Israel kills to Maintain Blockade

[tibilicus]

what have i learned in this thread so far:

1. that it is israel's policy to bring ships in for inspection, why was this not done this time?

2. that this aid convoy was running a baton charge against a sovereign nation state, who the hell do they think they are?

3. that the aid group are a bunch of crazy nutters who support hamas, why are we surprised that israel demands to inspect the ship?

4. fourteen people died during the boarding, what the hell were they doing that they could not be peaceably detained?

was israel heavy handed? yes, it rather looks that way.

do i care very much given the character and actions of the convoy? no, not very much.

Don't get me wrong, it would be completely justifiable if the Israelis were checking the ships within their own territorial waters, the point is, they didn't. Seeming your only seeing this from one side, imagine this. Your on a boat late at night and all of a sudden you see helicopters above and armed men rappelling down onto your ship. How would you react in said situation Furunculus?

There's a right way and a wrong way to check ships, this was most certainly wrong. Just to clarify, my position is against the way this deplorable operation was carried out. I have absolutely no problem with Israel checking incoming ships within their own water and doing so in a way which doesn't alarm those on board.