The biggest part of this I can't understand is how different the response would be if this wasn't Israel. If it were Canada, Britain, Australia, US, New Zealand, Iran, China etc etc that engaged unarmed activists in international waters with such excessive force the world would be up in arms. Yet Israel gets a pass.
On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 12:27 PM, Vivec <[email protected]> wrote: > > We can look at several events in a broad context and find justification. > This is a very specific event, however, and so far what has come out is a > heinous abuse of power, unwarranted application of Force and a disregard > for > human rights and international law. > > No one is buying that Israel is so threatened that it gets to break all > laws > and violate human rights, and "drop a nuke on a school" because it might > hold a terrorist. > No one's accepting that excuse anymore. Israel needs to understand that, > and > so do its supporters. > > Israel is rapidly isolating itself from the rest of the world. > > On 4 June 2010 11:50, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > In comparison the IDF are angels. > > > > So Eric when you use the term thugs you do not know what you are talking > > about. > > > > Its a hard path, but it has kept Israel safe. What do you expect them > > to do lie down, roll over and wait to die? > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:320236 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
