Lyndon Johnson and Jewish friendship during six day war
It is interesting to note how, today, “antiwar” organizations like MoveOn.org which had rallied against the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan during the Bush administration have now changed their tunes on both wars with Obama in the White House. MoveOn.org and many antiwar organizations during the Vietnam war, received a large degree of financial support from wealthy Jewish-Americans. In the case of MoveOn.org, huge support comes from Jewish-American financier George Soros.
With President Obama facing an Israel that refuses to comply with his wish that it halt all further housing expansion in the illegally-occupied West Bank and east Jerusalem, James Scot’s book, “The attack on the Liberty: The Untold Story of Israel’s Deadly 1967 Assault on a U.S. Spy Ship,” has special meaning.
The editor had the opportunity of meeting the author at the National Press Club on November 1 7. Scott, a Charleston, South Carolina-based journalist, has a unique insight into the Israeli attack on the National Security Agency (NSA) ship during the 1967 Six Day WAr: Scott’s father was damage control officer on the USS Liberty. Fortunately, Ensign John Scott survived the attack. Thirty four of his shipmates were not so lucky.
Author Scott recounts that on the eve of the outbreak of the the Six Day War, President Johnson resceived a gift from the Jewish American community. Scott writes about a huge anti-Vietnam War demonstration that was planned to confront Johnson on a trip to New York City: “Many Jewish organizations at the forefront of the anti-war movement opted not to protest, hoping to reduce the pressure on the president as Israel sought America’s support in the standoff with Egypt. ARTICLE

Happy Belated Birthday to Randy Evans. Randy’s birthday was on December 2nd. Happy Birthday to Richard Kemp who’s birthday was yesterday December 9th.
It was the eighth day of December





