israeli army terrorists murder innocents again

[Spacecadet]

They had stated they would ignore the request to stop at border.

If they had shot them when they got closer to the shore would you be OK with that?

Had the situation escalated to the point where lethal force was necessary then yes

However Israel decided to jump all the usual negotiations, stand offs and pleas for international assistance for what would have become an international problem and go straight to the end game.

[minestrone]

Source?

If you have a problem with what I wrote take it up with the TImes of London.

[Churchill]

It is fairly standard pratice to board ships from helicopters, the Royal Navy do it all the time when boarding boats carrying drugs in international waters.

The Royal Navy has an international mandate to do just that.

[Churchill]

If you have a problem with what I wrote take it up with the TImes of London.

They didn't post that bollocks, you did. Are you quoting from the Times then?

[minestrone]

Had the situation escalated to the point where lethal force was necessary then yes

However Israel decided to jump all the usual negotiations, stand offs and pleas for international assistance for what would have become an international problem and go straight to the end game.

With good reason there was a supsicion that the ship was carrying arms, with that the boarding was totally legal.

[Spacecadet]

If you have a problem with what I wrote take it up with the TImes of London.

They didn't post that bollocks, you did. Are you quoting from the Times then?

Let me quote the great intellectual himself:

I do find it fairly pathetic how people without any real knowledge of any side get dragged in, opinions flailing based on what they have read in whatever paper dropped on their doorstep that day.

[minestrone]

The Royal Navy has an international mandate to do just that.

So the Royal Navy can board boats suspected of smuggling drugs in the carribean but the Israel Navy is not allowed to board a ship suspected of smuggling arms 60 miles of it's coast?

Come on now.

[minestrone]

Let me quote the great intellectual himself:

I am quoting fact, not hysterical drivel like "israeli army terrorists murder innocents again", big difference.

[Churchill]

So the Royal Navy can board boats suspected of smuggling drugs in the carribean but the Israel Navy is not allowed to board a ship suspected of smuggling arms 60 miles of it's coast?

Come on now.

The Royal Navy has an International Mandate to board vessels suspected of Drug Smuggling.

[Spacecadet]

With good reason there was a supsicion that the ship was carrying arms, with that the boarding was totally legal.

Suspicion + international waters != totally legal