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Old 05-31-2010, 08:41 AM
 
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They boarded a peace protestors ship in international waters using commandos killing what is reported to be 16 civilians.

BBC News - Deaths as Israeli forces storm Gaza aid ship

Just so you know.

Israel is special....... Israel is surrounded by enemies that what to kill them......... Nobody understands them...........blah blah blah
Were you on board? Sounds like you're simply talking out of your rear end. You weren't there so how about not jumping to conclusions.
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Old 05-31-2010, 09:55 AM
 
Location: Pa
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9 dead people. Killed in international waters. I am certain Israel feels regret. Regret that the world knows exactly what they did, and now they have to put their spin machine in overdrive to find a way to justify their actions.
No worries Israel the USA has your back. We won't let the world condemn you or hold you accountable. Your check is in the mail with another bonus.
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Old 05-31-2010, 09:57 AM
 
Location: Chicagoland
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They boarded a peace protestors ship in international waters using commandos killing what is reported to be 16 civilians.
Yeah, so peaceful they had stun grenades and fire bombs on board and ATTACKED the soldiers as they descended from above.
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Old 05-31-2010, 10:03 AM
 
Location: Pa
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Yeah, so peaceful they had stun grenades and fire bombs on board and ATTACKED the soldiers as they descended from above.
Well they were peaceful up until the Commandos attacked them.
Israel is not the police of the MED. If gunmen entered my home and they were not legal law eforement I would gun down as many as I could.
Had I been on that ship I would have done my best to repell the invasion.
The fact remains and the world agrees with me on this, Israel had no legal right to do what they did.
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Old 05-31-2010, 10:44 AM
 
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Glenn Greenwald has an excellent article today about Israel's brutal act and how the only way the are able to get away with is America's unwillingness to hold them accountable.

This country is now more brutal and bigoted than the South African apartheid government ever hoped to be.

http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/gl...ael/index.html

"Not even the most intense propaganda systems can prettify a lethal military attack on ships carrying civilians and humanitarian aid to people living in some of the most wretched and tragic conditions anywhere in the world. It is crystal clear to anyone who looks what Israel has become, and the only question left is how will the rest of the world -- beginning with their American patrons -- will react."
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Old 05-31-2010, 11:00 AM
 
Location: Midwest
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Yep, and nevermind that the aid ships also had weapons for hamas on them? And who does hamas fire on? ISRAEL ! As for palestinian rights to Israel's rightful land, no! The west bank and gaza should all be part Of Israeli land, homes and whatever else Israel wants it to be. You all forget the palestinians didn't want what is Israel UNTIL the Israel land was formed by the un. Then every arab country sent their palestinian perverts to Israel just to cause trouble. If it is so important for the palestinians to have their own country, then why does the arabs refuse to give them a place ? It's because the palestinians HAVE ALWAYS been a pain in the rear no matter where they were located!. Palestinians have always been trouble makers, wanting something for nothing, all thru history. Even the other arabs don't want them!
What were these weapons, knives and iron bars? If the ship had weapons to "fire on Israel", why didn't they use them against the Israeli commandos who stormed the ship shooting? If they didn't use these weapons to defend themselves then, when would they use these "weapons"?
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Old 05-31-2010, 11:04 AM
 
Location: Hoboken
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Wow, what an unfortunate and tragic event.

It's sad that there were casualties.

I'm going to refrain from placing immediate judgement until more details emerge, but from what it sounds like, both sides here acted stupid.

There is such blind, all consuming hatred of Israel on this forum you are unlikely to have anyone follow your lead.
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Old 05-31-2010, 11:07 AM
 
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The protestors had knives, guns.

So how many IDF died?
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Old 05-31-2010, 11:07 AM
 
Location: Hoboken
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Were you on board? Sounds like you're simply talking out of your rear end. You weren't there so how about not jumping to conclusions.

No, no you must jump to conclusions these are Jews, didn't you know that?

We have to wait until all the facts are in to blame N Korea in sinking a s Korean ship. But not now let's just jump all over Israel. God knows they are in a peace loving region. Their neighbors have never bothered them before.
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Old 05-31-2010, 11:09 AM
 
Location: Washington state
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There is such blind, all consuming hatred of Israel on this forum you are unlikely to have anyone follow your lead.
You sure haven't that's for sure. After claiming you were reserving judgment..you've launched into a full scale blind defense of everything and anything Israel.

Why aren't you following your own suggestion and waiting until all the facts are known?
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