Greece arrests Gaza-bound boat captain

[P F Tinmore]

That's the point I have been making. Times have changed. Israel's critics do not have this year the mainstream support they had last year. Even Turkey, the principal sponsor of last year's flotilla, has withdrawn its support this year.

Really, Israel has been traveling the globe for months bribing/threating/begging people to stop the flotilla.

Obviously Israel still considers it a great threat.

No bribing, no threatening, no begging. Netanyahu and Lieberman have taken a tough line with regard to the Palestinian Arabs and to everyone's surprise, they are having great success in persuading others to support them.

"No bribing, no threatening, no begging."

Sure Israel can get crooked governments to go along with them. But, the people cannot be that easily moved.

 

[toomuchtime_]

Really, Israel has been traveling the globe for months bribing/threating/begging people to stop the flotilla.

Obviously Israel still considers it a great threat.

No bribing, no threatening, no begging. Netanyahu and Lieberman have taken a tough line with regard to the Palestinian Arabs and to everyone's surprise, they are having great success in persuading others to support them.

"No bribing, no threatening, no begging."

Sure Israel can get crooked governments to go along with them. But, the people cannot be that easily moved.

The governments that have been involved in supporting Israel in this instance are all democracies, so the governments' positions and actions can't be too far removed from what the people support.

 

[P F Tinmore]

No bribing, no threatening, no begging. Netanyahu and Lieberman have taken a tough line with regard to the Palestinian Arabs and to everyone's surprise, they are having great success in persuading others to support them.

"No bribing, no threatening, no begging."

Sure Israel can get crooked governments to go along with them. But, the people cannot be that easily moved.

The governments that have been involved in supporting Israel in this instance are all democracies, so the governments' positions and actions can't be too far removed from what the people support.

Do the Greeks like their government?

Do you like our government?

 

[Jroc]

The flotilla needs to put someone else if front of the camera besides Ann Wright. She is awful. I have seen her a few time and she is not very articluate and is very confrontational.

Yeah she sounds like a live one.

Peace activism
Since her retirement from the State Department, Wright has become a prominent figure in the movement opposed to the occupation of Iraq. She has attended many conferences and given numerous lectures on her political views and on her experiences before and after her resignation.

Wright has worked with anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan on several occasions, most notably by helping organize the Camp Casey demonstration outside George W. Bush's Crawford, Texas, ranch in August 2005, and by accompanying the southern leg of the Bring Them Home Now bus tour. She also volunteered at Camp Casey 3, the Veterans For Peace shelter for Hurricane Katrina victims in Covington, Louisiana, during the bus tour.

Wright has willingly been arrested while taking part in anti-war demonstrations, the first such arrest occurring in front of the White House on September 26, 2005. She has said in interviews that she does not remove the arrest bracelets attached to her wrists upon the processing of her arrest, but rather collects them.

On October 19, 2005, Wright interrupted a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing, shouting at Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, "Stop the war! Stop the killing!" Wright was uneventfully escorted out of the hearing room.

Wright served as one of five judges at the January 2006 sessions of the International Commission of Inquiry On Crimes Against Humanity Committed by the Bush Administration. She was also one of three recipients of the first annual Truthout Freedom and Democracy Awards.

Wright was one of three witnesses called to testify at an Article 32 hearing on behalf of U.S. Army Lt. Ehren Watada, who on June 22, 2006 refused to deploy to Iraq with his unit, asserting that the war violates both the United States Constitution and international law.

On April 1, 2007 Wright was cited, along with 38 other anti-nuclear activists, for trespassing at the Nevada Test Site during a Nevada Desert Experience event protesting against the continued development of nuclear weapons by the United States.[2] That evening Wright appeared on The O'Reilly Factor to discuss the Geneva Conventions and how they applied to Iran in its taking of 15 British hostages. The discussion grew heated, and Wright stated that she had served 29 years in the military. During the course of the exchange, O'Reilly cut off her microphone

Ann Wright - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[P F Tinmore]

The flotilla needs to put someone else if front of the camera besides Ann Wright. She is awful. I have seen her a few time and she is not very articluate and is very confrontational.

Yeah she sounds like a live one.

Peace activism
Since her retirement from the State Department, Wright has become a prominent figure in the movement opposed to the occupation of Iraq. She has attended many conferences and given numerous lectures on her political views and on her experiences before and after her resignation.

Wright has worked with anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan on several occasions, most notably by helping organize the Camp Casey demonstration outside George W. Bush's Crawford, Texas, ranch in August 2005, and by accompanying the southern leg of the Bring Them Home Now bus tour. She also volunteered at Camp Casey 3, the Veterans For Peace shelter for Hurricane Katrina victims in Covington, Louisiana, during the bus tour.

Wright has willingly been arrested while taking part in anti-war demonstrations, the first such arrest occurring in front of the White House on September 26, 2005. She has said in interviews that she does not remove the arrest bracelets attached to her wrists upon the processing of her arrest, but rather collects them.

On October 19, 2005, Wright interrupted a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing, shouting at Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, "Stop the war! Stop the killing!" Wright was uneventfully escorted out of the hearing room.

Wright served as one of five judges at the January 2006 sessions of the International Commission of Inquiry On Crimes Against Humanity Committed by the Bush Administration. She was also one of three recipients of the first annual Truthout Freedom and Democracy Awards.

Wright was one of three witnesses called to testify at an Article 32 hearing on behalf of U.S. Army Lt. Ehren Watada, who on June 22, 2006 refused to deploy to Iraq with his unit, asserting that the war violates both the United States Constitution and international law.

On April 1, 2007 Wright was cited, along with 38 other anti-nuclear activists, for trespassing at the Nevada Test Site during a Nevada Desert Experience event protesting against the continued development of nuclear weapons by the United States.[2] That evening Wright appeared on The O'Reilly Factor to discuss the Geneva Conventions and how they applied to Iran in its taking of 15 British hostages. The discussion grew heated, and Wright stated that she had served 29 years in the military. During the course of the exchange, O'Reilly cut off her microphone

Ann Wright - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Ann Wright

A true American patriot.

 

[P F Tinmore]

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[Anachronism]

I find this whole thing hilarious. These people can go and try to run the blockade. I put the over/under on the number of them coming back in body bags at eight (8). They need to comprehend that....

"Nobody has ever won a war by dying for their country. Wars are won by making the OTHER GUY die for his country."

The Palestinians might want to learn that simple lesson.

 

[Ropey]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRFSxprzpPM&feature]YouTube - ‪**** Turkey(Greece Rules)‬‏[/ame]

 

[P F Tinmore]

PIRAEUS, Greece (AP) — A Greek court on Tuesday released the American captain of a boat aiming to breach Israel's blockade of the Gaza strip, four days after arresting him for trying to set sail from Greece without permission.

Klusmire appeared in court in Piraeus for a two-hour deposition on a felony charge of endangering sea traffic and the lives of passengers, and misdemeanor counts of sailing without a permit and violating port authority orders.

"He has been released and is free to go home," said one of his lawyers, Manolis Stephanakis, after the hearing. "No trial date has been set and we expect the charges to be dropped. We presented a very strong case and we don't need to call any more witnesses to testify."

Greek court releases American Gaza boat captain - Yahoo! News