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The world is up in arms at Israel attacking the ship or boarding the ship attempting to carry aid past their blockade. Nothing was ever mentioned about why the blockade was necessary. The articles do say that the Israeli soldiers were attacked by those on board as they boarded the ship which was borne out by cameras on the Israeli helicopters and ended in the soldiers firing on those attackers.
First of all Israel said that if the ship continued it would be stopped, when, in history, has Israel failed to do just what it said it would?
Israel took the steps it did to protect it's citizens from the rocket attacks that were being launched at it from it's north. One wonders if there are any weapons among the aid that is on the ships? Maybe, maybe not, time will tell if they have ability to inspect the cargo.
My take on it is that Israel had a blockade that others knew was in place and that Israel said it would enforce yet they crossed it or attempted to. Once Israel was attempting to stop the ship by boarding it they were attacked and responded to squelch the attack. Israel is justified in their actions and if we (US) acted so forcefully and determined I wonder if we would be attacked so frequently? Wait we did act after 911 and there was a very long time period before attacks were attempted. Obama and the Democrats took office and attempted to patronize with the militant muslims and now we have several attempts to attack us again.
Whose policy is right? Ours or Israels?
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