Posted on 06/01/2010 11:12:16 AM PDT by MaxCUA
The media, as usual, seems to be reporting only one side of the Israeli Flotilla incident. Don't trust the mainstream media to give you both sides of a story fairly... you must seek out fair reporting to ensure you have all the information.
As far too many in the media, and in various governments, rush to condemn Israel, we must put the recent events off Israel’s coast into the right perspective. This “relief” convoy was not about humanitarian aid, as the liberal mainstream media keeps reporting. The whole operation was designed to provoke Israel, not to provide supplies to Palestinians held hostage by Hamas terrorists in Gaza. Anyone who sees the video of Israeli commandos being attacked as they land on that ship knows the people aboard were vicious thugs, not “peace activists.” The media insults our intelligence with their outright mischaracterization of who these enemies are.
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I was trying to get as much info on radio last night through John Batchelor program. The Turk organization that operated that ferry was is in cahoots with Hamas. No further questions. The other ferrie/boats did not attack the Israeli navy when they went aboard-—so, ya think there were weapons aboard that ferry?
2013 can’t get here soon enough.
I’ll settle for 2011 and an impeachment at this point
Not directly, just a bunch of peaceniks being (mis)led by a group (turkish) that militantly supports Hamas.
You tell them Sarah..........I saw some of the videos, hitting and beating the IDF and one was thrown overboard...that is not a peaceful act by any means.
Those peace activist folks should be doing jail time in Israel!
I’d like to see some of the videos - any idea where they are at?
That will be a great start.
That's good advise. For ALL the time; not just regarding this flotilla incident.
Thank God for Sarah Palin. She gets it, anyone with enough common sense to watch the video can see EXACTLY what happened. It was a straight up ambush, of course the liberal leftists in the media refuse to show the video because it doesn’t fit into their muslim loving agenda. I really don’t get these leftists, these muslims killed over 3,000 Americans on 9/11 and they STILL want to kiss their behinds
so “useful idiots” strike again?
All I can say is Brava!
Turkey has chosen to condemn Israel but we should be asking some serious questions about Turkey’s role in this whole affair. Why is a fellow member of NATO sponsoring such a dangerous publicity stunt? As one expert points out: “Three ships of that six-ship pro-terror convoy flew Turkish flags and were crowded with Turkish citizens. The Ankara government -- led by Islamists these days -- sponsored the "aid" operation in a move to position itself as the new champion of the Palestinians. And Turkish decision-makers knew Israel would have to react -- and were waiting to exploit the inevitable clash. The provocation was as cynical as it was carefully orchestrated.
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Caroline Glick pointed out that the Turkish organizers named the lead ship Rachel Corrie - after the most famous pro-Hamas suicide protestor.
Turkey has a huge islamic population. They have always been anti israel..the organization that sent that ship has ties to Hamas, Hamas has huge ties to Iran, don’t be surprised if Iran had a big part in this too
Caroline said:
Moreover, there is Turkey's behavior to consider. Since Obama took office, Turkey's gradual slide into the Iranian axis has sped up considerably. Turkey's leading role in the flotilla, and the Erdogan government's ostentatious embrace of IHH which just a decade ago Turkey banned from earthquake relief efforts in light of its violent, jihadist mission made clear that the Erdogan regime would use the violence on board the ships as a way to strike a strategic blow at Israel's international standing.In view of all of this, it is clear that Israel's information strategy for contending with the flotilla was ill-conceived. Rather than attack Turkey for its facilitation of terrorism, and openly prepare charge sheets against the flotilla's organizers, crew and passengers for their facilitation of terrorism in breach of both Israeli domestic law and international law, Israel's information efforts were largely concentrated on irrelevancies. Israeli officials detailed all the humanitarian assistance Israel has provided Hamas-controlled Gaza. They spoke of the Navy's commitment to use non-lethal force to take over the ships.
And now, in the aftermath of the lethal takeover of the flotilla, Israel's leaders stammer. Rather than demand an apology from the Turkish government for its support for these terrorists, Defense Minister Ehud Barak called his Turkish counterpart to talk over what happened. Rather than demand restitution for the terrorist assault against Israeli troops, Israel has defended its troops' moral training in non-violent crowd control.
These efforts are worse than worthless. They make Israel appear whiny rather than indignant. And more depressingly, they expose a dangerous lack of basic comprehension about what has just occurred and a concomitant inability to prepare for what will most certainly follow.
Israel is the target of a massive information war. For Israel to win this war it needs to counter its enemies' lies with the truth.
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Sarah Palin stands with Israel and she knows what's going on. Caroline Glick wrote a nice column about her recently. I hope they become good friends.
Sarah list ping - Sarah Palin stands with Israel
Once again, Sarah takes the conservative/GOP lead. Why aren’t any other prominent GOPers taking a stand with Israel?
Yep, she took the time to watch the videos and is telling it like it is.
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