Obviously, you've never seen my posting history on the Israel threads where I support them 100%. 40 years ago was different time, when Israeli interests were not necessarily American interests, and during the Six-Day War, they did things that they felt needed to be done to win, including making the deliberate calculation to destroy an American spy-ship which might have revealed their final moves against Syria, a Soviet client-state.
Deal with it!
“After nearly 42 years, a Silver Star was awarded to an electronics technician, Terry Halbardier, who braved machine-gun and cannon fire to repair a damaged antenna that restored the ship’s communications. His medal citation — unlike dozens awarded in years past — named Israel as the nation that launched the attack.”
THe difference between other awards and this one is that this one was seized upon by Obama as a way to take a swipe at Israel, hence the mention of Israel which was not done before.
Which would have made the Liberty a legitimate military target: so what's your problem with the attack?