20-10-2012, 09:49 PM
The letters were classified. Therefore they were not part of the record. You could make the same argument you are making here for the NSAM documents. Their importance has only come to light with recent revelations concerning Bundy's claim that the president had seen them and approved.
Why would these letters still be classified if they were so innocuous David? I think you are trying to smear the subject with Hersh. Just because Hersh examines something doesn't automatically dismiss that which he studies. If Hersh had come out and claimed Oswald was innocent and JFK was killed by conspiracy would you reject that claim simply because Hersh made it? I find that patently disingenuous and typical of your argument method.
Ben-Gurion had a dispute with Kennedy over Israel's attempt to acquire nuclear weapons. This is fact and it doesn't matter if contemporary historians missed it. But they would hardly be in a position to cover it when the letters were classified. Also, the tumult of the assassination and its investigation obscured this incident. This classification of important documents happened with the assassination also.
Ben-Gurion was driven to a nervous breakdown by his negotiations with Kennedy. He resigned office because of it, yet you are trying to suggest this was a product of Hersh's imagination. As is typical of you David, it seems to me like you are trying to hide too much behind that obvious Hersh-association device. You can't defeat this with source defamation. It is obviously well beyond just Hersh alone. Mark has already cited the books referencing this.
Why would these letters still be classified if they were so innocuous David? I think you are trying to smear the subject with Hersh. Just because Hersh examines something doesn't automatically dismiss that which he studies. If Hersh had come out and claimed Oswald was innocent and JFK was killed by conspiracy would you reject that claim simply because Hersh made it? I find that patently disingenuous and typical of your argument method.
Ben-Gurion had a dispute with Kennedy over Israel's attempt to acquire nuclear weapons. This is fact and it doesn't matter if contemporary historians missed it. But they would hardly be in a position to cover it when the letters were classified. Also, the tumult of the assassination and its investigation obscured this incident. This classification of important documents happened with the assassination also.
Ben-Gurion was driven to a nervous breakdown by his negotiations with Kennedy. He resigned office because of it, yet you are trying to suggest this was a product of Hersh's imagination. As is typical of you David, it seems to me like you are trying to hide too much behind that obvious Hersh-association device. You can't defeat this with source defamation. It is obviously well beyond just Hersh alone. Mark has already cited the books referencing this.