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They knew that this would be the result. How many voices called for this provocation to stop before it departed?
1 posted on 05/31/2010 5:58:36 AM PDT by markomalley
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To: markomalley

If you really dislike the killing of innocent civilians then why did you support the 7000 rockets into Israel last year?


2 posted on 05/31/2010 6:00:38 AM PDT by mountainlion (concerned conservative.)
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To: markomalley

Sorry to repost this, but I hope the idea trickles back to where it might do some good.

What a cluster goat screw by the IDF. I expexted better operational tactics from them.

The IDF should have fabricated a ship-disabling mini-homing torpedo for these contingencies. It would go for the propellers, and instead of expolosives it would unspool clouds of thin kevlar and wire lines to foul the props and stop the ships.

The IDF pioneered UAVs with mini missiles that only destroy one car without breaking windows across the street. You would think they would have had a technical answer for these ships, short of the FUBAR spectacle of boarding them with commandos, on film.

There are already mini-torpedos used as decoys and for other special purposes. These can be used as the existing chassis. Only the homing method and payload would have to be changed.

(I was involved in Naval Special Warfare a long time ago, and “out of the box” ideas were our specialty.)


3 posted on 05/31/2010 6:01:05 AM PDT by Travis McGee (---www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com---)
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To: markomalley

What did they say about N. Korea sinking of a S. Korean Naval vessel?


4 posted on 05/31/2010 6:02:20 AM PDT by Old Retired Army Guy (tHE)
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To: Yehuda

European antisemitism is so predictable.


5 posted on 05/31/2010 6:07:04 AM PDT by hennie pennie
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To: markomalley

19 “activists” dead now?

This is getting better all the time. That is 19 would be terrorists off the street.


6 posted on 05/31/2010 6:08:36 AM PDT by Longbow1969
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To: markomalley
"I absolutely deplore the slaying of civilians," Foreign Minister Franco Frattini

Poor "civilians", hauling weapons to Hamas. My heart simply aches for them...
10 posted on 05/31/2010 6:47:12 AM PDT by MollyKuehl (Contribute to FR: $10 $20 $50 $100 REMEMBER, LURKING IS A FORM OF ENTITLEMENT!!!)
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To: markomalley

Israeli Navy Addresses a Ship in the Flotilla and Offers it to Dock in the Ashdod Port
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKOmLP4yHb4

Demonstrators Use Violence Against Israeli Navy Soldiers Attempting to Board Ship
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bU12KW-XyZE


11 posted on 05/31/2010 6:56:05 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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