Elite forces also shouldn't have been able to get disarmed by a bunch of activists either...I am really questioning that common wisdom of the Israeli military being the best in the world. Maybe that was just a myth spread to cover up an bunch of inept assholes?
-----Original Message----- From: Scott Stroz [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, June 04, 2010 7:55 AM To: cf-community Subject: Re: 5 of the 9 bodies returned to turkey were all headshots. 1. For the record, a 'head shot' does not indicate a shot made at close range. 2. Says who? I'd like to think that 'elite' forces would have the ability to do this. 3. Umm...yea, that is their job. Please note I am not trying to defend the actions of the Israelis, not am I condemning them. To be honest, I do not think we have enough information to form any kind of informed opinion of what happened. As was pointed out in another thread, the truth most likely lies somewhere between the 2 sides of the story On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 8:29 AM, Vivec <[email protected]> wrote: > > Head shots indicate: > > 1) The shot was made at close range > 2) In a scuffle and a disorganised mob soldiers do not have time to make > head shots. > 3) The Soldiers were shooting to kill. > > That's their significance, and this is outlined in the CNN article as well. > > Israel stated that their intent was not to kill. > > Israel stated that they were attacked by a mob, their soldiers were > overwhelmed and shot in self defence. > If you are shooting in self defence and you are trained you can certainly > disable someone, or shoot for the chest if your opposition only has knives, > slingshots and ship poles. > > Head shots are killing shots, and to make them cleanly you need to have > skill, and time to aim. > > the article also mentions that even before boarding the Israelis opened fire > on the occupants of these vessels. > > On 4 June 2010 08:17, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Would you have felt better if of the 9 were shots to the heart? If >> not, why bother mentioning it? >> >> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:320218 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
