[Capt_Hank]

This brings back memories. I was stationed in Germany with the 4th Armored Division. The alert siren sounded early that morning. We assembled and were told to secure all of our personal items, we were heading to Israel. Reason... the USS Liberty. We stood down after 24 hours. The United States was playing both sides, Israel and Egypt. Israel didn't care for their combat plans being relayed to Egypt. They reacted in the proper fashion. LBJ had messed up again, big time.

[monkeyshine]

You got it right as far as I know (and I'm not expert on it either, but I agree with your summation). Israel was at war, the USA-Israel relationship was tepid at that time. The USA had a history of stepping in to save the Egyptians who were Israel's avowed enemy. The survival of her nation was at risk.

Anyway, what would this investigation reveal? So if we find out that Israel deliberately attacked our ship, so what? Germany deliberately attacked us, Japan deliberately attacked us... but we are now close countries (if competitive) and we have spent billions to rebuild their countries. Things change, people change, relationships change and alliances change. It's not the same time, not the same people, not the same geopolitical concerns for either party. Israel apologized and paid reparations. Those are acts of contrition and the right thing to do is accept the contrition and move on.

Why not open an investigation to find out if FDR knew about the impending attack on Pearl Harbor? Heck, why not open an investigation to find out if Arafat ordered the hit on our diplomats in Khartoum?

[carlo3b]

The United States was playing both sides, Israel and Egypt. Israel didn't care for their combat plans being relayed to Egypt. They reacted in the proper fashion.

You sick freak, those were your neighbors, brothers, fathers, sons and most of all ....AMERICANS.
I have just about had it with all this ALL OR NOTHING FOR THE ISRAELIS, even when it means killing your own military brothers!!! Thank God you weren't in any foxhole I was in, I'd have been confused which way to point!
I am an American, no dashes, hyphens, appendixes, apprehensions, or Dual citizenship. BACK OFF!
You cannot just disagree, you find it necessary to destroy anyone, or anything, who has the audacity to think any different than your tunnel vision perspective re; anything Israeli.  You truly do your side a disservice, and drive the alternative agenda. This single-mindedness is lets say, so NAZI LIKE, stop it!