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Entry: The Victory that Wrecked Israel Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/the_victory_that_wrecked_israel#1620 Post contents: Taki, you've been had. The U.S.S. Liberty Incident has been kept alive by factoids and hearsay informa- tion only. Long story short, it was an Isreali mili- tary clusterf*** in which their navy, which hadn't booked a single achievement in the war, found a target and didn't stop to ask questions. The U.S. has always demanded that the officers responsible for such dereliction of duty be prosecuted, only to be stone- walled by the Israelis, who blame everyone but them- selves. Israel paid humanitarian blood money to the victims or their survivors and in 1980 finally arran- ged to pay the U.S. government a bargain rate of $6,000,000 for the ship, which had to be scrapped. At that point both governments decided they would just have to agree to disagree on the matter, since it had dragged on so long without either side budging. The incident itself has been deeply embarrassing to both governments, not because of any conspiracy but because it displays a lack of military professionalism on both sides. And when you're embarrassed about something you really don't like to talk about it much, do you? Sent at: 2008 07 08