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Originally Posted by Nage Waza
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.
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I totally agree with this post. They knew this was going to happen. In fact, they even said that they are going to sail no matter what and make Israel stop them. They knew what the immediate media reaction was going to be like, and even though the "impartial probe" will probably absolve Israel, they've already won in the court of public opinion because of everyone that just jumps to conclusions.
I have a hard time believing that if it was truly an aid ship, that they needed to arm themselves with pipes and bash in the head of a commando that obviously did not start shooting first.