If I was LBJ I would have ICBMed a few random KKKibbutzes and called it a day
"Oh yeah, technical problems. Darn military guys can't read and got the coordinates all rustled"
Seriously though, it didn't get dropped because of Israel. It got dropped because they didn't want the US signals intel capabilities to be known.
On 2 July 2003, the NSA released copies of these recordings and their translations and summaries.[105] These revelations were elicited as part of a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit by Florida bankruptcy judge and retired naval aviator Jay Cristol.
English language translations of the released tapes indicate that the Israelis spoke of hitting an Egyptian supply ship even after the end of attack.[106][107] The rescue helicopters relayed urgent requests that the rescuers ask the first survivor pulled out of the water what his nationality is; there was discussion as to whether the survivors would speak Arabic.[108]
A summary of the NSA-translated tapes[109] indicates that at 1234Z Hatzor air control began directing two Israeli Air Force helicopters to an Egyptian warship, to rescue its crew: "This ship has now been identified as Egyptian." The helicopters arrived near the ship at about 1303Z: "I see a big vessel, near it are three small vessels ..." At 1308Z, Hatzor air control indicated concern about the nationality of the ship's crew: "The first matter to clarify is to find out what their nationality is." At 1310Z, one of the helicopter pilots asked the nearby torpedo boats' Division Commander about the meaning of the ship's hull number: "GTR5 is written on it. Does this mean something?" The response was: "Negative, it doesn't mean anything." At 1312Z, one of the helicopter pilots was asked by air control: "Did you clearly identify an American flag?" No answer appears in the transcript, but the air controller then says: "We request that you make another pass and check once more if this is really an American flag." Again, no response appears in the transcript. At about 1314Z, the helicopters were directed to return home.
For whatever reason people (ironically white nationalists) like to think of Israelis as some kind of hyper-competent super soldiers, when that is absolutely not the case. Frick, a lot are Mizrahim that were freshly immigrated from Durkadurkastan at the time and the idea they might have just fricked up big isn't as far fetched as it seems.
Not to mention that during this time, Israel has attacked their own units several times because lol reservists
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If I was LBJ I would have ICBMed a few random KKKibbutzes and called it a day
"Oh yeah, technical problems. Darn military guys can't read and got the coordinates all rustled"
Seriously though, it didn't get dropped because of Israel. It got dropped because they didn't want the US signals intel capabilities to be known.
For whatever reason people (ironically white nationalists) like to think of Israelis as some kind of hyper-competent super soldiers, when that is absolutely not the case. Frick, a lot are Mizrahim that were freshly immigrated from Durkadurkastan at the time and the idea they might have just fricked up big isn't as far fetched as it seems.
Not to mention that during this time, Israel has attacked their own units several times because lol reservists
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