Fifty years ago this day, an American intelligence ship, the USS Liberty, was treacherously attacked in international waters by planes of our supposed “ally” called Israel in attempt to stop in from intercepting Israeli messages which would expose their aggressive designs against their Arab neighbors. Israel intended that the secret would sink with the ship and all the men on it. The mission failed. 34 American sailors died, 171 were wounded, and the ship was damaged beyond repair, but the heroic men of the USS Liberty managed to send a distress signal to nearby American aircraft, forcing Israel to break off the attack. The survivors lived to tell the story, despite all the attempts made to obscure it. I will not spend time refuting the lies of Israel’s apologists concerning this act. The men on that ship to a man know what happened, and they tell the story far better than I ever will.

USS Liberty Memorial