Difference between revisions of "Wikipedia:USS Liberty incident"
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| − | |WpIntro=The Wikipedia page is a | + | |WpIntro=The Wikipedia page is a wordy treatment of the incident showing considerable bias eg it uses self-published sources to attack the character of Captain Ward Boston, senior counsel to the original US Court of Inquiry. 35 years after the incident, Boston made a startling declaration under oath, condemning what he'd been forced to do in 1967 and condemning the new "Israeli-firster" book that had just been published by AJ Cristol. |
| − | Careful reading of the Wikipedia section "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Liberty_incident#Details_in_dispute Details in Dispute]" will probably convince most readers that the Israeli attack could not have been an accident, but the rest of the article | + | Careful reading of the Wikipedia section "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Liberty_incident#Details_in_dispute Details in Dispute]" will probably convince most readers that the Israeli attack could not have been an accident, but the rest of the article seeks to mis-inform, greatly over-stating the number and significance of those making a case for it having been an accident. |
| − | The Wikispooks page is an easier-reading account and is based on the first-hand narratives of the American survivors | + | The Wikispooks page is an easier-reading account and is based on the first-hand narratives of the American survivors, information mostly buried at the Wikipedia under a plethora of largely insignificant opinions. Some of the bias at Wikipedia is discussed. The cover up by US and Israeli governments is discussed. A "straw-man" argument favored by Israeli-firsters is discussed. |
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| + | Perhaps most importantly, the article carries a very interesting comparison of all the "Reliable Sources" which touch on the subject, making it difficult to understand how the Wikipedia version can present the conclusion it attempts to do. | ||
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|WsLink1=Document:USS Liberty - Government Betrayal and Cover-up | |WsLink1=Document:USS Liberty - Government Betrayal and Cover-up | ||
| − | |WsLink1Desc= | + | |WsLink1Desc=Article in Hustler Magazine July 2008 issue. "Every American should be troubled by the fact that the President of the United States and the Secretary of Defense prevented the US Sixth Fleet from protecting a US Navy ship and its 294-man crew from foreign attack. They should also be troubled that the President ordered the Navy to determine the attack was unintentional" Paul Craig Roberts (b 1939) is a former editor of the Wall Street Journal and served as an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury in the Reagan Administration earning fame as a co-founder of Reaganomics." He has written or co-written eight books. |
|Notes=[[Category:1967 Six Day War]] | |Notes=[[Category:1967 Six Day War]] | ||
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 USS Liberty Incident
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| The Wikipedia page is a wordy treatment of the incident showing considerable bias eg it uses self-published sources to attack the character of Captain Ward Boston, senior counsel to the original US Court of Inquiry. 35 years after the incident, Boston made a startling declaration under oath, condemning what he'd been forced to do in 1967 and condemning the new "Israeli-firster" book that had just been published by AJ Cristol.
Careful reading of the Wikipedia section "Details in Dispute" will probably convince most readers that the Israeli attack could not have been an accident, but the rest of the article seeks to mis-inform, greatly over-stating the number and significance of those making a case for it having been an accident. The Wikispooks page is an easier-reading account and is based on the first-hand narratives of the American survivors, information mostly buried at the Wikipedia under a plethora of largely insignificant opinions. Some of the bias at Wikipedia is discussed. The cover up by US and Israeli governments is discussed. A "straw-man" argument favored by Israeli-firsters is discussed. Perhaps most importantly, the article carries a very interesting comparison of all the "Reliable Sources" which touch on the subject, making it difficult to understand how the Wikipedia version can present the conclusion it attempts to do. |
Related Wikispooks Pages
Document:USS Liberty - Government Betrayal and Cover-up - Article in Hustler Magazine July 2008 issue. "Every American should be troubled by the fact that the President of the United States and the Secretary of Defense prevented the US Sixth Fleet from protecting a US Navy ship and its 294-man crew from foreign attack. They should also be troubled that the President ordered the Navy to determine the attack was unintentional" Paul Craig Roberts (b 1939) is a former editor of the Wall Street Journal and served as an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury in the Reagan Administration earning fame as a co-founder of Reaganomics." He has written or co-written eight books.
