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Retired small business owner, Politics, Health, History, Humor, ProLife. 🔥No DMs🔥 #Conservative🐊🌴

[JustMe💋🗣 @UniqueAndTrue]

Yes please

[Joe Pitts @JPittsAZ]

We need more leaders who are able to engage in discourse like this. How many Governors and Senators know the Federalist Papers inside and out? Have any firm philosophical foundation for their policies/leadership? We deserve better than the shallowness of our political class.

[Eyal Yakoby @EYakoby]

BREAKING: The Islamic Republic is now launching ballistic missiles at Bahrain.

This is the second sovereign nation they have attacked tonight.

[Sharyl Attkisson 🕵️‍♂️💼🥋 @SharylAttkisson]

A pilot’s study reveals a spike in heart problems among her Covid-vaccinated colleagues. How to watch Sunday: https://t.co/0ZRDx6vZaK

[Wasson Watch Co. @WassonWatch]

"Now do the USS Liberty."

Every time Israel comes up, someone mentions the USS Liberty. Hey, even when Israel is not the topic, people bring it up. A lot of folks see it as some kind of ace-in-the-hole that proves without a shadow of a doubt that Israel is a raging enemy of the United States.

So, yeah, let's talk about the USS Liberty.

The USS Liberty was a US Navy technical research ship, which was sailing in the Mediterranean Sea near the Sinai Peninsula on June 8, 1967, two days after the start of the Six-Day War, in which Israel was attacked by a coalition of Arab states including Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Iraq, and Lebanon (so all of its neighbors). It was mistakenly attacked by Israeli forces, which mistook it for an enemy Egyptian ship. The attack resulted significant casualties for the US Navy, including 34 killed, 171 wounded, and the ship heavily damaged.

Here's the story:

Several days BEFORE the war started, the Liberty was ordered to proceed to the eastern Mediterranean to perform signals intelligence (SIGINT) collection in international waters near the north coast of Sinai, Egypt. They were initially provided an allowable closest point of approach (CPA) of 12.5 nautical miles (NM) from Egypt and 6.5 NM from Israel, but once the war started they sent follow-on messages increasing those distances to 20 and 15 NM respectively, and again later to 100 NM from both countries, BUT DUE TO INEFFECTIVE MESSAGE HANDLING AND ROUTING, THESE MESSAGES WERE NOT RECEIVED UNTIL AFTER THE ATTACK.

So, the USS Liberty sailed right into the middle of a heavy, active war zone because of poor communication. This was a critical, deadly mistake, leading to the opportunity for further mistakes.

Between 0545 and 0940 the Liberty was spotted multiple times by different Israeli aircraft, and was marked on the Israeli Central Coastal Command (CCC) control table. However, the Liberty was on the move, and at 0545 it had started at 70 NM from Gaza, and later it was about 20 NM from Arish (on the northern coast of Sinai). With the movement of the vessel, and multiple hours without any sighting, it was removed from the CCC control board 1100 due to the positional information being considered out of date.

At 1124 it was reported that Arish was being shelled from the sea. This may have been due to exploding munitions that Egyptian forces had set on fire during their retreat.

Israeli torpedo boats and aircraft were dispatched to the area. Multiple reports were sent back about the Liberty, and it was unfortunately not identified as a US vessel at that time, and there were reports about other vessels coming through at the same time, which may have also been mixed up with reports about the Liberty.

Based on the available information, Israeli forces believed the USS Liberty was an Egyptian destroyer. At 1400 two Israeli Mirage III fighter jets were given permission to engage. They strafed the ship with their 30-mm cannons and rockets. In addition to killing as many as 8, and wounding 75, this initial attack unfortunately severed the ships antennas, and knocked down the flag, making accurate identification of the ship even less likely, and slowing the ability of the ship to communicate.

Over the proceeding 90 minutes there were several more attacks from the air and sea, resulting in significant damage to the Liberty and its crew, before the ship was positively identified as the USS Liberty at 1530.

At 1600, two hours after the attack started, and 30 minutes after its conclusion, Israel informed the US embassy in Tel Aviv that its forces had mistakenly attacked a US Navy ship. At 1640 the Israeli torpedo boats (which had been involved in the attack) returned to help, but were refused. Later Israel also provided a helicopter to fly US naval attache Commander Ernest Carl Castle to the Liberty.

Within hours apologies were sent by Israeli Prime Minister Levi Eshkol, Foreign Minister Abba Eban, and charge d'affaires Ephraim Evron to President LBJ. Within 48 hours Israel offered to financially compensate the victims and their families.

This was a tragic incident of friendly fire, which is unfortunately all-too-common in war. Some have suggested over the years that it was an intentional attack by Israel, but there's simply not evidence to support that position, while there is significant evidence to the contrary:

- As soon as Israeli forces positively identified the Liberty, they ceased the attack, and immediately apologized
- Both the US and Israel conducted investigations afterwards concluded the attacks were not intentional
- NSA transcripts later showed that the Israeli personnel communicating about the ship believed it was Egyptian
- The attack happened while Israel was being attacked by multiple enemies, and was literally defending its very existence, which meant decisions had to be made quickly without all of the available information

One point some have made is that survivors of the attack felt like it was intentional. And that's their prerogative. Getting shot at doesn't feel good. It feels intentional, whether it is or not. In the instance where the USS Liberty was getting shot at, at that point it was intentional in the sense that the Israeli forces did not know they were American, but believing them to be Egyptian, they were trying to kill them. But the fact is, many people who experience friendly fire report feeling it is intentional.

And as I mentioned previously, friendly fire events are all-too-common. Here are just a few you might not be aware of:

1. Operation Cobra, Normandy, July 25, 1944 (World War II) - USAAF Eighth Air Force bombers mistakenly bombed US positions near Saint-Lo, France, killing 111, and wounding 490.
2. Gulf War, February 26-27, 1991 (Operation Desert Storm) - Multiple friendly fire incidents occurred resulting 35 Americans killed, 9 British killed, and 72 Americans/22 British wounded across 17 ground and 10 air incidents. One notable incident involved a US A-10 firing Maverick missiles on British armored vehicles.
3. Sicily Campaign, July 11, 1943 (World War II) - US anti-aircraft gunners fired on a formation of US C-47 transport planes carrying paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne Division, downing several aircraft, and killing between 23 and 37 troops (estimates vary), and wounding at least 60.

War is Hell, and friendly fire is part of that Hell. Multiple errors led to the USS Liberty being attacked, but the biggest was the failure in communication that resulted in the Liberty sailing right into the middle of an active warzone. That error cannot be underplayed.

However, the USS Liberty incident is a far cry from the "headshot" argument for why Israel is an evil enemy of the United States. Using it as such as frankly childish. It's baseless. And it's quite easily refuted if you simply look at what happened and weigh the evidence rationally.

Haters will read this and call me a "Zionist Shill" who "got the phone call" and on, and on, and on, but the truth is I just care about the truth. And no amount of baseless insults will ever change that.

SOLI DEO GLORIA

[Bonchie @bonchieredstate]

They’ve seen the darkest side of humanity, alright.

They just don’t realize it’s them.

[Joel Griffith @joelgriffith]

. @ByronDonalds was correct in 2022. “The debate of ideas is part of the job.” Now, he refuses to debate his conservative primary opponent, @JayCollinsFL.

[JustMe💋🗣 @UniqueAndTrue]

@b4sch4r How unique

[JustMe💋🗣 @UniqueAndTrue]

Islam is a hateful political ideology. Don’t equate it with religion.

[Bridget in FL🌴 @BridgetKaneFL]

Floridians balking at the abolishment of property taxes:

Until we have this wasteful spending under control, we need to FIGHT FOR THIS AMENDMENT!!

The only people who are against this are the ones benefiting from the wasteful spending.

IT MUST STOP!! 🛑

👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇

[JustMe💋🗣 @UniqueAndTrue]

Dems know.
They don’t care.

[RNC Research @RNCResearch]

CNN: "[Graham] Platner referred to [his tattoo] as 'my Totenkopf,' which is a reference to the skull and cross bone used by Nazi SS units years before the controversy became public."

[EducatëdHillbilly™ @RobProvince]

2016: Punch a Nazi.

2026: No not that one.

[Chris @LivemusicCJ]

Byron has no idea what federal laws are and he’s a congressman?! This has been federal law since 2021. He might know that if he ever showed up for work.

[JustMe💋🗣 @UniqueAndTrue]

Oh Oh

[Tony Seruga @TonySeruga]

Why are there hundreds of billions of dollars not found at https://t.co/1cvkBbX4nA being funneled to NGOs, including newly created NGOs, to continue USAID?

[Seth Mandel @SethAMandel]

This is the essence of the Platner discourse. Everyone knows he’s lying—and lying *badly.* They know the accusations are true. His defenders may resent being in this position but it’s their choice, not his. You can choose not to be a ghoul.

[Ron DeSantis @RonDeSantis]

This is absurd. Once a ballot is received in Florida it is immediately logged as received. Once the election ends at 7pm on election night, we know how many ballots have been cast. Once you know the total number of ballots it closes off avenues for cheating.

[Skeletor 🧼🧽🫧 @TheMuppetPastor]

This is what I like to remind my Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant friends about.

We can fight each other over theology.

Or we can fight back against Satan in the world.

Can we not agree that this mentality is evil and work together to eradicate it for the unborn?

[Jennifer Cabrera @jhaskinscabrera]

Floridians deserve a gubernatorial debate.

All candidates present their best sides in campaign messaging, but debates force them to answer the uncomfortable questions.

[Florida Mike @TheFloridaMike]

The Father of Our Country had it right!

[The Rational Purview @RationalPurview]

Guys, I think we may have found the replacement for "Bank Fraud Byron."

No Show Donalds.

It fits because he won't show up...

...and because he doesn't seem to have much to show. 🤣

Drop a 🐊 if you agree

[JustMe💋🗣 @UniqueAndTrue]

DEPORT ALL

[Bill Melugin @BillMelugin_]

ICYMI: A previously deported Mexican illegal alien with four prior DUI arrests has been charged with a triple murder in Modesto, CA after he allegedly stabbed to death a two-week-old baby, the baby's mom, and the baby's grandma. DHS tells @FoxNews that when Joaquin Escoto was arrested for his latest DUI in June 2025, ICE sent a request to the San Joaquin County Jail to be notified if he were to be released, and DHS provided us the request they sent over. Escoto was still released without any heads up to ICE.

San Joaquin County Sheriff Pat Withrow told media outlets that Escsoto was arrested for that DUI at 1am, and he was released at 6am. He says the jail didn't get a fax from ICE requesting notification of his release until 9am.

“We did not do anything wrong here,” Withrow said. “Their hold request came after he was already gone. It wasn’t even a hold. It was just a request to notify them when he was going to be released. He was already gone.”

However, under California's sanctuary laws, DUI is not a serious enough offense to allow cooperation with ICE, so even if the ICE request would have come in sooner, it's unlikely ICE's request would have been honored by San Joaquin County.

DHS statement to FOX:

"ICE lodged an arrest detainer the same day this criminal illegal alien was arrested for driving under the influence. By the way, that was the same day he was released by sanctuary politicians.
In the sheriff’s own words, he “probably would not” have honored the detainer because it was “just a DUI.” They knowingly set this violent criminal loose, and he slaughtered a two-week-old baby in cold blood, along with the infant’s mother and grandmother.
California’s sanctuary politicians MUST STOP this deadly game. They CHOOSE every single day to release criminal illegal aliens back into our communities, directly endangering American families and creating more innocent victims."

[Rarichey🐊🐊🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 @RamonaRichey]

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[JustMe💋🗣 @UniqueAndTrue]

Eff the Michigan UAW. Most unions are a political arm of the Democrat party.

[Loomer Unleashed @LoomerUnleashed]

The UAW @UAW, arguably the most powerful union in Michigan, has endorsed Democrat Abdul El-Sayed @AbdulElSayed for the Michigan United States Senate.

Democrats have long controlled the UAW, as the organization endorsed Kamala Harris @KamalaHarris in 2024.

Abdul El-Sayed is a pro-Islamic far-left candidate who embraces radical policies like packing the United States Supreme Court so the left can decree illegal policies, such as a tax that only targets Trump and his voters.

The UAW endorsing Sayed is further proof that the left has been Islamified.

Remember this in November.