tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595246785446634961.post8362286184065223175..comments2024-03-12T02:18:13.968-07:00Comments on The Intercept: Reflections by a Former US Marine on the Mavi Marmara On Cowardice and ViolenceIntercepthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03780885180607579873noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595246785446634961.post-55078230269654564012010-06-09T10:43:32.610-07:002010-06-09T10:43:32.610-07:00Benjamin,
Most of what you are asserting has been...Benjamin, <br />Most of what you are asserting has been dealt with on a much earlier article:<br /><br />http://weeklyintercept.blogspot.com/2010/06/sounds-from-raid-on-one-of-flotilla.htmlIntercepthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03780885180607579873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595246785446634961.post-4796173906412795162010-06-08T22:17:57.290-07:002010-06-08T22:17:57.290-07:00Ken O'Keefe is an eloquent guy but his argumen...Ken O'Keefe is an eloquent guy but his argument is fallacious.<br /><br />The problem is that he may claim to follow Gandhi's teachings but his fellow activists, as can be clearly seen on the footage on youtube, do not practice the same philosophy and attacked the israeli soldiers viscously.<br /><br />Only the Marvi Marmara out of seven flotilla ships (including the Rachel Corrie) had deaths and injuries. Does this suggest that the soldiers boarding these ships were determined to murder?<br /><br />Mr O'Keefe is on shaky ground as he has not condemned the violence of the crew that led to the untimely deaths of nine young Turkish men. He seems to have known that there was to be a planned attack on the boarding party. Did he try to discourage this course of action that had such horrific consequences?<br /><br />Mr O'Keefe seems only interested in publicity. Gandhi was beyond reproach and always kept to the moral high ground.<br /><br />Obviously Israel/Palestine is a very different situation to India under British colonial rule. The Israeli's have a right to self-defence too Mr O'Keefe.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14880481379563930948noreply@blogger.com