54 Years Today: Despite Flying the American Flag, Being Painted with the American Flag, and Sending out Distress Signals in Perfect American English, America's Great Ally Attacked This Ship Killing 34 and Wounding 171. Israel Paid 13 Million as Compensation. We Give Them Billions Each Year.

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[–]Archie 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

The simplest explanation is that this was accidental friendly fire, something that happened dozens of times with american troops in every single war.

I wish I could get money for being sane.

[–]Chipit 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Nope, we have the transcripts where the pilot clearly identified the ship as American, can see the flag, and was ordered to bomb anyway.

[–]Archie 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

That happened dozens of time and in every war the US was involved in. Look up friendly fire incidents in the gulf wars for example. Sometimes it's the execs on the ground who simply don't believe everything the pilot tell them (or assume it's a false flag) and think their info is better, sometimes it's the other way around.

[–]Chipit 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

This wasn't a mistake. It was deliberate. The pilots clearly identified the ship as American and were ordered to attack anyway.

From our "friends" in Israel.