Israel's gaffe
A moron could have told you that this "peaceful convoy" was a trap. And still, Israel managed to fall into it. What the left-wing and anti-semite press are not reporting on is that the final ship was stuffed with "activists" who were willing to fight the Israeli boarders and in fact had joined the convoy precisely for that purpose: to paint Israel as the evil oppressor.
True to form, the mass media press took this bait, hook, line and sinker -- they ARE a pathetic excuse for journalism and independent thinking. Instead of pointing out that at least two of the "activists" were Muslim Brotherhood parliamentarians from Egypt, and goodness knows how many other stooges, we are assailed by reports of Israeli brutality. The Israeli boarders were meant to have to resort to firearms to protect themselves. The Palestinians attacked them with knives, clubs and other weapons designed to kill -- but with plausible deniability.
My guess is that they will find nothing at all in terms of weapons, etc. on that vessel. It would defeat the propaganda purpose it has filled so well. If there was any militarily useful stuff, it would have been on board the unprotected vessels -- but the odds are there was nothing at all on any of them. If Israel does "find" some, it will surely be called a plant anyway.
So why take the route that it did? Why board it person to person? Wouldn't it be better to disable the propulsion system and take the vessel into tow? Simply shoot bolts into the bow structure once the prop is disabled and tow the s.o.b. into port. If it drops anchor, use thermite bands to cut away the cable or chain and proceed. Once in an Israeli port, "invite the guests" to disembark and deport them after the ship has been searched -- they were violating territorial waters Israel claims as an exclusion zone. If they didn't want to disembark, tear gas them and remove them with tasers. You might have a scuffle -- you certainly would -- but you can show it live on T.V. to show that you were polite but firm. Instead of being portrayed as international thugs.
Or just sink it when they refused to heave to.
True to form, the mass media press took this bait, hook, line and sinker -- they ARE a pathetic excuse for journalism and independent thinking. Instead of pointing out that at least two of the "activists" were Muslim Brotherhood parliamentarians from Egypt, and goodness knows how many other stooges, we are assailed by reports of Israeli brutality. The Israeli boarders were meant to have to resort to firearms to protect themselves. The Palestinians attacked them with knives, clubs and other weapons designed to kill -- but with plausible deniability.
My guess is that they will find nothing at all in terms of weapons, etc. on that vessel. It would defeat the propaganda purpose it has filled so well. If there was any militarily useful stuff, it would have been on board the unprotected vessels -- but the odds are there was nothing at all on any of them. If Israel does "find" some, it will surely be called a plant anyway.
So why take the route that it did? Why board it person to person? Wouldn't it be better to disable the propulsion system and take the vessel into tow? Simply shoot bolts into the bow structure once the prop is disabled and tow the s.o.b. into port. If it drops anchor, use thermite bands to cut away the cable or chain and proceed. Once in an Israeli port, "invite the guests" to disembark and deport them after the ship has been searched -- they were violating territorial waters Israel claims as an exclusion zone. If they didn't want to disembark, tear gas them and remove them with tasers. You might have a scuffle -- you certainly would -- but you can show it live on T.V. to show that you were polite but firm. Instead of being portrayed as international thugs.
Or just sink it when they refused to heave to.
posted by Zaphod at Tuesday, June 01, 2010
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