That was during the Six Day War in '67. As I recall, the US had threatened to wipe out Israel's air forces if they attacked Cairo. And the US did that because t

That was during the Six Day War in '67. As I recall, the US had threatened to wipe out Israel's air forces if they attacked Cairo. And the US did that because the Soviets had threatened to nuke Tel Aviv if Israel did that, given their alliance with Egypt. So that was perhaps the context for the Liberty attack. And it could have triggered WWIII.