Not if the medical equipment is useless because the batteries were removed. That's like giving them cars without gas tanks. At least the tea was useful.
-----Original Message----- From: Scott Stroz [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2010 2:47 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Gaza Supplies - Where did they go? Well, to be fair there is quite a difference between refusing medical equipment for your people and destroying the ingredient in a beverage. On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 3:38 PM, Eric Roberts <[email protected]> wrote: > > About as stupid as dumping a bunch of tea into a harbor... > > -----Original Message----- > From: Scott Stroz [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2010 2:29 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: Gaza Supplies - Where did they go? > > > Still seems like a stupid reason to withhold supplies that are needed > by your people. > > Wait, this is politics, stupid is the norm. > > On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 3:24 PM, Eric Roberts > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> According to this article it says they are refusing it until the people > from >> the flotilla were released...anyone seen anything about everyone being >> released and if so, has Hamas allowed the supplies in? >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Sam [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2010 2:14 PM >> To: cf-community >> Subject: Re: Gaza Supplies - Where did they go? >> >> >> http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=177320 >> >> Kurd added that Israels decision to allow a number of wheelchairs to >> be delivered to the Gaza Strip was a deception, claiming that the >> batteries needed to operate them had been removed by the IDF, >> rendering them useless. >> >> Israel denies the claims, saying that the wheelchairs along with the >> batteries are waiting at the Kerem Shalom crossing. >> >> The Hamas minister also said that Israels decision to send some of >> the aid that had been seized aboard the ships to the Gaza Strip was >> designed to divert attention from the massacre that had taken place >> in the sea. >> >> >> >> On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 3:03 PM, G Money <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 1:59 PM, Cameron Childress >> <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Guess it could be anything. Maybe they didn't like the angle of the >>>> rear bumper on the supply truck. If it was that they didn't need what >>>> was allowed then I'd be interested in seeing links to show that. >>>> Otherwise we could play "what if" all day long. >>>> >>> >>> Hamas statement was that the delivery of the goods was purely for >> political >>> reasons, and that most of the goods received were rendered useless by > what >>> Israel had confiscated. >>> >>> Hamas gave one particular example of motorized wheel chairs which were >>> allowed to come through, but their batteries had been removed...rendering >>> them useless. >>> >>> Again, this is just what they said, and what I read...who knows if it's >>> true. (If it is true, you can see why Hamas would refuse to accept > useless >>> items). >>> >>> -- >>> It was long ago and it was far away >>> It was so much better than it is today >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:320946 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
