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Yep, About What I Expected
All those "innocent" protestors bringing "humanitarian aid" to Gaza, only to be shot down by those fascist, domineering Israelis? Yeah... about that... It's well and good to doubt what the Israeli government, hell any damned government, says about an incident. Unfortunately, cameras don't lie, video cameras especially. I knew all I needed to when I read accounts that the commandos were forced to shoot people with pistols. Hint: commando teams looking for trouble bring things called "assault rifles" to the party when they're expecting trouble. They are much larger than pistols. These guys got sent on a ship without them, and it darned near cost them their lives.
Me, I'd want to see whoever planned this cluster f- of an assault in front of a tribunal. But I'm reactionary that way.
I don't see how the Israeli commandoes could have expected such resistance. They've intercepted several other flotillas in the past, and sent them away after making sure the stuff they carry that would actually help Gazans (as opposed to helping Hamas) gets sent to the Gaza Strip (whereupon Hamas promptly burns it to keep the people of Gaza desperate for recruitment and media showcasing).
They were inadequately armed and sent into a clusterfuck because they couldn't have anticipated being attacked, would have been blamed by the media for intimidating the "peaceful protesters" if they had been sent in properly armed, and even if they had actual rifles would probably have been taken from and used on them like the pistols nearly were.
Information warfare is a PITA, because even Israel can't be correct all the time.
Posted by: Tatterdemalian on June 3, 2010 01:08 PM