re: #462 goddamnedfrank

re: #453 Charles

re: #389 Jimmah

I hear all of your points. I really do. It may be that behind the scenes the Israelis are told that xy&z will happen to them from the US and Europe if they do not just take provocation after provocation and that is what really holds them back.

However, I am very tired of a life and death struggle being portrayed as a PR war.

This is not a game and the opinions of ignorant people really should not have to be part of the calculus. I think a much more clear PR voice of stating obvious military realities, without cringing apologies, would be more effective.

Simply say:

We are going to use the same rules of engagement the the US, Britain or France has in similar deployments. If the US, France and England don’t like them, they can change their own standards.

And then do what navies have always done, and I do mean always to blockade runners. Sink the bastards and let them swim a bit. Yes there would be a giant outcry. It would last all of a month. Then they would not have the issue ever again.