Please Observe Two Minutes of Silence to Honor Memory of USS Liberty Sailors

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Please Observe Two Minutes of Silence to Honor Memory of USS Liberty Sailors
By: Raouf Halaby - Counter Punch News - 06-08-21
Re: https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/06...berty-sailors/

Today is June 8, 2021, a day to observe two minutes of silence to honor the memory of the 36 US Navy sailors who were brutally killed by Israeli jet fighters and torpedo boats. On the same day, June 8, 1967, 167 sailors were wounded and strafed with napalm.

Fifty-four (54) years later these brave soldiers have yet to be recognized for their valor. Since that shameful day, every US Administration, Secretary of Defense, Pentagon Brass, and a whole passel of corrupt politicians have refused to acknowledge this heinous act because Israel and her politicians are Washington’s darlings. And for this brazenly murderous assault, billions upon billions have been showered on a nation that thrives on hatred, racism, apartheid, religious fanaticism, and war mongering.

Joe Biden and his ilk proclaim that they are fighting for the soul of America.

Joe Robinette Biden, if you have a soul, especially when you invoke the vacuous cliché “May God Bless our troops,” as you would have us believe, you could have – and should have – in your 40+ years of political pandering, acknowledged these brave service men and given them their due.

Forsaken by a government that has offered these sons, fathers, and grandfathers as sacrificial lambs on the altar of political pandering, expediency, and hypocrisy, please observe two minutes of silence.

About this writer: Raouf J. Halaby is a Professor Emeritus of English and Art. He is a writer, photographer, sculptor, an avid gardener, and a peace activist. halabys7181@outlook.com

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Note: Read this link for more specific details on this subject -
Open this link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Li..._of_the_attack

This link (above) will have much more detailed information on this day and how Israeli failed to recognize the
USS Liberty technical research ship in the area.
Photo link: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...1123118%29.jpg
Showing the - Damaged USS Liberty one day (9 June 1967) after attack.
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What's unclear is whether or not our ship was flying an American Flag (during the attack) while in this area making it
seem to be a supply ship? Hence it became a target thereby costing the lives of many of the crew and the ship itself.
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I believe that it was intentional rather a matter of identification or they were not told an American vessel was in the
same water? - Speculation only!

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Note: We give two-minutes of silence for those Sailor's lost on this day.
May they Rest In Peace knowing that they've not been forgotten.
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