No. The story was not overlooked or buried.
Israel immediately informed us the attack happened. There were numerous investigations. The Captain of the USS Liberty was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. Israel apologized and paid reparations.
The truth is, it's just not a big story. It's a tragic story, and no doubt. But it isn't a big story.
34 Americans died on the USS Liberty in 1967.
11,363 Americans died in the jungles of Vietnam in 1967.
Friendly Fire is horrific, but not uncommon. There is very little reason for a sixty-year old friendly fire incident to be widely known about, much less widely discussed.
For example, that same year, 1967, a US Marine Corp jet attacked a US Army position on Hill 875 in Vietnam, killing 42 American soldiers.
59 years later, not many remember Hill 875, not because it wasn't horrific -- it killed more Americans than the attack on the USS Liberty -- but because it isn't useful as a talking point to implicate the US/Israel relationship.
As to the second part of your question, we aren't discussing the USS Liberty today because of new information. We are discussing the USS Liberty today because of old -- even ancient -- grudges.
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Tune in tomorrow 12:00RST @cspan to see @RepThomasMassie address our nation about the vicious attack of the USS LIBERTY on the 59th anniversary of the Israeli slaughter of sailors and marines on the high seas. @usslibertyvets
😆 Exactly. I'm all for Israel defending itself. I've heard 'death to america' from Iran my entire life so I have zero love loss for their decapitated regime.
What sucks about it all is Israel dragging the U.S. into their fucking mess. And as a result, Israli lobbyists attack a sitting House Rep., Trump taking a dump on his Libertarian base and then going after Massie AND telling me to stfu about Epstein. There will be a reversion to mean happening soon. The Iran exit will be a mess but it's the only option.
Donald Trump is in the position he’s in right now because he decided to listen to the likes of Bibi Netanyahu and Mark Levin instead of Tucker Carlson and Thomas Massie, just like he blundered by listening to Anthony Fauci instead of Rand Paul
Garbage posts by iNfLueNCerS like this is why no one can find any straight answers. Neither of these overstated, exhaggerated, click-bait things happened.
Sooooo....The Pentagon just declared Israel an enemy to the US the same week Congress voted to merge our military with theirs.
Am I getting that right?
It will soon become clear that when Israel chose to attack Dahiya yesterday, it was not only working to shatter negotiations between Trump and Iran
It was also consciously instigating an escalation that would inevitably place US regional bases under Iranian fire
What an ally
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“What you say?! You gonna kill me? You gonna KlLL me?!”
He’s now in a jail cell. These people NEVER learn.