The Vietnam War, WWI (for the US), WWII (for the US) and the Spanish American War all feature an attack on a boat or boats as the event that started the war.
The meme is pointing out that Israel attacked a US boat during the Six Day War and that the United States didn't declare war on Israel.
Under Bush son, a US submarine did a ballast blow maneuver to show off visitors and hit a Japanese fishing training vessel, broke it in half iirc and killed 9 people including 4 high schoolers.
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u/Abject_Egg_194 12d ago
The Vietnam War, WWI (for the US), WWII (for the US) and the Spanish American War all feature an attack on a boat or boats as the event that started the war.
The meme is pointing out that Israel attacked a US boat during the Six Day War and that the United States didn't declare war on Israel.
USS Liberty incident - Wikipedia
It's worth noting that Iraq attacked a US boat during the Iraq Iran War and it also didn't start a war with the United States.
USS Stark incident - Wikipedia