The USS Liberty

42 years ago yesterday, the Israeli military tried to sink the USS Liberty off the coast of Gaza during the six days war. The Liberty was a signals/intelligence gathering ship, a spy ship. They were gathering information such as the war crimes being enacted by the Israeli's. However, it is believed that the Liberty and its sailors were actually set up by President Johnson and Robert McNamara as a false flag operation for the Israeli's to use as an excuse to invade Egypt. The Israeli's, it is believed, wanted to sink the ship, say the Egyptians did it, then use it as an excuse to invade Egypt. Johnson and McNamara skuttled two attempts to send aircraft to help the sailors on the Liberty. Johnson even stated in declassified documents that he didn't care if all those sailors drowned.