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i dont see any plausible scenario in which this group of ships could be taken for running guns.
what seems a whole lot more plausible is that the (rightwing) israeli government saw the flotilla as an embarrassment---which they should but one that follows from the continued blockade of gaza---and decided to do a bit dick-waving---you know, to prevent the ships from docking and bringing evil bad publicity and medical supplies, both of which fly in the face of israel's apparent sovereign right to brutalize the population of gaza without drawing unseemly attention.
i think that was a huge mistake in principle and the material world because when you play that game there's the possibility of things getting very chaotic very quickly and people ending up dead or wounded.
a remarkably bad idea of the sort that netanyahu is famous for.
but gun running? that's nonsense.
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