Idiocy abounds re: the flotilla raid:

This time it’s courtesy of David Ignatius:

By attacking the relief flotilla, Israel picked a fight with Turkey, a more dangerous foe than Hamas. The quarrel has been brewing for the past several years, and it’s a huge strategic change in the Middle East. Once Israel’s most important regional ally, Turkey now seeks to challenge Israel’s hegemony as the local superpower. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is a Muslim populist with a charismatic message: We won’t let Israel push us around. Where Iran’s president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, is often a buffoon, Erdogan is a genuinely tough if erratic rival.

A complete misread. Erdogan is moving squarely into the Iranian camp and Turkey is sliding towards Islamization after decades of pursuing a secularist agenda. Erdogan is content to move towards a cozier relationship with Iran because he sees Iran having greater longevity than US or Israeli commitments. Turkey isn’t about challenging Israel’s hegemony, it’s about picking sides and choosing the Iranians over Israel.

Then you have Turkey’s ministers comparing Israel’s defensive blockade to Somali pirates:

The Turkish challenge was voiced Tuesday by Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, who likened the Israeli attack to “pirates off the coast of Somalia.” He warned at a breakfast meeting with reporters: “Now it is time to decide: Are we in a civilized world, or do some continue to have the law of the jungle? If it is the second, we know what to do.”

Right - because the pirates are protecting what? They’re about getting ransoms and making money from shipping concerns while Israel is concerned about Hamas getting weapons to fire on Israeli civilians in the next round of the war.

With all that in mind - Ignatius’ solution? Go to the UN, which is not trustworthy under any circumstances to deal even handedly with Israel (and proof is in the pudding when the UN deliberates on matters relating to Israel far more than any other conflict area on the planet - even ones where the body count is far in excess). The anti-Israel bias is palpable, and the solution is for Israel to concede, while ignoring the terrorists that seek Israel’s destruction.