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Italian & Spanish warships ... just spontaneously sunk themselves to avoid doing anything?
They were only going to escort them up to a certain point, Israel was waiting for that point, once the flotilla reached said point they were on their own and then Israel struck.
Where is the escort? I thought there were warships escorting the flotilla. Did they disappear?
They left when they entered the critical zone. This is how enslaved most countries are by this terrorist state
They were never going to defend them.
Glory to the flotilla
Have previous efforts had 40+ ships simultaneously?
No this is more ships than all previous flotillas combined.
It sure seems like Israel wants war with checks laundry list Everyone... I'm just confused how external pressures haven't escalated the threat to full-blown WW3. Not that I want it to get there, but the only interpretation I can see is that Israel does.
The people they're antagonizing don't have powerful allies.
Eh, I think it's just what always happens: they act like children in the way that they do shit to see what they can get away with.
The reasons for doing so are harder to know, and never exactly the same but generally rooted in hate, fear and narcissim. They start doing shit and examine how the world reacts, then tiptoes the line of what would bring out actual response and get them killed or in any other way stopped.
Then it's about if they get to some kind of place where they feel comfortable and don't push it more or they get overconfident and actually do step over the line and get shut down by any of the many possible ways that can happen.
This happens everywhere all the time in all different levels possible. Between two toddlers at a play date, bosses and their employees all the way to countries and world powers. And in our fictional stories (and possible futures) between planets, solar systems, galaxies and whole universes.
Yeah, I suppose the idea is that it's always a test to see where the line is. And nobody wants it to go too far, so it ends up with everyone else letting things slide until they simply can't anymore.
It just sucks that the bias seems to be toward letting things get worse, giving in and appeasing before change is truly made and ideals are actually enforced. It's like it's some natural, social song and dance that needs to play out first, and that's just so much more messed up when it pertains to fascism and oppression.
What I'm waiting for here is the reaction of Italian dockworkers to the Italian frigate doing absolutelly nothing when the Sumud Flotilla was attacked by an Israeli force in International Waters, which is literally an act of Piracy.
I'm sure this will end bloodlessly with the food and stuff getting through.
I still have yet to hear about the previous flotilla supplies being delivered. As far as I know, Israel just warehoused it and says it will get there “eventually” once Netanyahu allows the blockade to end (when hell freezes over of course).
Who is meant to uphold the law here? Even if it was the UK, I suspect our esteemed (not!) Leaders would find a simple reason not to.