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Originally Posted by FunkMasterFlame
1. Maybe the Israelis were expecting the people on the Marmara to allow themselves to be boarded as easily as the other ships, and when they encountered unexpected resistance they panicked and started shooting? Its hard to say the Israelis weren't itching for a fight when they send a helicopter full of commandos for a night-raid against a ship of civilians on an aid mission.
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The whole boat aid idea was horrible from start to end. To claim this was an aid mission is a bold faced lie. This was an attempt to push through a blockade and make a political statement. Please call it like it is. And what panic are you talking about? There were 100 to 200 people on board the boat, a few soldiers fired on the crowd to save their skin. I would imagine what 'panic' would look like, the aftermath would be similar to what the US helicopter gunship did when it unloaded on the van. Modern weapons, specifically the kind Israeli engineers attach to helicopters, would have left zero survivors. If someone panicked, that would have been the end result.
I think discussion of the events is interesting, and I don't think anyone here thinks this was not a series of events that ended in a tragic manner. I do think that your rhetoric is over the top and you want to vilify Israel.