Sunday, May 30, 2010

Whoops Apocolypse

If it's this late and I'm posting something serious must be going on. As reported earlier, all the world needed right now was the right spark and new world war could start. That may just have happened tonight. Israeli warships have boarded and taken over a Turkish ship bent on running the blockade of Gaza for Humanitarian reasons. The ship was attacked in international waters making it technically an act of piracy and war. What will happen to the remaining five ships is unknown but it would seem likely that none of them will ever reach Gaza should they continue. Relations between the two countries has been tense over the Gaza situation which unfortunately Israel is in the right. Rocket attacks cannot be tolerated coming from Gaza and any means to stop it is within their rights no matter how cruel it may be to the people. If they don't like it, make the terrorists stop. They have the power to do it. Humanitarian aid can never be given to people who hate you. Feeding your enemy is a path to ruin. However, Israel attack in international waters is a problem. Considering the Turkish PM walked angrily off stage leaving Simon Peres bewildered just three days ago does not bode well for the situation. I find myself in a similar bind with siding with my Jewish friends over my Turkish ones (I have both). Turk protesters attempted to storm the Israeli embassy and all bets are off for what might happen next. Maybe, hopefully, nothing. But I really doubt it. A terrorist attack right now, somewhere with a large Jewish body count, could inflame the situation out of control everywhere. Be warned.

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