Important article spoiled by rightwing commentator
I read with interest this article about the attack on USS Liberty by the Israeli Defence Force on 8 June 1967. Included with the article is an interview conducted by Candace Owen with a retired US sailor who was aboard the Liberty at the time of the attack. While the interview includes some revelatory details about the attack, its credibility is marred by Candace Owens’ clear anti-semitism expressed in the second half of the interview.
There is a clear theme of miraculous intervention by a Christian God that pervades the interview. It would have served the veracity of the article if a more reliable news source had been used. In its series “The day Israel attacked America”, Aljazeera’s interviews with a variety of Liberty survivors provides a more evidence-based overview of what happened. It is certainly less marred by conspiracy theories and anti-semitism. Ironically, it is probably Aljazeera’s provenance as a Qatari publication that prevented the US author of this piece from using it.
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