The International Villain

Tiny Israel once again finds herself the focus of the world as she is singled out for opprobrium from such fair-minded judges- which before the Jewish state's creation either participated actively in the genocide against the Jews, facilitated the liquidation of the Jews (like haughty cowardly France who gladly put Jewish children on trains to death camps yet now sees fit to judge), or stood by silent as the Shoah happened (my beloved USA included- who did strive to defeat the Axis but did not divert any war resources to stop the flow of Jews into the Nazi death machine). These nations are joined  as the jury of Israel by such champions of human rights as Iran which dealt death to peaceful protesters of a stolen election and Russia where journalists who expose corruption in the regime find themselves dead and almost every criminal raid includes suspects thrashed by the Russian police who have become notorious for their brutality (to say nothing of the sacking of Grozny in Chechnya by Russian troops that killed thousands). These people are the judge and jury to those "damn Jews". So what is Israel's latest notorious crime? Israel's great offense was to intercept and inspect a so-called peace flotilla principally organized by Turkey. The Turkish nation had aspirations to join Europe but has of late abandoned those pretensions and is rapidly falling into the Islamist camp. Turkey has long had a foot in each camp, resisting US requests to use Turkish roads, airspace, and American bases in Turkey for the US conflict in Iraq. Current Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has actively stoked the fires of anti-Israel incitement, was warned of the potential consequences prior to dispatch of the flotilla, and sent them off knowing full well that violence could ensue. Israel had already announced to the world that humanitarian aid carried by the six Turkish and Greek flag vessels would be delivered to Gaza through Israel's land crossings if the ships complied with the IDF navy's lawful order and proceeded to the port at Ashdod. But the peaceful convoy wanted no part of that. They had planned to ambush Israeli forces as they boarded the largest vessel and that is precisely what they did. As IDF men carrying paintball guns descended from helicopters, they were set upon with metal bars, knives, and handguns. One IDF man was critically wounded and another seriously hurt before Israelis responded only with force sufficient to preserve their own lives.  Does anyone think that if Israel had malign intentions, in fact was not interested in protecting those they were intercepting, that they could not have sunk all six boats in a matter of seconds using stand-off weapons such as missiles, bombs, torpedoes, or naval guns without placing any Israeli troops in jeopardy? A great stir has been made that the event took place in international waters, but nations routinely interdict sea traffic when contraband such as narcotics or illicit war material is suspected. The US Coast Guard seizes illegal drugs all the time in international waters. Some of the Gandhi crowd on the ships too had made their intentions known with a woman being broadcast on Turkish television declaring "Gaza or martyrdom- either way we win". Their mission was never humanitarian but always provocation. There was not and is not an ongoing humanitarian crisis in Gaza. There was no medical need or starvation for the solidarity convoy to mitigate. The whole exercise was to bait Israel, take casualties, and await the sure to condemn Israel world response. And sadly, this is precisely what happened. A group that sympathizes with Hamas's genocidal intentions against world Jewry won the day. The display succeeded beyond measure as Israel, not Hamas and certainly not the agent provocateurs in Turkey, who orchestrated the charade and allowed armed terrorists  to be seeded among useful idiot dupes on her Turkey-flag ships, is held to false account by those not fit to judge and is held by the world as pariah.