Israeli pilot to ground control: “This is an American ship. Do you still want us to attack?” Ground control: “Yes, follow orders.” “But sir, it’s an American ship — I can see the flag!” Ground control: “Never mind; hit it!”

Israel intended to sink the USS Liberty and blame Egypt for it, thus dragging the United States into a war on Israel's behalf. This seems to be a common trick of Israel. Starting with the

Lavon affair

, through the USS Liberty, to the

fake radio transmitter that tricked Reagan into attacking Libya

, to potentially

9-11 itself

, Israel's game is to frame Arabs and set them up as targets for the United States.



The official US investigation is discredited. And with it, every claim of innocence for Israel that relied on the official investigation as a source.