You guys are idiots.
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Now that I've gotten that out of my system, let us start to look at Israel. I'm not interested in all its past for all, but I guess it is sufficiently important to point out that they have been one to many wars in their road to independence. First the Arabs, then specifically Palestine, and then even more specifically Hamas.
Now back to the point. The raiding of the aid flotilla. Now, let me make a point, the flotilla is a problem to Israel, but it is obvious how its history of violence and war has, in a way, led to this disaster. Through the years, diplomatic methods has gone further and further down the checklist of things to do in case of emergencies with overseas institutions, and they cannot be blamed for that. Consider the number of times Palestine has rejected their offers as well as many other situations and consider the effectiveness of the world famous Mossad. It is the 'A-Team' that most countries would dream to have, no less.
However, their violent nature has finally backfired on them. Really bad. I mean, its really really stupid. Consider this, you are now the guy asked to decide what to do with these flotillas, that were trying to bring aid to Gaza. You have been asked to stop them as Hamas could easily use some of these materials to construct weapons. (Concrete etc.)
You consider first that most countries have Hamas labeled as a terrorist organization. Thus, these countries would agree with your decision to stop these flotillas and turn them around. Perhaps even restrict the type of aid that these flotillas can bring in, limiting it to food and water. Then you consider what is the danger that the ships can pose. They have been checked in Cyprus to have no dangerous weapons on board, thus they can't possibly give too much of a problem. Their greatest power would perhaps be propaganda, which you could probably bring to your advantage by being magnanimous enough to let a restricted amount of aid through.
Thus, how do you get that done? First you have to stop these flotillas. How should you do that? Of course, like every other country's first instinct, board them in the middle of the night with commandos from helicopters.
Wait wait. Let's put it into perspective again. Stopping these ships would be welcomed by most countries, as they would not want to risk supplying materials to Hamas. The ships have no weapons on them as well, thus having no chance of strong retaliation. Why not just board them, in the light of day, with boats first to tell the crew that their ship will be boarded, and if its too large to board from boats, then via helicopters? Then perhaps work out a deal with the activists to what they can do and what they can't.
Why would you EVER need to board in the middle of the damn night, and possibly scare the crew to retaliate these damn unknown people boarding THEIR boat, having an idiotic commando lose his gun, and leading to dead people.
What a screw up. Absolutely idiotic. Now they've ended up killing 9 activists, bravo dumb-asses. Another chance to improve the opinion polls and you had to go ahead and shoot before thinking about anything.
There's no excuse. They can say that they needed to stop the boat, they might be attacked by the activists first. They still screwed up by not dealing the situation with their brain before shooting off the revolver.
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Now that I've gotten that out of my system, let us start to look at Israel. I'm not interested in all its past for all, but I guess it is sufficiently important to point out that they have been one to many wars in their road to independence. First the Arabs, then specifically Palestine, and then even more specifically Hamas.
Now back to the point. The raiding of the aid flotilla. Now, let me make a point, the flotilla is a problem to Israel, but it is obvious how its history of violence and war has, in a way, led to this disaster. Through the years, diplomatic methods has gone further and further down the checklist of things to do in case of emergencies with overseas institutions, and they cannot be blamed for that. Consider the number of times Palestine has rejected their offers as well as many other situations and consider the effectiveness of the world famous Mossad. It is the 'A-Team' that most countries would dream to have, no less.
However, their violent nature has finally backfired on them. Really bad. I mean, its really really stupid. Consider this, you are now the guy asked to decide what to do with these flotillas, that were trying to bring aid to Gaza. You have been asked to stop them as Hamas could easily use some of these materials to construct weapons. (Concrete etc.)
You consider first that most countries have Hamas labeled as a terrorist organization. Thus, these countries would agree with your decision to stop these flotillas and turn them around. Perhaps even restrict the type of aid that these flotillas can bring in, limiting it to food and water. Then you consider what is the danger that the ships can pose. They have been checked in Cyprus to have no dangerous weapons on board, thus they can't possibly give too much of a problem. Their greatest power would perhaps be propaganda, which you could probably bring to your advantage by being magnanimous enough to let a restricted amount of aid through.
Thus, how do you get that done? First you have to stop these flotillas. How should you do that? Of course, like every other country's first instinct, board them in the middle of the night with commandos from helicopters.
Wait wait. Let's put it into perspective again. Stopping these ships would be welcomed by most countries, as they would not want to risk supplying materials to Hamas. The ships have no weapons on them as well, thus having no chance of strong retaliation. Why not just board them, in the light of day, with boats first to tell the crew that their ship will be boarded, and if its too large to board from boats, then via helicopters? Then perhaps work out a deal with the activists to what they can do and what they can't.Why would you EVER need to board in the middle of the damn night, and possibly scare the crew to retaliate these damn unknown people boarding THEIR boat, having an idiotic commando lose his gun, and leading to dead people.
What a screw up. Absolutely idiotic. Now they've ended up killing 9 activists, bravo dumb-asses. Another chance to improve the opinion polls and you had to go ahead and shoot before thinking about anything.
There's no excuse. They can say that they needed to stop the boat, they might be attacked by the activists first. They still screwed up by not dealing the situation with their brain before shooting off the revolver.
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