Quote Originally Posted by ENT
The US gov's own enquiries into the incident declared the Liberty event a horrible mistake.
Yawwwn- why do we have to go over the same thing again and again?



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Quote Originally Posted by piwanoi
And the Israeli's were STILL found innocent of a deliberate attack on a US ship
We know why too-
Quote Originally Posted by sabang
I know from personal conversations I had with Admiral Kidd that President Lyndon Johnson and Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara ordered him to conclude that the attack was a case of “mistaken identity” despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary.

...Admiral Kidd also told me that he had been ordered to “put the lid” on everything having to do with the attack on USS Liberty. We were never to speak of it and we were to caution everyone else involved that they could never speak of it again.
Declaration of
Ward Boston, Jr.,Captain, JAGC, USN (Ret.)

The attack was deliberate, the 'Enquiry' a cover-up, specified from and by the very top level. The reason(s) we may never fully know, but anecdotally it does seem more than just about protecting Israel's arse.