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'Remember the Liberty' has become code for 'Israel Is Evil' 

JL;DR SUMMARY Rep. Thomas Massie has reignited controversy by calling for a new investigation into the 1967 U.S.S. Liberty incident, where Israeli forces mistakenly attacked a U.S. intelligence ship during the Six-Day War. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Six Day WarAnti Israel SentimentConspiracy TheoryFriendly FireMichael OrenIsrael Us RelationsThomas MassieUss LibertyDean Rusk

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Kentucky, United States
"When Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky stood on the House floor on June 8, the 59th anniversary of the attack, and called for a Congressional probe into the incident, he wasnt seriously trying to bring the truth of some long-buried historical secret to light."
Israel
"Rep. Thomas Massie has called for an investigation into what happened to the USS Liberty, which Israel mistakenly targeted in 1967."
Egypt
"Lets put aside the fact that there have been numerous official investigations into what exactly happened on June 8, 1967, the second day of the Six Day War, when Israeli aircraft and torpedo boats attacked the Liberty off the Sinai Peninsula, killing 34 American service members."

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