Originally posted by Ms.Marvel
i read that the Israelis found gas masks and bullet proof vests as well as individual envelops containing thousands of dollars, amongst the cargo.so, maybe there was more to this then just "providing aid".
Of course there was. No one seems to remember that weapons have been found on relief shipment to Gaza in the past. Israel had every right, to board and inspect the cargo.
Originally posted by dadudemon
Israeli military should be called for what it did: hyperventilating, overzealous, war-mongers.
They can hardly be pacifists given their situation. They are a tiny Jewish Island in the middle of a massive ocean of Islamic states that would like nothing better than to wipe them off the face of the earth...People didn't exactly like the regime that tried that before.
I'm not going to be taking sides on it though. I know Israel **** up as much as they get things right but when you're being subjected to an average of 10 rocket attacks from Gaza every day then you have to try every measure to stop those weapons getting to Gaza in the 1st place.
Maybe because the IDF "finding" the people it wants to find isnt really considered credible? Besides, I dont see how that was really new information.
Originally posted by jaden101
They can hardly be pacifists given their situation. They are a tiny Jewish Island in the middle of a massive ocean of Islamic states that would like nothing better than to wipe them off the face of the earth...People didn't exactly like the regime that tried that before.
Yeah, every Islamic state is committed to nuking Isreal.
Originally posted by One Free Man
Oh, sure, the israeli government is lying. After not giving a **** about anything anyone has said for 50 years, they're going to start lying in order to look better in america's pussy eye.
Apparently you havent been following this conflict more than 3 days.
Isreal has a an extensive PR campaign that frequently distorts ro releases convinient information at opportune times. Its not an outright lie, but its a clear distortion to try to drive the narrative in their direction. They use it all the time and its not really considered a neutral source. Hence no global reaction to it.
Note my earlier comment, written by an Isreali herself. There is a difference between using your military to shoot back at people shooting at you and using them to weed out anyone in the world who may not like you. Its also different when you arrest journalists, nobel peace prize winners, and former diplomats who are clearly on an aid mission cleared by Turkey, a majority Muslim nation that is (was) so freindly with Isreal that they conduct joint military training exercises.
As far as "america's pussy eye," if there is one nation that has been both as belligeratn as Isreal its the US. If there is one nation that has been as supportive of Isreal and its agressive policies, its the US. After 50 years of that, when the US askes for concessions from Isreal and the Palestinian State to achieve a peace agreement, we're "puss"ies now? Please....esepcially when Washington has been fairly silent on this issue vs several European governments pulled their ambassadors immediately. The global reaction has been way more negative than anything Washington has put out.
Originally posted by One Free Man
http://www.jpost.com/Israel/Article.aspx?id=177169
According to the united states the iraque had WMD.
Re: "Freedom Flotilla" Attacks
Originally posted by Bicnarok
As everyone has probably seen on the news, Israeli commandos stormed a convoy of ships apparently carrying aid to the Gaza Strip.
There´s been different reports on casualties between 10 and 16 people killed, and 10 commando´s injured.It happened about 40 miles (64 km) out to sea, in international waters.
Israel says its soldiers were shot at and attacked with weapons; the activists say Israeli troops came on board shooting.
I was wondering if maybe this was actually a cunning plan by some Arab group. After all it was clear that Israel was going to try to stop the Flotilla. So to fill the boats with civilians then shoot at the Israelis when the enter, causing a firefight and lot´s of "poor inoccent people" killed by bad Israelis would obviously cause condemnation of Israel.
Of course it could also be Israel´s normal disregard for other people´s lifes in their "cat in a corner" battle for survival.
Israel definetely came on shooting unprovoked.The UN should cut off aide to them as should we.