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Originally Posted by setanta

Look, I have Israeli relations, with my uncle in law having served in their equivelant of the Navy Seals, and even I can see what a botch up this is. They've been condemned even by their allies and I really don't know how they can talk themselves outta this one. It'll be interesting to speak to my aunt about it!

They have been condemned for retaliating in international waters - they are not condemned for their actions to defend their state and to run checks.

The ships were clearly offered a free run into Israel so they could pass the aid on to the right sources but they (as this whole operation was run by Hamas) wanted to take it to Gaza. How utterly ridiculous.

Would you allow people to just walk into your
home, when you are having problems in your home? Would you? I really doubt it.

Also, I've already spoken to my friends in Gaza about this and they think these idiots coming in on pirate ships were an utter joke.