Posted on 09/01/2011 12:05:55 PM PDT by JOHN ADAMS
UNITED NATIONS — A United Nations review has found that Israel’s naval blockade of Gaza is legal and appropriate but that the way its forces boarded a Turkish-based flotilla trying to break that blockade 15 months ago, killing nine passengers, was excessive and unreasonable. . . .
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Oh, the Horror! Contempt for the Other! It's all so tragic.
The one tragedy I see here is that Turkey is the country asking for an apology. Israel is the country that should be asking for an apology, from Turkey. The Turks are the ones who sent a ship to break a perfectly legal embargo so that terrorists and lunatics could stock up on weapons and do a better job of murdering Jewish civilians.
On the other hand, we do have the miracle of the UN report saying that Israel's blockade is legal. That shouldn't be overlooked either.
and the pipes, machetes, and beatings of the solders conducting the raid on the ship were perfectly fine.....
who would have guessed it!
It might be a 'miracle' but it's not enough to keep supporting that corrupt organization. The UN's a liberal elite dictator protection agency.
F-ing Pals
They should have torpedoed the ship and called it good
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LulDJh4fWI
This is just more of the usual “disproportionate response” crap.
If you’d like to be on or off, please FR mail me.
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