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Originally Posted by peter12
I find the response of the protesters/provocateurs on the first ship an absolute mystery. I have no idea why they attacked the Israeli boarders, probably some idiotic radical endeavour to fight the power or something. Once the situation escalated to the point where Israeli soldiers' weapons were being stolen and used against them, I feel, based on the reports, that the Israeli response was justified.
This is not where the operation went wrong, however.
It went wrong when the Israelis, once again, blundered into an obvious public relations trap. The convoy was nothing but a political stunt meant to test the resolve of the Israelis and unfortunately, Israel took the bait once again.
It's pretty apparent now that the ships didn't have sophisticated weaponry on board intended for the military aid of Hamas. There was no reason to risk the lives of their soldiers and those on board on a gung-ho operation that could only go wrong for Israel and benefit Hamas.
Look at what is going to happen now. Turkey and the EU, two key trade allies to Israel, are backing off BIG TIME. The USA's relationship has become so soured that Netanyahu cancelled his meeting with Obama in the wake of this tragedy.
As a supporter of Israel, I have to call them to a higher standard. They are putting their own existence at risk while the real enemies here, Islamic radicals and their Western relativist allies, gain victories by barely raising a finger.
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The news coming out now is that the Israeli troops started firing into the boats before they got onto the decks, from the helicoptors, while the troops were coming down the ropes, it would appear the protestors thought they were about to be executed hence their reaction, as they knew they were always going to be stopped and expected to be arrested the story makes sense.
However it shakes out a complete fubar by Israel, stopped a few tons of food getting into Gaza at the cost of virtually all world sympathy.