Posted on 05/31/2010 11:46:21 PM PDT by giotto
These words are being written before the dust has had a chance to settle on Monday night's naval commando raid of the Gaza-bound Turkish flotilla of terror supporters. The raid's full range of operational failures still cannot be known. Obviously the fact that the mission ended with at least six soldiers wounded and at least ten Hamas supporters dead makes clear that there were significant failures in both the IDF's training for and execution of the mission.
The Navy and other relevant bodies will no doubt study these failures. But they point to a larger strategic failure that has crippled Israel's capacity to contend with the information war being waged against it. Until this failure is remedied, no after-action investigation, no enhanced training, no new electronic warfare doodad will make a significant impact on Israel's ability to contend with the next Hamas flotilla that sets sail for Gaza.
(Excerpt) Read more at carolineglick.com ...
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Ever notice how the followers of the “religion of peace” are constant states of war with their non-Muslim neighbors?
Good analysis of entire situation.
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Good piece thanks for the link.
Admin Moderator or JR, could I PLEASE prevail upon you to add [MUST READ!] to the end of the headline? There is critically important information in this piece from Caroline Glick that NO ONE should miss.
Ping to this really important piece.
If you don’t know about the things Caroline Glick is writing about here, you really don’t understand what is going on.
PLEASE help spread this everywhere.
Thank you, EternalVigilance. I will try to keep this thread bumped to the top, so that more people will see it.
Another PRO ISRAEL Bump
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And at some point on CNN, I heard a woman point out that if ONE U.S. Navy Seal had EVER been thrown overboard that ALL the occupants of the boat would have been killed post haste.
I think that Barry & Hillary & Janet & Rahm are the ones with the information hangover problem, and NOT Bibi.
Europe can be expected to spout virilent antisemitism, but that's their norm, hey?
“Hamas is a genocidal terrorist organization ideologically indistinguishable from al Qaida.
International law requires all states and non-state actors to take active measures to defeat it.
Israel is the frontline of the free world.”
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Read Caroline Glick’s entire column BTTT
Pray for Bibi and pray for Israel.
The only failure on the part of the IDF is that there were any survivors among the pali sympathisers.
Unless this is sarcasm I don't see how this is a pro-Israel article. Preparing to train for an action that has probably never before envisioned is spotty at best.
The rest of the article is more clear - Israel is letting her guard down and attempting to "get along" with people that want her destruction.
The parts about Obama and the U.S. are frightening. It has become clear to those of us who can look at this objectively. This admin is turning a blind eye to the forces gathering against Israel.
Yup. Propaganda war has been very effective ever since it won the Vietnam war for the Viet Cong here in the Statesafter the Viet Cong had lost the war in Viet Nam.
Why is this being touted as a failure???
10 dead terrorist supporters sounds like a success to me...
Maybe the gooberheads will think twice before doing something as stupid as this again...
But I doubt it...Word is another flotilla is on the way...
Idiots...
| Obviously the fact that the mission ended with at least six soldiers wounded and at least ten Hamas supporters dead makes clear that there were significant failures in both the IDF's training for and execution of the mission. Unless this is sarcasm I don't see how this is a pro-Israel article. Preparing to train for an action that has probably never before envisioned is spotty at best |
However, the real power behind the attacks on Israel originate from the pit of hell and have the master designer satan as the author.
Our nation, under Obama, is headed toward calamity by siding with satan.
Any groups who try to harm “the apple of God's eye” will suffer the consequences.
I completely agree.
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Amen. At this point, they are losing the propaganda war.
...a larger strategic failure that has crippled Israel's capacity to contend with the information war being waged against it. Until this failure is remedied, no after-action investigation, no enhanced training, no new electronic warfare doodad will make a significant impact on Israel's ability to contend with the next Hamas flotilla that sets sail for Gaza.Israel needs to make it clear that any further attempts will be considered an act of war, and all the vessels involved sunk.
I know and that's not unusual.
Sarah Palin: Israeli Flotilla: Don’t Take Mainstream Media
June 1, 2010
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.
Israel delivers thousands of tons of humanitarian supplies every week to Gaza. These ships could have offloaded their cargoes at a nearby Israeli port if they really wanted to help the people of Gaza. Instead, they chose to incite confrontation and violence. Israel has a right to prevent arms shipments to Gaza that will be used to target innocent Israelis, so they were legitimately checking the cargo on the flotilla. 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.”
We can only hope the Obama Administration does not join the anti-Israel chorus in the aftermath of this staged confrontation. Please, Mr. President, we need to let Israelis know we stand with them in their fight against terrorists and those who arm and support them. America and her ally, Israel, stand by waiting for your response.
~ Sarah Palin ~
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Thank you for that post. Sarah’s got it exactly right.
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