Politics and Israel

One of my friends is off on an "Israel deserves to die" kick.  He is probably the most liberal of all of my friends and were it not that I have known him since he was a child, yeah ..... well, I really get tired quickly of people whom just do not learn from history.  Though he would call that, "my version of history".

His current kick is over the Israeli attack on the USS Liberty in 1967 ..... I remember the entire war effort with incredible clarity - because I was in Germany with news sources other than the US press.  The reporting bias in the American Press was so strong and in such stark contrast to the non-US press that I had to wonder what the real definition of insanity was.

Things were a little weird that year in Miesau: father was suddenly deployed (as in he went to work and did not come back for months, we got a telegram saying he was okay but a whole load of manure had hit the fan), there was sudden "Green Police" activity in our town, and in the Pfaltz - where I lived - there was suddenly missing older Germans everywhere!  What was going on?  The ten teenagers put our heads together.....

What we pieced together was a fairly wide ranging conspiracy, dating back to WWII.  When the war ended, the SS used its ODESSA organization to continue the fight for Germany into 1959, when the last of the "free" units were captured in Bavaria.  (Didn't know the war continued for 14 extra years, did you?)  The SS then shifted its activities overseas, with courting countries at odds with Israel.  Egypt then was hurting over the kicking they had received from the Israeli's in the 1956 war and was very interested in a missile program.  Troops had literally thrown their rifles at the Israeli's, rather than shoot them.  Politicians wanted something they could control.  There was a quiet attempt to acquire atomic warheads but the cost and secrecy could not be managed, so biological was the way to go.  The SS could supply the manpower necessary for the rockets and the biological manufacture.

So, it is the summer of 1967 and all of Israel's neighbors attack.  The US had deployed the USS Liberty off the Israeli coast, so obviously the US knew what was coming.  The USS Liberty was an electronic surveillance vessel, its job to gather data on Israeli communications and intelligence, troop positions, etc.  The US ignored the request to withdraw the vessel from Israeli waters and it did not take long for Israel to figure out that data being gathered was being shared with both Egypt and Syria, whom were both heavily infested with Israeli spies at the time.  It is interesting that now, almost 60 years later, people are hollering about Israel's attack against what was now seen as an enemy craft in their waters.

Those whom do not understand that the Israeli people are still God's CHOSEN people, constantly make the same mistakes and stand against them, and God has no choice but to whack them.  Those whom stand with his people are blessed, those whom stand against - not so much.

As for Egypt and the missiles?  They never launched, thanks to some sabotage by the US military.

So what was going on?  On the one hand, the US Navy was gathering intelligence and sharing it with Israel's enemies.  On the other hand, the US deployed my father and many others from the ancient V-2 program to take out the rockets before they could be used.  Is this a case of trying to be on the winning side, no matter whom wins, by the US politicians?  Certainly, nothing surprised us in Europe concerning Lydon Johnson.  We viewed him either was the most corrupt of all US presidents or the absolute stupidest man that ever existed.  The local joke was, " How do you know when the President is lying?  His lips are moving....."  Unfortunately, true since we all got our news from non-US control press sources.

And the missing German's in the Pfaltz?  Seems they were all SS members in hiding with some involvement with what had happened in the middle east.  It really set my mind back a bit to realized that little old Hans, the shoe repairman, was SS and somehow involved.  Where ever he escaped to, I hope he was safe.  He had been a good friend and neighbor.

As for the USS Liberty, well, Israel never apologized that I heard and the US gave Israel nukes in 1967 for defensive use.  So, apparently the US did recognize their involvement here.  The Egyptian missiles were scrapped by treaty.  Egypt switched to Russian supplied hardware and distanced themselves from the US.  The Arab countries had taken an embarrassing licking.  The stage was set for another confrontation, only this time in 1973.  And interestingly, in 1972 is when the US started training me for a desert engagement.....  All my friends were headed for jungles, I got to crawl with the rattlesnakes and scorpions.  So, what did the US know about what was to come?

Make no mistake that God has His hand on His people.  1948, 1956, 1967, 1973 and 1991 were all occasions for those with understanding to witness the might of God against those whom stand against His people.  Yes, He used flesh and blood but when a tiny army can win on four fronts simultaneously, we are talking miracle; and if we are talking miracles, we are talking God's intervention.

Taking a stand against Israel will draw God's wrath.

As a nation, we have been headed towards an anti-Israeli stance for quite some time.  As a nation we will get a taste of God's wrath for this, but that does not mean you need to go down completely with the ship.  Get on your God glasses and see the forces at work in this world!  Take a pro-Israeli stand, support Israel however you can, you might just be needing some God sized fire insurance.....