2026-09-03T16:47:26Z https://yabu.me Jeremy Boreing https://yabu.me/npub18995pdhhs6xnrdg87j0wjr80v3vmlrquqrhwuyppmrp3pcq3aafsmyvxjm https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/2033987099691556864/0_ViKB0k.jpg https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/2033987099691556864/0_ViKB0k.jpg https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0q20f4kv4uvms2f6zvnv0h4kzcvc2gxlmaydsqzsnecj5kdxdwrqzyqu5ks9k77rg6vd4ql6fa6gvaaj9n0uvrsqwamssy8vvxy8qz8h4x0eayk4 No. The story was not overlooked or buried.<br/><br/>Israel immediately informed us the attack happened. There were numerous investigations. The Captain of the USS Liberty was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. Israel apologized and paid reparations.<br/><br/>The truth is, it&#39;s just not a big story. It&#39;s a tragic story, and no doubt. But it isn&#39;t a big story.<br/><br/>34 Americans died on the USS Liberty in 1967.<br/><br/>11,363 Americans died in the jungles of Vietnam in 1967.<br/><br/>Friendly Fire is horrific, but not uncommon. There is very little reason for a sixty-year old friendly fire incident to be widely known about, much less widely discussed.<br/><br/>For example, that same year, 1967, a US Marine Corp jet attacked a US Army position on Hill 875 in Vietnam, killing 42 American soldiers.<br/><br/>59 years later, not many remember Hill 875, not because it wasn&#39;t horrific -- it killed more Americans than the attack on the USS Liberty -- but because it isn&#39;t useful as a talking point to implicate the US/Israel relationship.<br/><br/>As to the second part of your question, we aren&#39;t discussing the USS Liberty today because of new information. We are discussing the USS Liberty today because of old -- even ancient -- grudges.<br/><a href="https://bird.makeup/users/steven28484/statuses/2064089554202529878">https://bird.makeup/users/steven28484/statuses/2064089554202529878</a> 2026-06-08T21:20:40Z