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Coming such comments from you are surprising, as being an ex-major you would have understood that the ship's passengers had the right to defend themselves while they were in international waters.
They angels of death had no justification to board the ships, and if they did, then the passenger did the right thing as the commandos were the intruders and they shot unarmed civilians who were defending their turf in international waters.
The ship was in international waters and Israelis had no right to board the ship. However, and correct me if i'm wrong, the ship was approaching Israel and ignoring the Israeli blockade. In my opinion the Turkish ship should have complied with the Israeli navy, yes it was international waters and normally vesels enjoy freedoms in international waters and i do support defending a ship against hostile forces but in this case it was not some random civilian piracy ship but it was the Israeli military. Moreover, the Israelis were badly beaten when they boarded the ship, so the turkish ship was as much at fault as the Israelis. If the Turkish passengers would have stayed calm no one would have been killed, afterall the Israelis were brutally beaten and when ones life is in danger one will defend his life. In the end both sides exercised poor judgement, the Israelis should't have boarded the ship in international waters, but than again the Turkish vesel should have followed orders and the Turkish passengers should have remained calm instead of escalating the situation. And before someone brings up a hypothetical situation that goes something like this: if someone broke into my home would i defend my home? The answer is, of course but there is a big difference between someone that breaks into a home and military commandos that board a suspicious ship.
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