[SuperScout]

You have hit on what I have long held to be one of the greatest white-washes in all of history, the untold story of how the USS Liberty could have been so violently attacked by an alleged ally. I know a little bit about the fog of war, and how things can get confusing on the battlefield, but a large ship, clearly differentiated from the dhows, cigarette boats, and other insignificant surface craft in the area could be assumed to be a proper target is way beyond my level of comprehension. And of course, it is politically incorrect to question why we give, not loan, but give so much foreign aid to Israel, and receive so little back in return is also a mystery, particularly in view of how they have sold, not given, some rather sophisticated weapon techonology to the Commie Chinese, no friend of either.

With regard to the pilot's refeusal to fly certain missions, I believe it's a function of questionable orders based on the basis of morality.

Recalling the days of my youth, I had a stamp album with some British stamps, overprinted with "Palestine" to denote the Brits' administrative efforts there; I feel they later caved under continued terrorists attacks, one led by Menaghim Begin, who later became PM os Israel. I don't trust them, and see them as driven only by their internal self interests. Went to military school with a couple of their officers, and they were about as cold as my first ex-wife's heart.