They didn't know the ship they were attacking was an American ship.
Why would they intentionally attack an American ship?
What would they have gained?
I don't think that you've read my previous comments or else you would know that an American EC121 surveillance plane was among the several sources that intercepted Israeli radio transmissions proving that the Israelis knew the Liberty was an American ship.
Why did the Israelis also try to shoot down the American plane?
- "Israel’s Attack on the USS Liberty: A Half Century Later, Still No Justice"
Israel's Attack on the USS Liberty: A Half Century Later, Still No Justice
EXCERPT "As the attacks were going on, conversations between Israeli pilots were overheard by US Air Force officers in an EC121 surveillance plane overhead. The spy plane was spotted by Israeli jets, which were given orders to shoot it down. The American plane narrowly avoided the IDF missiles."CONTINUED
- "Declassified Israeli cables add evidence USS Liberty no accident"
http://www.digitaljournal.com/news/...erty-no-accident/article/414951#ixzz5bdyQJouQ
EXCERPT "A Special Report by the Chicago Tribune details declassified cables, from the Israeli State Archive, which add further evidence that Israel knew it was attacking an American ship as it attacked the USS Liberty.
"The pilots said, 'This is an American ship. Do you still want us to attack?' And ground control came back and said, 'Yes, follow orders.'"CONTINUED
Re: Why would they intentionally attack an American ship?
As others have said, the primary reason that the Israelis and some traitorous American politicians wanted the US to join the Israelis in fighting Egypt.
That's why the initial attacks were carried out by
unmarked, Mirage fighter planes similar to the planes the Egyptians had.
If the attack was accidental, why use
unmarked planes?
Finally, this is not the first False Flag attack on Americans that the Israelis have tried to pull off.
Please read up on the Lavon Affair in which the Israelis dressed as Arabs and fire bombed American targets to get the US to attack Egypt. This was about 13 years before their attack on the USS Liberty:
- "THE LAVON AFFAIR
IS HISTORY REPEATING ITSELF?"
http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/WRHARTICLES/lavon.html
EXCERPT "In 1954, Israeli agents working in Egypt planted bombs in several buildings, including a United States diplomatic facility, and left evidence behind implicating Egyptian Muslims as the culprits. The ruse would have worked, had not one of the bombs detonated prematurely, allowing the Egyptians to capture and identify one of the bombers, which in turn led to the round up of an Israeli spy ring.
Some of the spies were from Israel, while others were recruited from the local Jewish population. Israel responded to the scandal with claims in the media that there was no spy ring, that it was all a hoax perpetrated by "anti-Semites".
But as the public trial progressed, it was evident that
Israel had indeed been behind the bombing."CONTINUED
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I hope that you've noticed that I've tried to keep our exchange civil and factual so when I ask if you are Israeli or American, I am not trying to insult you.
As an American military Veteran of that era, I am genuinely curious as to why any American would defend multiple war crimes of a hostile and parasitic foreign government.
Thanks,