USS Liberty: Accident or Cover-up?

[PLOlover]

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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?

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the main problem with your type of thinking here, imo, is that you are arguing totally from generalities. while thinking in generalities is imo ok for certain things like trying to form a hypothesis or other "front loading" mental tasks, when you apply this thinking to an end result you totally toss out 99% of the available information, while also refusing to change your mind and/or consider any other argument.

In essence, you are saying you don't believe it no matter what the evidence. which is ok if you are the mother of an accused criminal or whatever, but don't expect your belief to persuade anyone else who is not also the mother, lol.