the Turks are turning back towards hardline antiWestern religious fundamentalism

Opposing Israel is morally right ot them, therefore, why not send troops to show support for a righteous venture?   Israel is wrong to deny Gaza arms anyhow. - so they think.

All of the condemnations are coming from nations that would have done the same, though they would probably have been less professional and killed more of the invaders.

Turkish were on board because it was a media event, and their presence was part of the show. They didn't waste time in their response of manufactured outrage.

The boating enthusiasts voiced fears that, if they docked and had their cargo inspected, Israel would not allow the supplies to be trucked into Gaza. But I'm seeing stories of Israel allowing such supplies into Gaza (Dichter: Israel to allow aid supplies, food into Gaza [http://www.haaretz.com/news/dichter-israel-to-allow-aid-supplies-food-into-gaza-1.223188]) and no stories about Israel hijacking said supplies.

Israel allowed humanitarian aid and was attacked with rockets. Palestinians use such means of transportation to transport rockets, and they can foresee such means of transportation being revoked. Perhaps humanitarian concerns should be aimed at Palestinian rocket fire at Israel which has prompted the closed crossings. Maybe they could acknowledge that rockets kill people, and killing people is bad. Can't they commit to such a statement? Perhaps they could target their energy toward a more noble goal than defending Palestinians' right to fire rockets at their neighbor. The 39% unemployment among Palestinians, for instance? I'm not an economist, but I suspect that Palestinians would benefit more from other cargo than explosives and the propellants to send them into Israel. Defending Palestinian rights to access to tools of murder seems to be a misguided humanitarian goal at best.

But this boating trip was not a humanitarian mission. That

Would you defend America if its President and Congress openly declared that your country had no right to exist? Would you defend America if it fired rockets into your country as often as it could obtain them? Would you support no action to try to stop America from attacking you? What would you support?

I am an American and I have Muslim friends. They're good people just like me, and they love life, and they like to make business. Many of them work very, very hard. Sometimes they try to hook me up with women from their home countries (most recently Turkey). I must not be one of those ignorant people who dumbed it down. But I would like to correct you on one point: You said America "had a war," but America is still at war.

We don't have any problem with Muslims. But anyone who wants to kill American civilians because Americans put their boots on their soil, yeah: we're okay with killing all of them.

The Berlin wall fell when East Germany was no longer a communist hellhole. It didn't fall because the West conceded to communist demands. It certainly wouldn't have fallen because of rockets fired from the east side. Maybe you could take a trip and inform Palestinians of this lesson from history.

And to consider the rulers, via weapons, of Gaza to be peace lovers is insane.

They had a war, to see who controls the Gaza Strip and Israel had no choice but to sit back and watch.

The more evil of the bunch won there.

To act as if otherwise happened says you IGNORE HISTORY to suit your own needs/desires/worldview.

Palestine needs an MLK, not the Black Panthers. They need a John Paul II, not a Hitler, they need a Mother Teresa, not a Pol Pot.

"restored"?

Funny you mention Great Britian.

They called it Palestine, even though the Arab language lacks a p sound.

Also interesting that at the same time the Israeli population grew so did the Arab population.

Interesting Great Britian did drop a big ball here, forcing Israelis to defend themselves.

Interesting that Israel disavowed any genocides and invited any Arabs to stay in the new nation.

Interesting so many Arabs left, expecting all Israelis to be killed, to the last man, woman, and child.

They bet on a genocide that never happened. And I am supposed to feel sorry for them?

This is a Turkish ploy, meant to strenghten Islam party in Turkey and diminish the influence of the secular military. If that nation ever joins the EU I will burn down a mosque. I'm half tempted to do so now anyways.

A friend of mine was one of the people on the boat, leading up to the event he was second hand man to the guys driving the cargo in, he always said that they were doing a good thing. Turkish officials checked the cargo before they left to see if everything was in order also. After that I lost contact with him.

--All of you are dicks, except WFS

Nobody had any intention of causing any harm, all they wanted was the embargo to stop. Reports come in of people sleeping is tents and not having enough to eat to Turkey all the time. Message boards contain numerous stories.
There was just an general feeling to help them.

Let's see.... embargo of luxuries.

How are crayons neccessary for human life?

Chocolate?

Oh shampoo? Well I can see how Europeans can think wiithout shampoo life cannot go on.

An embargo is an embargo.

People die over there due to missile attacks. Ending luxuries until the attacks have ceased for a while puts pressure on the population to make the bad guys behave.

Arcolex I spit on your friend. Violating an embargo of TERRORISTS! He should be ashamed and so should you of him. Any friend of mine supports terrorists is no friend of mine!

Flint, what about cement? People got their houses bombed..
That list was merely to show what silly things they put an embargo on. Flint, you absolutely have an eye to attack the details or examples, rather than the essence of the point made.

"Oh shampoo? Well I can see how Europeans can think wiithout shampoo life cannot go on."

Up yours with your "Uhmericuh is teh superior"-sentiment. It's silly and pointless.

"People die over there due to missile attacks. Ending luxuries until the attacks have ceased for a while puts pressure on the population to make the bad guys behave."

Yes, people do die there of missiles but most of them aren't Israeli's.

"Arcolex I spit on your friend. Violating an embargo of TERRORISTS! He should be ashamed and so should you of him. Any friend of mine supports terrorists is no friend of mine!"

So the people who instated the embargo are terrorists too now?
Hold your horses, Flint. It's not the people who are the terrorists, but a small fraction of them. They hold the weapons and with the embargo they surely would ensure they get their goods first. Pretty much like in any other embargoed country. Kim Yong Il was put on a similar embargo and he still manages to get his luxuaries. It's the people who suffer, not the leaders.
As psychology clearly shows, it's good to reward people when they're on the right way. Brutal action doesn't work. As you said, things have improved these last few months, surely the israelites could have allowed certain things to return into the Gaza strip. Like crayons for example.
Even children surely can not be a part of the population that's linked with terrorism in your mind, Flint.