Originally posted by SparKzzz
Originally posted by Sean48
You could try and answer it in a serious way aswell; If the original idea was TO KILL, how come nobody did it from the choppers? And more than that,
how come they didn't just kill everyone after the commando guys got lynched on-board?
When you're sent to kill, and people lynch you, for the least you get annoyed and kill everyone.
Let's assume the mission was to kill just one or two select people? Or maybe just rough them up, or capture a few people?
It could serve as a warning to the other boats, but this turned into slaughter - as (for some reason) those people on the ship didn't like seeing
their freinds, wives and family members having guns with live ammunition pointed in their faces.
Unless you have never ever heard of a situation where unarmed people suddenly revolt against their captors / antagonists, then i think the most
logical explanation is this.
The people on the Flotillas suspect that Israel is using an illegal blockade, so they pressed on - expecting at least a warning from Israel - but the
same time, determined to deliver their authorised goods (food, water, medicine etc) to Gaza.
The Israeli's then mounted an assault in INTERNATIONAL waters, because otherwise Israel would have considered this as a sign of weakness to
themselves.
Maybe the commando's were a snatch squad? They cut the live feed to the ships, but didn't expect a film crew to be documenting it.
Alas, the snatch or warning or whatever it was - suddenly turned nasty when people panicked and grabbed various items to protect their loved ones from
the commandos who were (and had been previously reported) FIRING (possibly even before mounting the flotilla). These could have been warning shots.
But either way - a struggle ensued and many people died.
Whatever SPIN you want to put on it - the truth is.
It was illegal. People were KILLED and injured for daring to ignore the orders of a state with a notoriety of blood thirst, and instead only wished to
deliver aid to previous victims of Israel.
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