Among the "humanitarian" aid found on the Gaza blockade runner...

[RadiomanATL]

....therapeutic bullet-proof vests, medicinal gas masks, and prescription night-vision goggles.

During its searches of the Mavi Marmara on Tuesday, the military also discovered a cache of bulletproof vests and night-vision goggles, as well as gas masks. On Monday morning, at least nine foreign activists were killed during the navy’s takeover of the Mavi Marmara, which was trying to break Israel’s blockade of the Gaza Strip.

IDF: Global Jihad links on flotilla

 

[Quantum Windbag]

No wonder those peace activists attacked them

 

[RadiomanATL]

No wonder those peace activists attacked them

IMO, Israel acts halfway retarded in regards to the whole Palestinian situation, and many of their actions only guarantee further strife and semi-legitimate accusations from the world community claiming Israeli disregard for humanitarian concerns. The only people in the world who are worse, IMO, are the Palestinians and their terrorist spokesmen themselves.

It's like watching dumb and dumber in a geopolitical and life or death situations.

 

[CurveLight]

Propaganda swallowed by fucking fools. Let's see....

None of the listed items are anything to get concerned about and all have defensive purposes more than offensive. Common sense intercedes yet again: medicinal gas masks could be used by doctors and other rescue workers to aid victims of a bombing. The prescription NVGs would be used by the same personnel and the bullet proof vests could have been on their way to iraq to help cover the shortage of them for our soldiers. Okay....maybe not. But the vests could be used by civilians during a rocket attack. None of these items are weapons nor offensive oriented.

Then we come to the "possible Jihad connections." Who the fuck buys this shit? Wow.....is it at all possible Israel is under the gun for murdering unarmed civilians so now they need to scramble and justify it? They also claim these individuals had envelopes of cash......yep! Anyone with cash is a terrorist suspect!

Let's inject common sense again.....this flotilla had been widely advertised prior to setting sail. These people wanted to make sure the world knew what they were doing and when they would be doing it. So, they thought, "Hey! This would be a great time to try and smuggle! We have very little chance of encountering any IDF along the way!"

If Israel claimed they found Saddam Hussein some dumbasses would repeat that to help try and justify the outright fucking murder.

Oh yeah....one last point. The IDF keeps claiming the flotillas were "prepared" to engage the IDF in a violent clash. Ummm....yeah.....because we all know some chairs from a passenger boat are all you need upon entering a fire fight with a fucking naval force with air support.

This whole fucking thing is sick.

 

[CurveLight]

Holy shit....the article states the IDF will escalate the amount of force it used for future interception of humanitarian ships on the basis....

"We boarded the ship and were attacked as if we are at war."

So the punishment for self defense is to just have more people killed.

 

[LuckyDan]

Holy shit....the article states the IDF will escalate the amount of force it used for future interception of humanitarian ships on the basis....

"We boarded the ship and were attacked as if we are at war."

So the punishment for self defense is to just have more people killed.

What, sling shots instead of paintball guns?

 

[Quantum Windbag]

No wonder those peace activists attacked them

IMO, Israel acts halfway retarded in regards to the whole Palestinian situation, and many of their actions only guarantee further strife and semi-legitimate accusations from the world community claiming Israeli disregard for humanitarian concerns. The only people in the world who are worse, IMO, are the Palestinians and their terrorist spokesmen themselves.

It's like watching dumb and dumber in a geopolitical and life or death situations.

You have that right.

 

[syrenn]

Very humanitarian of them. I wonder what gas masks and bullet prof vests taste like. Is it a new middle eastern delicacy?

 

[Quantum Windbag]

Very humanitarian of them. I wonder what gas masks and bullet prof vests taste like. Is it a new middle eastern delicacy?

Israel needs to take a closer look at those things, they might actually be chocolate.

 

[syrenn]

Very humanitarian of them. I wonder what gas masks and bullet prof vests taste like. Is it a new middle eastern delicacy?

Israel needs to take a closer look at those things, they might actually be chocolate.

Could the night scopes be sexual aids? Very humanitarian.

 

[Samson]

Very humanitarian of them. I wonder what gas masks and bullet prof vests taste like. Is it a new middle eastern delicacy?

Israel needs to take a closer look at those things, they might actually be chocolate.

Could the night scopes be sexual aids? Very humanitarian.

We're finally on the same page.

 

[syrenn]

Did I miss the octopus on the manifest?

 

[pans trogladyta]

....therapeutic bullet-proof vests, medicinal gas masks, and prescription night-vision goggles.

During its searches of the Mavi Marmara on Tuesday, the military also discovered a cache of bulletproof vests and night-vision goggles, as well as gas masks. On Monday morning, at least nine foreign activists were killed during the navy’s takeover of the Mavi Marmara, which was trying to break Israel’s blockade of the Gaza Strip.

IDF: Global Jihad links on flotilla

I have to agree with curvelight. None of the items you mention are weapons, ergo there presence on the ships does not constitute grounds for an attack. In addition there is a term for attacking ships in international waters, it's called piracy and is punishable by death.

 

[Samson]

Did I miss the octopus on the manifest?

You bring the night vision goggles, I'll bring the squid.

 

[syrenn]

....therapeutic bullet-proof vests, medicinal gas masks, and prescription night-vision goggles.

During its searches of the Mavi Marmara on Tuesday, the military also discovered a cache of bulletproof vests and night-vision goggles, as well as gas masks. On Monday morning, at least nine foreign activists were killed during the navy’s takeover of the Mavi Marmara, which was trying to break Israel’s blockade of the Gaza Strip.

IDF: Global Jihad links on flotilla

I have to agree with curvelight. None of the items you mention are weapons, ergo there presence on the ships does not constitute grounds for an attack. In addition there is a term for attacking ships in international waters, it's called piracy and is punishable by death.

I am unsure of your definition of humanitarian aid?

By definition humanitarian aid is food, water and medical aid.

 

[Samson]

....therapeutic bullet-proof vests, medicinal gas masks, and prescription night-vision goggles.




IDF: Global Jihad links on flotilla

I have to agree with curvelight. None of the items you mention are weapons, ergo there presence on the ships does not constitute grounds for an attack. In addition there is a term for attacking ships in international waters, it's called piracy and is punishable by death.

I am unsure of your definition of humanitarian aid?

By definition humanitarian aid is food, water and medical aid.

 

[pans trogladyta]

....therapeutic bullet-proof vests, medicinal gas masks, and prescription night-vision goggles.




IDF: Global Jihad links on flotilla

I have to agree with curvelight. None of the items you mention are weapons, ergo there presence on the ships does not constitute grounds for an attack. In addition there is a term for attacking ships in international waters, it's called piracy and is punishable by death.

I am unsure of your definition of humanitarian aid?

By definition humanitarian aid is food, water and medical aid.

My point is as stated, no weapons were found. Israels actions were an act of piracy.

 

[syrenn]

I have to agree with curvelight. None of the items you mention are weapons, ergo there presence on the ships does not constitute grounds for an attack. In addition there is a term for attacking ships in international waters, it's called piracy and is punishable by death.

I am unsure of your definition of humanitarian aid?

By definition humanitarian aid is food, water and medical aid.

My point is as stated, no weapons were found. Israels actions were an act of piracy.

I would consider gas masks, night vision goggles, and bullet prof vest military support equipment and not humanitarian aid.

 

[Godboy]

I have to agree with curvelight. None of the items you mention are weapons, ergo there presence on the ships does not constitute grounds for an attack. In addition there is a term for attacking ships in international waters, it's called piracy and is punishable by death.

I am unsure of your definition of humanitarian aid?

By definition humanitarian aid is food, water and medical aid.

My point is as stated, no weapons were found. Israels actions were an act of piracy.

We all know you stated your point, but your point is weak, at best. Vests, IR goggles and gas masks are things you give military personell. Argueing this fact is pointless and only serves to undermine your credibility.

I should also point out how much those things cost. They are enormously expensive. Given that they feel they can afford to waste that kind of money on things that wont help the average Palestinian family, i tend to believe they arent in need of aid at all.

 

[pans trogladyta]

I am unsure of your definition of humanitarian aid?

By definition humanitarian aid is food, water and medical aid.

My point is as stated, no weapons were found. Israels actions were an act of piracy.

I would consider gas masks, night vision goggles, and bullet prof vest military support equipment and not humanitarian aid.

What you consider them is your business. But they are not proscribed trade items and they are not weapons, so there presence is irrelevant. They do not change the fact that Israels actions were piratical, nor do they justify the attack.