With an Ally Like Israel, Who Needs Enemies?
To the St. Petersburg Times, Jan. 6, 1990 A letter writer, Dec. 7, derided you for your editorial, “The Israel-South Africa Link.” Not only were you on the mark but his calling Israel “America’s only reliable ally in the Middle East” is a bogus coin struck by the Jewish lobby and gained currency by stuffing Congress’ deep elections pockets with real money. Consider the following Israeli actions which resulted in frustrating America’s policy and interest or exacting a terrible price in American life. As early as 1953, Israeli agents fire bombed the American information office in Alexandria to sabotage relations with Egypt in what became known as the “Lavon affair.” On June 8, 1967, Israeli warplanes strafed and bombed the USS Liberty, 34 sailors were killed and over 200 wounded. Last year when the town of Grafton, WI, decided to name its new library the USS Liberty Memorial Library, the Jewish lobby fought it, calling it anti-Semitic. How can honoring fallen American sailors be anti-any
