After reading this story it seems that the US had a spy ship that was too close to a zone of war, and Israelis attacked first, and asked the questions later. Bad communication played part. The US didn't want to embarass themselves in what was an obviously embrassing failure which resulted in a tragic loss of life, and they decided to hush hush the incident as good relations with Israel are more important than 1 ship. I can see americans having trouble dealing with the screw up but I don't think he attack was deliberate as in they knew it was american and that's why they attacked.
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