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Originally Posted by Pearl Trade
No problem, bro.
While dlish's report was compelling and a very interesting read, I think any and every story should be taken with a grain of salt. CNN, FOX, BBC, they're all biased in some way. Israel is trying to justify what they did, so they're going to spin it to make themselves look good. The activists are trying to make Israel look like shit, so they're going to say anything they want and hope it sticks.
I think Israel had the right idea, they just went about it wrong. Slightly wrong, at the least. Both sides could have done more right. Based on what I've read, and along with my prior beliefs and values, Israel has my support. Like I said, everyone could have done something better, but Israel had the right idea; something went wrong along the way.
I have a fairly open mind, but I can't see my opinion changing unless someone comes out with hard evidence. I bet a lot of people here share that reasoning.
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you're right, israel does have a right to protect its borders, as does any sovereign nation.
what they dont have a right to do is attack a ship in international waters that posed no immediate threat. with that reasoning, al qaeda though that the USS Cole was fair game as it was in yemeni waters and posed a threat, but it doesnt mean that the USS Cole should have been bombed.
pearl trade - i agree. even journalists cant be objective, and im sure of an arab slant to the story. at least it gives a different perspective to the IDF's/idyllics version that seems to paint everyone as terrorists onboard the flotilla.
there truth lies somewhere herein.