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Originally Posted by dippin
And if we are going to respond in what ifs, what would be the reaction if this was Cuba opening fire on unarmed civilians in international waters? Cuban exiles have more than once used boats to make anti-Castro transmissions into Cuba, for example.
Or how about the reaction to the North Korean sinking of a South Korean ship?
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Clearly Israel's right to defend itself is far more valuable than the right of communists to defend themselves. It's an entrenched moral relativism.
Regardless, there is enough negative reaction worldwide to suggest that Israel made a serious blunder here.
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