Re: But conflicting with the conspiracy theory is that Israel, as soon as it became known that the Liberty had been the victim of their attack, immediately rendered assistance. However, this would have been expected and would not negate some secret decison by the upper echelon to attack the ship.
C'mon, Ron... Pack it in!
First, let's not get cheated into your captious wording: "...conflicting with the conspiracy theory..." As a matter of fact, it comes up the other way around: the accidental bombing of the Liberty by the Israeli military is the official conspiracy theory --conflicting with the commonsense scenario of a deliberate attack. After all, what rock-solid evidence allows you to claim it was just a blunder? Is it the mere fact that it's been printed in your favorite news mag?? Or perhaps because Israeli officials' apologies looked so sincere?
Sure, the Israelis were first to offer rescue assistance --it was the least they could do!-- just as, in August 1998, they were first to fly off to Nairobi and Dar es-Salaam to assist the US in finding survivors of the embassies' bombing... But why did the Mossad not tip off the CIA about the French's shenanigans in the area in the first place??
Re: But I'm certainly not going to hold the entire nation to blame for the actions of their leadership. And if this information about the secret NSA recordings are correct, then the US is just as guilty of covering it up.
That's sort of a non sequitur: on the one hand you absolve the Israeli nation of any complicity with its reckless leadership but then, on the other hand, you seem to hold the US authorities as a whole to blame for the outrageous pounding of the Liberty?! Why not sorting out the "good guys" from the "bad guys" inside the US leadership as well?
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