We already know that 0bama has Changed America’s ally from Israel to Hamas.
Obama, go put another burger on the grill.
The peace activists were armed?
Has anyone added water wings to the Waaaambulance?
Liberals are going to need it, you know.
Nuke Brussels. Both the EU, Eurabia and the UN need to go.
I too am deeply saddened. Can I join the chorus?
...hmmm...”deeply regretted” ....that choice of words sounds like an apology to me.
I hope Israel sinks all of the boats before any more weapons can get to Hamas.
This must be intentionally incompetent reporting. How can they discuss the proportionality of Israel's actions without any mention of what what the flotilla was doing to cause the action? Proportionate to what?
Still waiting for the deep regrets for the lives lost on the oil rig.
Oh, I forgot, he did say no one grieves more than he for that loss.
Hopefully, the Israelis videotaped everything.
Would the IDF go in without cameras? I wonder if vid was shot while they boarded?
I wish the US had half the guts that Israel has.
Israel was forced into taking actions that would make it look bad in front of the world. The Palestinians and their allies are trying to shame Israel like Gandhi shammed to British. I think there are a few key differences between Israel and the British. Israel is being forced to defend itself. The British were trying to hold together an Empire with brutality.
If Turkey ups the ante with warships and planes, as they most certainly will, then Israel should and must sink the entire flotilla. They have no other choice. Their problem isn’t in the Mediterranean. Their real problem is in the White House (or on Golf course or the basketball court.) A word from the POTUS (and some behind the scenes arm-twisting) could resolve Israel’s problems. But the POTUS is onboard with the bad guys. As a matter of fact I wouldn’t be surprised if he sent Michelle or some other close allies along with the next flotilla.
Israel, you’re on your own. The only ray of hope you have is that the POTUS will handle his issues with Israel as competently as he handled the Gulf Oil spill and everything else he’s touched since ascending to George W’s chair.
In my view these “activists” got exactly what the were looking for. They have been itching for an incident just like this on every single one of the previous attempts to run “humanitarian relief supplies” through the Israeli blockade.
There was no way for Israel to win on this no matter what happened, and in the view of these “activists” the best possible outcome was to produce some fresh martyrs. These people would bitch if you hung them with a new rope, so this incident is pure manna for Hamas. Unfortunately for the Israelis, they probably didn’t shoot the right “activists”, those being the ones who are planning and underwriting these “actions”.
Useful infidels...
The IDF should have fabricated a mini-homing torpedo for these contingencies. It would go for the propellers, and instead of expolosives it would unspool clouds of thin kevlar and wire lines to foul the props and stop the ships.
The IDF pioneered UAVs with mini missiles that only destroy one car without breaking windows across the street. You would think they would have had a technical answer for these ships, short of the FUBAR spectacle of boarding them with commandos, on film.
Nothing but Kabuki theater and UN blah-blah-blah.
“European nationals” = EINOs
Congressman Billybob
This probably choked off a sizable resupply of shoulder-fired rockets and other artillery. Didn’t significantly impact the amount of food or medical supplies for the bulk of the non-combatant Palestinian civilians, as none was going to be delivered to them anyway.
The Palestinian Authority is one of the most repressive regimes in the Middle East, and the supposed “compassionate” aid is used first to resupply the guerrilla warriors, then only when anything is left over, does any trickle out to the rest of the tormented folk living in that Arabic version of purgatory.
“It is with deep regret that I must declare to the rest of the world that the White House is devoid of common sense, and therefore needing a commission to determine the severity of said delusions and misinterpretations, so that “we the people” can remedy this affliction as soon as possible...”
Say November 2012???