I could see some toys because some actually have pretty advanced electronics in them. Remember Hussein buying up all of the play stations to pull the chips out. The Us government even did it because it is cheaper then simply buying the chips. As for the rest I agree there is no real reason and the blockade is clearly designed to increase the suffering the civilian population which is wrong and should be stopped. It is has also been the goal of most naval blockades in history but that is no reason the practice should continue.






I disagree that they have not had time. I have heard several of them in interviews and I they have not once suggested that any sprinkle of blame lies anywhere but with Israel.




Sorry but look at history. For hundreds of years Europeans have repressed and abused the Jews up to the point where millions were exterminated during living memory. Te Jews formed their own nation and those same Europeans happen to really hate the country the Jews formed. Now the Europeans claim it has nothing to do with the century old hatred of the Jews but they instead give a laundry list of all new reasons to hate the nation formed by the Jews. Now there are countless nations in the world much worse then the nation formed by the Jews but it is still the Jewish nation that really gets them worked up. The Europeans have convinced themselves that their current hatred for the Jewish nation has absolutely nothing to do with their grandparents hatred for the Jewish people but to me it sounds like the same kind of thinking that gave the US separate but equal. Prejudice do not disappear simply because you can rationalize them.

Simply put with Europe history with the Jews it is either one of the greatest coincident in history that the Jewish nation just happens to be one of the most hated by Europeans or y’all are in serious denial. I am not a bigger believer in coincidence and less some when the ones claiming the coincident has the track record Europe does. I know Europe thinks it hit a big reset button and erased its history but it still shapes who you are.




But still so many non Jew hating Europeans fixate on Israel and for the most part ignore countries such Russia and Turkey who have their own serious human rights issues and who are under nowhere near the threats as Israel is.



Come on the distance is not an issue with modern navies and would actually make things easier to handle since there is less threat of small boats from shore interfering and in this case wanting to come in at 4AM was likely the biggest consideration.

Answer me this. Do you really believe the reaction would be different if they had waited?

Dozen of ships will boarded this week in the Gulf of Mexico by US ships in international waters. It is a pretty common practice.




Me and you do not disagree but I would argue that there are others here who don't agree with us.



I think what we are really missing here is who won in this mess and the answer is the Turkish government who sent the ships. Since Turkey was so instrumental in setting things up and it was Turks who caused things to go so badly and the Muslim government in Turkey is looking to gain significantly from this situation I think people need to start asking Turkey some sharp questions and not just play into their hands and use is an opportunity to kick Israel.