The attack was deliberate the ship was misidentified, it was in waters it shouldn't have been, keeping an eye on the situation, discreetly, (spying), in a full fledged all out war of seven Arab countries verses one tiny nation of Israel. And Israel still kicked arse.Now don't go all Keith Olberman on us here.Correct, by the time the US became a close ally, Israel had fought and won all its major wars, including the one where the USS Liberty was accidently hit. The US started supporting Israel because all the Arab nations in the ME had become Soviet satellite states, getting all the latest state of the art weaponry the USSR could produce. And Arafat was virtually a VIP in Moscow at the time. So it was more about the US preserving its own national security interests by having a foothold in the Middle East and not letting the Soviets have it all, than anything else.The US never gave Israel a penny until the 6 Day War.Why do you care, Achmed? It was an accident and Israel apologized. You got a problem take it up with your congressman or senator.When it was clear that there was incontrovertible proof the Israelis changed their story and started admitting to a "mistake". In other words, they lied and owned up to nothing, whether or not they paid paid paid the "repetitions".
USS Liberty incident - Wikipedia
Israel apologized for the attack, saying that the USS Liberty had been attacked in error after being mistaken for an Egyptian ship.[6] Both the Israeli and U.S. governments conducted inquiries and issued reports that concluded the attack was a mistake due to Israeli confusion about the ship's identity,[2] though others, including survivors of the attack, have rejected these conclusions and maintain that the attack was deliberate.[7]
In May 1968, the Israeli government paid = $3.32 million
In 1968, US aid to Israel= $106.5 million
In March 1969, Israel paid a further $3.57 million
In 1969, US aid to Israel = $160.3 million
In December 1980, it agreed to pay $6 million
In 1980, US aid to Israel = $5,146 million
as the final settlement
The US then started paying off Israel not to take over the entire ME.
But if you ask the Arabs and morons like Nelson, all the wars the Arabs fought and lost, they actually won! Can we get an IDF Akbar?!
The attack on the USS Liberty by Israel was deliberate and intended to pull us into Israel's war with Egypt. Russia has never attacked a US ship that I'm aware of. If we are concerned about national security, we should ally with Russia against Israel.
Now, let's open another 500 threads and rehash the same matter over and over and over.