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Few are familiar with the tragedy of the USS Liberty, and even fewer remember it. But recently declassified documents from the incident over 40 years ago, are starting to shed new light on what happened that day. And unfortunately even more questions are raised as many key pieces of evidence are \”missing\”, others have been \”censored\” or \”cleansed\”. However, even what has been released, and the many eyewitness accounts that collaborate it, indicate that what happened that day was not a simple accident.

And what\’s more, it appears fairly clear that not only did our government know that it wasn\’t an accident, but that Israel knew we knew it wasn\’t an accident. And even given all that, our government still brushed aside inquiries and sought to actively cover up what can only called an act of war by Israel on the Unites States.

I\’m not advocating new action or that the US should seek diminished relations with Israel. It was 40 years ago, both our governments have completely new leadership, and our military cooperation has evolved since then. We are in an entirely different environment, and incidents since have shown that the culture has changed.

Regardless, the lack of accountability at all levels demonstrated here is frankly shocking. There has always been controversy over the incident and lots of unanswered questions. However, released documents show attempts to cover up the incident to the highest levels of government on both sides. And the idea that our government would ever abandon our fighting men is pretty appalling and very disheartening.

Rather than brush the incident aside, as many sought to do back then, I suggest reading through all of it (I admit there is alot) and refreshing yourself. Instead of forgetting the incident, use it as a reminder of what our country should never do ever again.