Son, I spent 2 years as a special agent in the FBI and over 30 yrs in the

military, and if it is one thing I learned through all of this, its that when you
get an order, you say yes sir and carry it out with no questions asked.
This was the response given by Capt. Ward Boston, USN (Ret) to this
reporter in a series of recent interviews he gave for American Free Press
Newspaper. For those not familiar with Capt. Ward Boston, he played what
will one day be recognized as one of the most pivotal roles in recent human
history. 40 years ago this upcoming June, he was the senior legal council for
the Naval Board of Inquiry concerning the June 8, 1967 attack on the USS
Liberty by Israeli Air and Naval forces that resulted in 34 Americans killed
and 171 wounded. His job in 1967 was to be part of a hastily-called
investigation into the attack, andas he has recently revealed to the shock of
manyto rule that Israels 90-minute bloodfest waged against Americas
young men was all an accident that occurred during the fog of war, all the
evidence to the contrary be damned. In 2002, Capt. Ward broke his silence
of 3 decades and released an affidavit to the public in which he admitted that
the entire investigation was a sham, and that he was under orders (from
persons of no less authority than President Lyndon Johnson and Secretary of
Defense Robert McNamara) to rule that the bloodiest day in American naval
history since WWII took place as a result of mistaken identity and that
Americas ally, Israelwas innocent of any wrongdoing.
For 35 years Capt. Ward lived with the bitter knowledge that his fellow
servicemen had been deliberately murdered in what was an act of war by a
foreign power and yet because of the orders he received was powerless to
say anything. A conflux of events however led him to make the decision to
damn the torpedoes and to let the chips fall where they may. Im an old
man he told AFP. They cant threaten my job, and if they throw me into
jail, so what? The truth has to be told for the benefit of the survivors and for
the American people whose sons and daughters are dying today.
The first of these events leading him to break his silence was the 2002
release of a book entitled The Liberty Incident written by Judge Ahron Jay
Cristol at a time when America was being drawn into a series of long-term
military engagements with countries that just so happened to be enemies of
Israel. Through his book and subsequent speaking tour, Cristol (a slavish,
shameless, fanatical apologist for the Jewish State who is on more-thanfriendly terms with a number of people in both the military and arms
industry in Israel) did the usual song and dance when it comes to discussing
the terrorist state that attacked America in 1967, which was to argue for
unconditional acquittal, using a collage of sloppy yet deliberate

misrepresentations and omissions of fact. In Capt. Bostons words, it was

Cristols insidious attempt to whitewash the event that pushed me to speak
out.
These rats, he said, referring to Israel and her defenders. They lie about
everything. You cant believe a word they say he told AFP. What was so
important about this statement was that Capt. Boston was not just talking
about the past, but about the present and future as well. Theyve completely
infested the entire Intelligence and Defense apparatus of the United States
he said. Perle, Feith, Wolfowitz, and all the rest of themTheyre spies for
Israel, every damned one of them he said. Just consider the 5 guys who
were arrested after 9/11, cheering and celebrating, and then afterwards we
come to find out that they were Mossad and then they get sent back to Israel.
They knew all about it and yet our government, the government I worked for
most of my life did nothing about it. Can you imagine if these guys were
Arabs? he asked. Its been the same thing, ever since 1967 he said with
unmistakable aggravation. Protect Israel, protect IsraelIn the meantime,
our boys are dying over there and those who dont die are coming back here
with all sorts of problems, both physical and psychological.
It was his visit to Israel some years back that clinched it for this man in
terms of his feelings for the great experiment in Jewish self-rule. The way
they treat the Arabsits unconscionable he said. You go into Israel, into
the only places where they allow the tourists, and its the picture of paradise,
just as the Soviets used to do. Then you take a detour off the approved
itinerary and you see what it is really likeThe poverty, misery, abuse. Arab
kids being gunned down in broad daylight. Its worse than South Africa.
Only a person with a ice water in his veins could see the way the Arabs are
treated and not be outraged.
As far as the future goes, Capt. Boston is not hopeful. If either they (the
Israelis) or the US launches a war against Iran, it will be the beginning of the
end he said. ArmageddonYoull have Muslims pouring into the area
from all over the world and no army will be able to stop them. They will tear
Israel and the Americans to pieces.
As far as his reaction to the predictable accusations of anti-Semitism that
have been leveled against him for telling the truth concerning the attack on
the Liberty, he laughs it off. One of my closest friends growing up was
Jewish he said. I dont have a prejudiced bone in my body. What we are
dealing with here is an act of war initiated against the United States, the
country I swore an oath to defend, period. If a proper investigation into the
attack on the Liberty had been allowed to take place and the American

people made aware of what happened, we would not be in the middle of this
mess in the Middle East now.