tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7799357743004909192.post4708201077478999882..comments2024-01-04T23:48:09.384-05:00Comments on Pawnderings on Games: Israel biting off more than it can shew?Seth Owenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12206653100499935990noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7799357743004909192.post-25481767929314487992010-06-02T10:12:25.559-04:002010-06-02T10:12:25.559-04:00Hundreds of muslims are killed by other muslims e...Hundreds of muslims are killed by other muslims everyday throughout the <br />world (Irag, Afghanistan,Darfur,Sudan) and no outrage is expressed.<br />Israeli soldiers kill 9 so called peace activists in self defense when attacked by same and the world is boiling over.<br />It is just another example of overt worldwide anti Israeli bias.<br />One of the so called activists was quoted as saying, prior to the "peace" mission. There are 2 possible good outcomes. Either we make it to Gaza or we don't. A win / win for them. A lose/lose for Israel.Ken Lurynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7799357743004909192.post-67923114080020828532010-06-01T21:49:49.536-04:002010-06-01T21:49:49.536-04:00I'll agree that Turkey and Israel are not LIKE...I'll agree that Turkey and Israel are not LIKELY to go to war, but that will depend on both decisions by both sides.<br /><br />What I question is whether the Israelis considered all the implications of this action, including what Turkey's capabilities are.<br /><br />As far as the necessity of the act goes, I think that's open to question. Israel had many ways it could have chosen to deal with the issue. One of those included, yes, letting the boats through and NOT rising to the bait. <br /><br />Neither side acts in good faith. Israel has imposed draconian restrictions on Gaza that are probably a blunder in themselves, and obviously Hamas is a terrorist organization. So I'm not going to get dragged into the cesspool of debating the overall Middle East issue and the justice or injustice of one side or the other. <br />It's way beyond the scope of this blog. <br /><br />On the more narrow military questions surrounding the incident I think there's good reason to doubt the efficacy of Israel's approach.<br /><br />As far as the last statement goes, that was gratuitous Arab bashing and nearly caused me to reject the entire comment. Please refrain from this sort of comments in the future.Seth Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12206653100499935990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7799357743004909192.post-21053689673330218222010-06-01T17:03:25.424-04:002010-06-01T17:03:25.424-04:00I think your post is absurd. Turkey will not go to...I think your post is absurd. Turkey will not go to war with Israel over this incident. The boarding was necessary as the ships refused to comply with requests to enter an Israeli port for inspection to prevent contraband reaching an enemy committed to Israel's destruction.<br /><br />The major error(s) made were tactical in that this should have been a simple and quick operation. Intelligence gaps (intolerable in Israel's position) led to a situation that was immediately out of control. <br /><br />I suppose, Israel could have just let the ships through, opening the door to complete rearming of Hamas by their radical fundamentalist allies. Don't forget that Gaza was under blockade not only by Israel, but by Egypt as well. Despite that blockade, necessary supplies had been getting through via both countries.<br /><br />I read somewhere that the definition of a "moderate" Arab is one who is temporarily out of ammunition.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com