Former Chief Navy Counsel Alleges Cover-Up by LBJ of 1967 Israeli Attack on U.S. Ship

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[yonif]

As for a flag, the Egyptian navy had flown a false flag when they sank the Elath. Israeli pilots were told that there would be no American ships in the area.

BTTT

[Samwise]

ping

[zchip]

Ah, new on this planet?

Sorry I forgot to bracket that with sarcasm /sarcasm

[yonif]

There is simply no way Israel would have allowed any ship to get that close during a war without positively identifying if. It didn't just magically appear on the scene.

Fog of war.

[AmericanVictory]

Admiral Moorer vindicated once again.

[yonif]

Did we bomb a Canadian convoy in Iraq or Afghanistan? Mistakes happen.

[AmericanVictory]

Admiral Moorer wrote and published numerous articles on the truth of the Liberty incident at the time of the independent panel; this is not a late statement by him but by Ward Boston.

[rmlew]

The Israelis were kind of busy at the time, dealing with larger air forces, navies, and armies of Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Iraq, Lebanon, Tunisia, Libya, and Saudi Arabia.

Seriously, sh_t happens in war. Take a look at British actions when they were trying to sink the Bismark. British torpedo planes attacked a British cruiser that was in radio contact with them! (let's not miss the obvious, that a light cruiser looks nothing like a battleship and cruiser taskforce. Wrong size, wrong number of ships) Did the British intentionally attack their own cruiser? Or was their a mistake in war?

[truthandjustice1]

A question that is still resoundingly relevant today."

And the answer is?

[yonif]

Perception vs. Reality

[Poohbah]

Because it was flying an American flag.

Ever try to identify a flag 1,000 feet away while zipping past it at eight miles per minute?

[yonif]

TIMELINE OF EVENTS http://www.thelibertyincident.com/docs/timeline.pdf

[Poohbah]

Gee, I didn't know torpedo boats could go that fast.

By the time the torpedo boats got there, the ship was on fire from the napalm--which was dropped by the aircraft that were zipping past at eight miles per minute, trying to ID the target (and, as airmen frequently do, failing miserably).

Fires produce smoke. Smoke rises. It can rise up and obscure things like flags. Pure physics is so amazing.

[yonif]

So the torpedo boats and the torpedo that hit the Liberty were imaginary??

It was a mistake. Israelis offered assistance after that (http://www.thelibertyincident.com/docs/timeline.pdf) for a number of times, and the Liberty declined.

[yonif]

Then why did they feel it necessary to divert planes and boats from all those opponents and mount an intensive attack on a mere horse carrier?

IDF positions on the coast there were being hammered. Israelis thought it was coming from a Egyptian naval position.

[SAMWolf]

Thanks for the Ping Samwise.

Freeper Foxhole - been there, done that. LOL!

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