Cutting short his trip in Europe the first week of July,
recently-appointed Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Adm. Mike Mullen flew to Tel
Aviv along with an entourage of high-ranking US military personnel and, upon his
arrival, rushed to meet with the highest-ranking members of Israel’s military
establishment. While this is not unusual (as many such meetings have been taking
place as of late) what was unusual was the topic discussed–Israel’s attack on
the USS Liberty 41 years ago during the 6 day war and how ‘important’ it was
that ‘history not repeat itself,’ given the present tensions existing between
Israel and Iran. Considering the subject of that meeting and the well-known
cover-up that has taken place these last 41 years, the meeting should have made
headline news all over America. Sadly, however, it did not, just another
testimony to the fact that America is now officially ‘occupied territory’ every
bit as much as Arab Palestine.

The fact that the meeting took place at all is news enough, but
what is of even more importance is what can be inferred from the meeting. Given
the fact that this brazen 2 hour attack upon the United States has been hushed
up these last 41 years, there can be little else to conclude by Mullen’s meeting
other than the obvious–That someone from within the intelligence or military
apparatus of the United States has looked towards the horizon and concluded that
Israel is planning a ‘USS Liberty Pt II,’ meaning an attack on a US ship, most
likely in the Persian Gulf, leading to a massive loss of life to be then blamed
on Iran. As was intended in 1967 when Israel attacked the Liberty, Americans
would be incensed into such a war frenzy that they would demand the
‘obliteration’ (a la Hillary Clinton) of the guilty party, the false identity of
which the Jewish media establishment in America would be all too glad to
provide. And while all players involved have been tight-lipped about the
particulars of this story, what can be concluded nevertheless is that Mullen’s
impromptu trip to Israel and subsequent discussion was in effect a stern warning
to Israel of ‘Don’t even think about it bubba’.

Those who suspect that Mullen (a company man not cut from the
same cloth as the recently ‘retired’ Adm. William Fallon) has been afflicted
with a sudden case of patriotic fever should consider this recent news against
the more likely backdrop of sheer pragmatism. The sad fact is, patriotism more
than likely had little to do with it. The US is having its rear end handed to it
in Iraq and Afghanistan and now some in Washington are beginning to realize that
they‘ve just put their foot into something nasty with regards to Israel’s dirty
wars in the Middle East that will never be finished as long as she exists. With
oil and virtually all consumer products skyrocketing in price simultaneous to
the US economy going down the drain, some now understand that by signing on as
Israel’s pit bull in the Muslim world that America will wind up paying the
ultimate price for her devotion to the Jewish state, meaning the complete
destruction of her economy and her position as a world power.

It is no secret Mullen is very friendly when it comes to the
great experiment in Jewish self rule in the Middle East as well as his
willingness to tow the line with regards to the sworn enemies of that great
experiment. Immediately after the release of the National Intelligence Estimate
in early December of 2007 stating that Iran had no nuclear weapons program
America’s highest ranking military officer high-tailed it to Israel (the first
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs to do so in a decade) to reassure her of America’s
support that would last ‘1,000 years’.

As of late however, America’s top general officer seems to be
singing a different tune with regards to widening the present debacle to include
war with Iran that stands the very real chance of bringing into the fray
nuclear-armed nations such as Russia and China. Out of necessity therefore he
has now joined with saner voices both inside and outside the Bush administration
who are trying to prevent an otherwise apocalyptic end to America. In discussing
an attack on Iran Mullen recently stated that opening a third front would be
‘extremely stressful’ on the US military and added that it would lead to
consequences ‘difficult to predict’, adding that “There is need for better
clarity, even dialogue at some level.”

And this, added to all the other things taking place these days
(not excluding of course the talk of withdrawing US troops from Iraq) is what is
making Israel jittery to the point she would contemplate pulling off another
‘USS Liberty’. For the sake of her own survival she simply cannot afford to have
her ‘fixer’ in the Middle East walk away from a ‘hit’ to which he has been
assigned, and it is for this reason that forward-thinking people in the US are
beginning to sense Israel may soon pull a few surprises out of her infamous
black bag of dirty tricks.

Once the stomping grounds solely of ‘anti-Semitic conspiracy
theorists’ that the Jewish state might pull a fast one in order to get the US
involved in a war for her own interests, now ‘respectable’ people have begun to
voice such thoughts openly as well. In a recent piece appearing in an issue of
American Conservative Magazine entitled ‘If Iran is Attacking, It Might
Really Be Israel’, ex-CIA officer Phillip Giraldi writes as follows–

‘Some intel types are beginning to express concerns that
the Israelis might do something completely crazy to get the US involved. There
are a number of possible “false flag” scenarios in which the Israelis could
stage an incident that they will make to look Iranian, either by employing
Iranian weapons or by leaving a communications footprint that points to Tehran’s
involvement. Those who argue Israel would never do such a thing should think
again. Israel is willing to behave with complete ruthlessness towards the US if
they feel that the stakes are high enough. Witness the attack on the USS Liberty
and the bombing of the US Consulate in Alexandria in the 1950s. If they now
believe that Iran is a threat that must be eliminated it is not implausible to
assume they will stop at nothing to get the United States to do it for them,
particularly as their air force is only able to damage the Iranian nuclear
program, not destroy it…’

Joined alongside Giraldi is former long-time CIA analyst Ray McGovern who in
his most recent piece ‘Israel Planning a September/October Surprise?’ writes the following with regards to the US pulling out of the Middle East and
what Israel might do as a result–

‘My guess is the Israeli leaders are apoplectic…This
dramatic change — or even just the specter of it — greatly increases Israel’s
incentive to ensure US involvement in the area that would endure for several
years. The Israelis need to create “facts on the ground” — something to
guarantee Washington will stand by “our ally.” The legislation drafted by AIPAC
calls for a blockade of Iran. That would be one way to entangle; there are many
others. The point is that the growing danger the Israelis perceive will probably
prompt them to find a way to get the US involved in hostilities with Iran. All
Israel has to do is to arrange to be attacked. Not a problem.
There are endless possibilities among which Israel can choose to catalyze such a
confrontation. Viewed from Tel Aviv it appears an increasingly threatening
situation, with more urgent need to “embed” (so to speak) the United States even
more deeply in the region — in a confrontation involving both countries with
Iran. A perfect storm is brewing…In sum, Israel is likely to be preparing a
September/October surprise designed to keep the US bogged down in Iraq
and in the wider region by provoking hostilities with Iran. And
don’t be surprised if it starts as early as August…

Readers will recall that American Free Press newspaper predicted in the
aftermath of the National Intelligence Estimate being released that the prospect
of war with Iran being cancelled (or delayed) would likely result in Israel
resorting to desperate measures in getting her way. AFP further speculated that
the timing of the release of the NIE was suspicious, coming just a few days
before Dec 7, the day Americans remember the attack on Pearl Harbor and that
possibly the release of the report was timed to prevent a sneak attack by an
Israeli sub on a US ship stationed in the Persian Gulf.

For her part, Israel is attempting to play the role of the
innocent, cooperative and concerned ally in the wake of Mullen’s meeting by
summoning Judge Jay Cristol, a federal bankruptcy judge in Miami and devoted
Zionist who wrote a book in 2002 exculpating Israel of any wrongdoing in the
Liberty attack. He is lecturing at military academies in Haifa and Ashdod on how
to avoid the ‘mistakes’ that led to the attack on the Liberty.

One thing is for certain. Out of all the topics to be discussed
with his Israeli counterparts, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Mullen picked the
topic of the USS Liberty, and not because he felt nostalgic, sentimental or
even–Heaven forbid–guilty over the way the Liberty survivors have been treated
these last 41 years. He, like many within the military and intelligence
establishment, no doubt realizes that America sits at the precipice of
destruction and is no doubt trying to pull her back before that proverbial
‘point of no return’ is reached, if in fact it has not been reached already.

And as sobering a theme as all this may be, the fact is that it
may turn out to be much worse. What Israel wants, Israel gets, and the fact that
an attack on a US ship has been thwarted does not mean that the fat lady has
sung, as now the likelihood of a false flag attack on the American mainland has
been made all the more probable. This time however, just for good measure and
for spite, it might not be a city building coming down after being struck by an
airliner, but rather an entire city being consumed in a mushroom cloud, courtesy
of a place called Dimona and a criminal organization known as Mossad.

2008 by Mark Glenn

Correspondent, American Free Press
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