# Israel targeted more than 120 US lawmakers in disinformation campaign **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [June 6, 2024, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israel-targeted-more-than-120-us-lawmakers-in-disinformation-campaign/1002568 "2024-06-06T20:25:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 11
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2024, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israel-targeted-more-than-120-us-lawmakers-in-disinformation-campaign/1002568/11 "2024-06-07T02:12:03Z")
> [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](#): > > The _USS Liberty_ was repeatedly scouted the morning prior to the attack by Israeli Air Force spotters low enough that crew reported they “rattled the deck plating”. The attacks occurred in mid-afternoon in mostly clear conditions, first by Mirages with cannon and rocket fire, followed by ground attack craft dropping naplam, and then a subsequent sea attack by torpedo boats. Despite claims that the vessel had no visible identifying marks it can be clearly seen to be well marked, flying multiple US flags (a large one was hoisted on the radar tower after the initial attack) and equipped with radar and antenna systems that were clearly not Egyptian or Soviet equipment. And how much of that detail do you think was visible to fighter pilots travelling at the speed of sound who can’t actually see what they’re firing at? > [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](#): > > Secretary of State Dean Rusk repeatedly expressed disbelief in the official Israeli account to explain the multi-prong attack and failure to identify the vessel by the bow markings and hardware, including writing about it in his memoirs. And yer multiple US inquiries have determined that the cause was friendly fire. Given that the Liberty wasn’t even near the site of the supposed atrocities Israel was trying to cover up (which there is also no evidence for) and the US failed to notify Israel they were in theater, the idea that Israel would deliberately attack its only ally, during a war where losing would have meant a second Holocaust, and just barely hit it with harassing fire, then stop midway through the attack and immediately told the US Embassy what happened while it returned to port under its own power to tell the entire world they’d been attacked is downright ludicrous. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israel-targeted-more-than-120-us-lawmakers-in-disinformation-campaign/1002568)._