Posted on 06/01/2010 5:15:22 PM PDT by Kaslin
Conflict: Following the clash between the "peace flotilla" and Israeli forces on Sunday, two things are clear: One, Israel will defend itself, even if it has to do so alone. And two, Turkey is no longer an ally of the West.
Israel really had no choice but to respond to the clear provocation of the phony Turkish "peace flotilla" that attempted to deliver aid to the terrorist regime now in charge of Gaza. Far from being a fleet of "humanitarian" aid groups, as described in the media, the boats were filled with terrorist-linked Islamist and extreme left groups, bonded by their fanatical hatred of Israel.
And yet the U.N. Security Council predictably condemned what it called the "acts which resulted in the loss" of 10 lives. If it issued an equally harsh condemnation of North Korea's cold-blooded and unprovoked March 26 attack on a South Korean ship, murdering 46 South Korean sailors, we didn't hear it.
Others also condemned Israel. China, which hosted North Korean officials just days after their murderous attack on a South Korean ship, expressed fury. Even NATO vowed a probe of Israel.
But why? The ship that Israel boarded, the Mavi Marmara, was filled with Hamas supporters who were eager if not intent on picking a fight with Israeli forces over Israel's blockade of the Gaza coast. That blockade aimed to keep arms from going to terrorists.
Hamas lobs anywhere from 6,000 to 10,000 missiles a year at Israeli civilian settlements, with nary a peep of criticism from the "world community."
As video tapes show, Israel warned the ship not to break its blockade. It offered to let the flotilla land in the port of Ashdod and to deliver any legitimate aid to Gaza. Reasonable requests, all denied.
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Since your still up and posting, come over here if you please.
HEADING FOR THE SHOWER.
Will check after I get out.
What would you like for me to respond to particularly?
LUB
INDEED TO THE MAX.
Sure looks like God is setting it up to be Israel’s only protector very soon.
and Turkey... this stinks something fierce... the liberal/communist/islamofascist axis is setting us up to go to war against Israel... if a Turkish ship is fired on, that’s NATO, and we’re at war...
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