Re: Pure Nitwittery.....
A Key quote from the wiki article"
"The homemade bombs, consisting of bags containing acid placed over nitroglycerine, were inserted into books, and placed on the shelves of the libraries just before closing time. Several hours later, as the acid ate through the bags, the bombs would explode. They did little damage to the targets and caused no injuries or deaths."
The Israelis did not want any injuries or deaths hence the timing of the bomb blasts and for good reason. If the operation was discovered, these injuries/deaths would cause even greater harm to Anglo-Israeli relations. With the Lavon affair, the Israelis made a +EV play that failed. In hindsight, the Eisenhower administration were complete MORONS when they bullied the French/Brits to give the Suez back to Egypt. The Israelis had greater foresight than that dim witted Eisenhower... This was a case where the ends justified the means....but alas for the USA/UK...it failed. Giving up the Suez Canal was almost as dumb as Jimmy Carter giving away the Panamal Canal for NOTHING......
But with regard to the the Liberty incident, I still say this conspiracy theory is nonsense for the following reasons:
1. The Arabs at that time did not have much of a Navy. So trying to blame a naval encounter on the Arabs would be a tough sell.
2. The Israelis are very intelligent. The previous failed Lavon affair would make a second failed Lavon2 affair EXTREMLY -EV. The risks would FAR outweigh the benefits. Trying another incident like this after being caught in the previous bombings would be STUPID.
3. No one can provide a compelling motive for this incident. The motive in the Lavon incident was to keep the Suez canal from falling in the hands on Arab nationalists. So what was the motive here?
But my compliments for providing and intelligent post and citing the Lavon incident. It is nice to see an intelligent post in this forum....
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