Seems cut and dry? Not so fast...
Michael Oren, an author who wrote "Remember The Liberty", along with the help of the some of the survivors, writes a vivid account of the evils of than President Lyndon B. Johnson and the Isreali government, to drag the USA into war with Egypt.
"The book includes, among other things, a CIA document from November 1967 that is still partially censored. In the document, which is also on the official CIA website, an anonymous source is quoted as saying: “They said that [then-Israeli Defense Minister Moshe] Dayan personally ordered the attack on the ship, and that one of his generals adamantly opposed the action and said, ‘This is pure murder.’” There is no dispute about the authenticity of the document, but clearly not every sentence written in an intelligence document is the unvarnished truth." (1)
The Isreali fighter pilots who conducted the attack knew they were firing on an American ship and when they questioned their orders, their commanders told them to follow their orders.
"Israeli pilot to IDF war room: This is an American ship. Do you still want us to attack?
IDF war room to Israeli pilot: Yes, follow orders.
Israeli pilot to IDF war room: But sir, it’s an American ship - I can see the flag!
IDF war room to Israeli pilot: Never mind; hit it.'
We know that LBJ wanted the USS Liberty on the bottom of the ocean with all hands, so the attack would be seen like it was carried out by Egypt.
"The other smoking gun that indicts LBJ in the USS Liberty murders is what we learned from what Rear Admiral Lawrence Geis told Lt. Commander David Lewis, who was the head of the Liberty’s NSA group. LBJ told Admiral Geiss that he did not give a damn if the ship sank that he would not embarrass an ally (Israel)." (2)
So why bring all of this up now?
Simple. For those who think that government is our friend and only wants the best for us, this proves that they do not care and will, in fact, kill Americans for political reasons.
Next time you hear the government say, "No one needs guns." remember the 35 sailors who were slaughtered by the Jews in Israel and an American President who knew and wanted them dead.
Isreal is not our friend. In fact, they want to drag us to war at every chance, so they do not need to shed their own blood or shekels, against their own enemies.
Remember, legislation is passing in countless states as I write this, that would criminalize any negative mention of Jews or Isreal. So in a few years, the truth about what happened to the USS Liberty will be effectively wiped from public discourse.
(1) "'But Sir, It’s an American Ship.' 'Never Mind, Hit Her!' When Israel Attacked USS Liberty" https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/but-sir-its-an-american-ship-never-mind-hit-her-1.5492908
(2) "LBJ Ordered the Death of US Servicemen" https://www.lewrockwell.com/2015/06/roger-stone/the-uss-liberty-and-lbj/
