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Originally posted by treesdancing
reply to post by Kailassa
it was my intention, when starting this thread, to see whether it would be possible to stimulate a discussion around this topic which isn't polarized along the lines of right or wrong or by assigning blame. There are a half a dozen such autopsies going on right now on ATS. I'm not trying to start another one of those here. Please reread the OP and understand that it doesn't matter whether there was was an agent provocateur or not, or whether it was piracy, or whether it was illegal. At the end of the day it was stagecraft. I'm not really looking to hear more blame thrown around. I'm interested in hearing constructive approaches to dealing with the fact that we're being duped into killing each other again, conditioned or not.
Originally posted by Limegreen
I disagree, if your theory was correct, Israel would have boarded the vessel with real weapons not paintball guns. They ended up taking away the "innocent aid workers" guns and defending themselves with them.
An Israeli military spokesman said some of the commandos were equipped with paintball guns but the non-lethal weapons were not enough against activists who charged in with batons.
"They had pistols with live ammunition as back-up, to defend themselves," he said. The IDF said it had confiscated two pistols from the boat.
www.haaretz.com...
Originally posted by Limegreen
I disagree, if your theory was correct, Israel would have boarded the vessel with real weapons not paintball guns. They ended up taking away the "innocent aid workers" guns and defending themselves with them.
Originally posted by Dbriefed
The Israelis acted correctly. There was a blockade, the soldiers boarded to inspect, got attacked with weapons, and opened fire. I don't see what the big deal is. Attack guys with guns and they'll shoot back, no matter who it is. Try attacking a street cop, most likely you'll die.