Michael Piper and Final Judgment

[Mark Stapleton]

LBJ was a hardline Zionist. His primary loyalty was not to the US but to Israel.

This might have gone too far. Johnson's loyalty was to the favorable polemic of the sponsors which happened to be Israel and political support for the Military Industrial Complex politics the permanent war posture of Israel entailed.

So basically you're saying Johnson loved everything Israel stood for. I agree.

When a President turns back fighter planes which were responding to a distress call from an American ship for fear of embarrassing the aggressor, namely Israel, then I say that Lyndon Johnson's main loyalty was to Israel. America came in second. When the chips were down during the USS Liberty tragedy Johnson chose to protect Israel not the US. Unequivocal proof as to where his true loyalty resided.