Nowhere is the Lobby's power more clearly demonstrated than in its ability to suppress the awful truth that on June 8, 1967 during the Six Day War:
--Israel deliberately attacked the intelligence collection ship USS Liberty, in full awareness it was a U.S. Navy ship, and did its best to sink it and leave no survivors;
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Either this story is mistitled or the author forgot what he had set up to write about in the first place. Of all the multiples of facts to demonstrate the deep influence of the Israeli lobby on US foreign policy issues, he has chosen the USS Liberty bombing and the coverup, which have very little to do with AIPAC. Some sources inform us that the sinking of the USS Liberty was a joint US/Israel scheme to blame it on Egypt and to give the US military a legitimate reason to become fully involved in the war and hence get a foothold in the entire region. The author missed this very important point as well.
