[dennisw]

Next week...back to the usual Obama mode of stabbing Israel in the back

[lonster]

it seems to me that this is more of a “botched flotilla” than a “botched attempt”. send ships to violate a u.n. approved blockade involving a country under attack? sounds pretty botched to me.

[CIB-173RDABN]

"...without alienating America’s Arab allies.

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America does not have "Arab allies". We are an ATM to them. A source of money. They could shut down terrorism in a minute if they wanted to, but they are playing both sides of the street.

They use oil to drain us of money, and they use terrorism to drain our spirit.

When they feel we are weak enough, they will turn on us in a second.

This President, or actually any President, that thinks we are going to win the hearts and mind of those in the middle east is delusional. It is not going to happen. Pretending otherwise will just get us all killed.

[BilLies]

“...Israel’s botched attempt ....” s/h/b “..Jihad's botched attempt... to run the blockade..”
Apparently Ben Smith does not have access to the Internet to see the attack by the “pacifists”. The Anti-Israeli blockade-running Jihads sympathizers is kinda like drug runners attacking the US Coast Guard when they board the vessels for inspection.

[Wyatt's Torch]

It doesn’t matter if anyone else “believes” them. Israel is always and forever the enemy of most of the world. In the eyes of the anti-Semitic world there can never be justified force used by Israel. Ever.

[G Larry]

“..while much about the incident remains unclear..”

Wrong!
All of the pertinent details are known and knowable!
Those who hate Israel placed weapons on ships full of civilians and then dared Israel to stop them from entering Gaza.
When Israel attempted to board the ships, they were violently attacked and responded only with the force necessary to stop the attack.
For 60 years Israeli attempts at self defense have been characterized in the MSM as “aggression”.