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From: John_H on 5 Jun 2010 21:14 captain anchovy wrote: > > wonder what would happen if our armed forces boarded a ship in >International waters on the basis that it was carrying illegal >immigrants bound for our fair shores and, after the crew put up a fight >shot some of them ????? It's an entirely different situation. No state of war exists to justify any military blockade... as it does between Hamas and Israel. There's also a technicality for Israel to fall back on, in that the Arab states have never rescinded their declaration of war after losing their first stoush with Israel back in 1949. -- John H
From: D Walford on 5 Jun 2010 21:47 On 6/06/2010 11:00 AM, John_H wrote: > Now that the activities of the Stern Gang are long forgotten, and the > terrorists are all muzzies, how could we possibly disown 'em? > I think they are all terrorists so they all need to be exterminated, anyone know how to contact the Darleks:-) Daryl
From: Toby on 5 Jun 2010 23:05 On Sat, 5 Jun 2010 22:44:33 +0800, Clocky wrote: > Deevo wrote: >> "John_H" <john4721(a)inbox.com> wrote in message >> news:ub7k065ctckosjllq2ie7mpuv5611u3f8f(a)4ax.com... >>> Why can't large ships be disabled by fouling their props with trawled >>> cables? >>> >>> If they could no doubt the Israeli navy would, but if it works for >>> fishing trawlers (it does on "The Trawlermen") why not large ships? >> >> Israelis would rather make an example of people they oppose. There >> are two sides to the various conflicts in the Middle East and >> unfortunately it would appear the Israelis are the less reasonable of >> the two at this time. > > Gods chosen people are acting more and more like the terrorists they claim > to be victims of. > > I'm not buying their BS anymore myself. Good idea - why not put the bullshit you bought in the mast up on eBay - bound to get a good price there. -- Toby
From: Clocky on 6 Jun 2010 02:17 John_H wrote: > captain anchovy wrote: >> >> wonder what would happen if our armed forces boarded a ship in >> International waters on the basis that it was carrying illegal >> immigrants bound for our fair shores and, after the crew put up a >> fight shot some of them ????? > > It's an entirely different situation. No state of war exists to > justify any military blockade... as it does between Hamas and Israel. The Turks and Israel are not at war, nor was it a warship or an act of war.
From: Clocky on 6 Jun 2010 02:43
Noddy wrote: > "John_H" <john4721(a)inbox.com> wrote in message > news:ub7k065ctckosjllq2ie7mpuv5611u3f8f(a)4ax.com... > >> Why can't large ships be disabled by fouling their props with trawled >> cables? >> >> If they could no doubt the Israeli navy would, but if it works for >> fishing trawlers (it does on "The Trawlermen") why not large ships? > > Doesn't have quite the same muscle flexing impact as sending in a > load of commandos I suppose. Clearly the forging international passports of friendly nations, murdering diplomats overseas, building walls, bulldozing homes with people in them and stealing land wasn't quite enough... |