It looks like you're using an Ad Blocker.
Please white-list or disable AboveTopSecret.com in your ad-blocking tool.
Thank you.
Some features of ATS will be disabled while you continue to use an ad-blocker.
Originally posted by AnAbsoluteCreation
They didn't break blockade. Were they not in international waters when they boarded?
Originally posted by AnAbsoluteCreation
reply to post by jfj123
They didn't break blockade. Were they not in international waters when they boarded?
Originally posted by jfj123
reply to post by AnAbsoluteCreation
seems like the people on the boat were prepared for an attack.
I feel like the israelis wanted to demonstrate their resolve in maintaining this blockade. If they backed down, they would loose complete control of the situation which would have left them open to more agressive intrusions into their waters.
We also don't know the circumstances that caused the wounds since we only see the aftermath.
The reality is that these ships broke a blockade. They knew that something would happen.
Originally posted by AnAbsoluteCreation
I think you saw what you wanted to see. Blood? Who cares. Israeli carrying Challenger victim pamphlet? So. Gunshots? Sounds like paintball guns. Passengers bleeding? Paper cuts. CPR being performed? They were making out.
Originally posted by AnAbsoluteCreation
reply to post by jfj123
I am discussing the aggressiveness. The Fake videos. The Challenger Connection. And the fact that these were respectable international people aboard. Not terrorists.
Originally posted by dl2one
Originally posted by jfj123
reply to post by AnAbsoluteCreation
seems like the people on the boat were prepared for an attack.
I feel like the israelis wanted to demonstrate their resolve in maintaining this blockade. If they backed down, they would loose complete control of the situation which would have left them open to more agressive intrusions into their waters.
We also don't know the circumstances that caused the wounds since we only see the aftermath.
The reality is that these ships broke a blockade. They knew that something would happen.
prepared for an attack because they all know what inhumane deeds the IDF is capable of.
All those cameras flashing and only this makes it out? Sounds like the IDF controlling the situation and twisting the story in their favor as usual.
And if they backed down from the slingshots there would be more slingshots coming their way? lol
They broke a blockade that's basically called inhumane and illegal by the U.N. (whom Israel constantly lies and does not cooperate with)
[edit on 12-6-2010 by dl2one]
Originally posted by AnAbsoluteCreation
reply to post by jfj123
I am not saying they didn't intend on doing it...
I am discussing the aggressiveness. The Fake videos. The Challenger Connection. And the fact that these were respectable international people aboard. Not terrorists.
AAC
Originally posted by AnAbsoluteCreation
Doesn't look like the same boat!
[atsimg]http://files.abovetopsecret.com/images/member/2ff90fda37e3.gif[/atsimg]
AAC
Originally posted by jfj123
So are you saying they were not going to break the blockade?
My point is that there are 2 sides and people are making this out to only the fault of israel and I can't see how that could be the case.
Israeli Navy Reserve Officers - Haaretz.com
"First and foremost, we protest the fact that responsibility for the tragic results was immediately thrust onto the organizers of the flotilla. This demonstrates contempt for the responsibility that belongs principally to the hierarchy of commanders and those who approved the mission. This shows contempt for the values of professionalism, the purity of weapons and for human lives."
Originally posted by jfj123
They were respected enough to beat the israelis with pipes, jump them and take their weapons, etc...
Originally posted by jfj123
The israelis were enforcing a blockade against terrorists.
Actually Israel is the country always killing children.
Originally posted by astrogolf
reply to post by AnAbsoluteCreation
OK. A bunch of muslim cowards attempting to ignore a blockade and give free stuff to support a bunch of missile lobbing terrorists, who would just as soon kill you, but Israel is closer. Brought to you by the same nice people who murdered thousands in New York, regularly strap on bomb vests and kill children, christian jew and muslim, and who have the goal of converting you to islam or killing you. You choose you're friends so wisely.
Originally posted by lee anoma
Originally posted by jfj123
The israelis were enforcing a blockade against terrorists.
Yet still the blockade collectively punishes every one of the 1.5 million people imprisoned within it. A humanitarian crisis acknowledged by not only the U.N. but almost every major humanitarian aid group.
That isn't legal or moral.
- Lee