urged
him, âTo stand up on the Senate floor and demand that Congress do its duty:
investigate the Liberty affair...call all the survivors and all relevant
witnesses to testify at a public hearing. Let justice, finally, be done for
the fallen heroes of the Liberty.â (I found out later that one of the fallen
heroes was Petty Office William B. Allenbaugh, a Baltimorean, who had
graduated from my alma mater, Calvert Hall H.S.) </span></p>
<p align="justify"><span style="font-size: 11pt">McCain declined my offer to
raise his voice on behalf of the Liberty. He said that he wasnât going to do
anything about it because the âmatter was thoroughly reviewed.â Really! In
his letter to me, dated, April 28, 1997, he relied on the results of the now
totally discredited Naval Court of Inquiry, which was conducted by Rear
Admiral Isaac Kidd, USN. It began on June 10, 1967, and lasted less than a
week. A scathing and devastating
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.ifamericansknew.org/us_ints/ul-boston.html">
rebuttal</a> of that seriously flawed Naval Inquiry can be found in the
âDeclaration,â dated Jan. 8, 2004, of Capt. Ward Boston, Jr., JAGC, USN
(Ret). He was the senior legal counsel to the USS Libertyâs Court of Naval
Inquiry. Boston said that Admiral Kidd, the presiding officer of the Court,
felt that the attack was âdeliberateâ and that the Israelis were âmurderous
b.......â Boston added that Kidd was pressured by the White House and the
Defense Department to return a finding that the attack was a result of
âmistaken identity.â </span></p>
<p align="justify"><span style="font-size: 11pt">The unprovoked assault on
the Liberty, which lasted 75 minutes, killed 34 brave Americans and wounded
172 others (<u>Assault on the Liberty</u>, James M. Ennes, Jr. and James
Bamfordâs <u>Body of Secrets</u>). The Israelis were trying to murder all
294 Americans on board the surveillance vessel, sink it, and make it look
like the Egyptians had done it (<u>Operation Cyanide</u>, by Peter Hounam).
The Israelis claimed it was âa mistake,â (See, Zionist Israel apologistâs
Ahron Jay Cristol, âThe Liberty Incident.â Cristol also smears those
demanding justice in the Liberty matter as âconspiracy theorists.â) </span>
</p>
<p align="justify"><span style="font-size: 11pt">Now, hereâs the kicker: One
of the Navy bigwigs pushing hard for a sanitized Liberty inquiry was none
other than Sen. McCainâs father, Admiral John S. McCain, Jr.,
Commander-in-Chief, Naval Forces Europe. He wanted the investigation done in
less than a week. Boston said a âproper inquiry would take at least six
months.â Admiral McCain also wouldnât permit Admiral Kidd to travel to
Israel or to contact any potential Israelis witnesses. In fact, according to
Boston, the written affidavits of 60 witnesses from the Liberty itself, who
were hospitalized at the time of the restricted Inquiry, were also excluded
from the final report and not considered as part of the evidentiary record.
Boston is convinced, too, that the Israelisâ machine-gunning of the
Libertyâs lifeboats, while the crew was trying desperately to assist their
colleagues that were seriously wounded, was âa war crime.â Boston said
higher ups wanted âto put a lid on everythingâ concerning the Liberty.
</span></p>
<p align="justify"><span style="font-size: 11pt">Many competent and
authoritative responses have been made to all of the lame excuses raised by
the Israelis and their sycophants. For compelling evidence, check out the
books of Ennes, Bamford and Hounam cited above; also, go to the
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.ussliberty.org">
www.ussliberty.org</a>
site itself, and its related links. Terrence OâKeefeâs insightful
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.usslibertyinquiry.com/commentary/travesty/biglie.html">
The Myth of Thirteen Investigations</a> is a good place to start anyoneâs
education in a quest for the full truth, along with the excellent video,
âUSS Liberty Dead in the Water.â </span></p>
<p align="justify"><span style="font-size: 11pt">So, McCain, the âConscience
of the Senateâ wasnât going to do anything about bringing justice to the
Liberty! He did, however, say something else in his letter that made me feel
suspicious about his do-nothing position. He said, âThe attacking nationâ
did not submit any evidence or testimony on their behalf about the assault
at the inquiry. âAttacking nation!â What is that suppose to mean? Why
couldnât McCain just come right out, he is the âConscience of the Senateâ
after all, and simply say: The Israelis? Why use a deceptive term, like:
âattacking nation?â Talk about Orwellian Double Speak! I canât imagine
McCain writing about the attack on U.S. forces at Pearl Harbor, on Dec. 7,
1941, and instead of stating up front that Japan was responsible, refer to
that sneaky, militant aggressor as the âattacking nation.â </span></p>
<p align="justify"><span style="font-size: 11pt">McCain may be known as the
âConscience of the Senate,â but considering the low reputation of that body,
thatâs not really saying much. I mean these are the same political weasels,
led by that repulsive Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman (D-Ct), who passed the USA
Patriot Act in the middle of the night, without any public hearing. Then,
they gave away their Constitutional war-making power, under Art. 1, Sec. 8,
to President George W. Bush, Jr., so he could lie us into the Iraqi
conflict. And, while the country was still reeling from all of that, the
Congress enacted the draconian Homeland Security Law. McCain participated in
all three of these gross violations of the public trust, acting as a lap dog
for the hawkish Lieberman. </span></p>
<p align="justify"><span style="font-size: 11pt">Now, having said all of
that, everyone knows that McCain is a genuine war hero. He spent 7 dreadful
years as a Vietnam POW, under some horrific conditions. He was a naval
pilot, who was shot down on a bombing run over that beleaguered country.
Some POWs, however, seem like bigger, more celebrated heroes than others. I
think it depends on your family, and PR connections, too, and also your
propaganda value, if you know what I mean. For example, it didnât hurt
McCain that his dad and his grandfather were both admirals in the U.S. Navy.
</span></p>
<p align="justify"><span style="font-size: 11pt">Meanwhile, my old buddy
from South Baltimore, Harry Agro, was a U.S. Navy guy, and a POW, too. He
was a gunnery mate on merchant marine ships and survived two sinkings.
Somebody should make a movie about Agroâs harrowing war time experiences. He
spent close to 3 years in a Japanese POW camp, Hakodate, on the northern
most island of Hokkaido, during WWII. The racist Japanese guards, (they
hated Americans), beat Agro viciously just about every day of the week. They
also worked him almost to death in their coal mines, while giving him little
to eat. Harryâs father, a native of Sicily, unlike McCainâs, was a
blue-collar worker. So, nobody has heard much about his sonâs POW ordeal.
McCain, yes. Agro, no. Even so, Agro will always be one of my personal
heroes. </span></p>
<p align="justify"><span style="font-size: 11pt">Finally, important and
relevant disclosures have been made regarding the Liberty matter, since the
âConscience of the Senateâ sent his half-baked letter to me on April 28,
1997. During this presidential election year, McCain will be making numerous
campaign stops on behalf of the Bush-Cheney Gang. If you get a chance, ask
him this question: âWhen are you going to stop covering-up about what really
happened to the USS Liberty?â </span></p>
<p align="justify"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><b><font color="#FF0000">
William Hughes</font></b> is the author of <u>Saying âNoâ to the War Party</u>
(IUniverse, Inc.). He can be reached at
<a href="mailto:liamhughes@mindspring.com">liamhughes@mindspring.com</a>. ©
William Hughes 2004 </span></p>
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