The Israelis who chose the kind of attack on the Gaza bound flotilla should take weight loss supplements regularly. They must be heavy with cholesterol that they were not able to think correctly. Whatever the conditions of that time were, the end shows that they made the wrong move. Ten dead activists makes the incident look like a heavy firefight. The thing is, it wasn’t. It was more like a crowd control operation that turned into a massacre.
A columnist for a Philippine newspaper talks about the costs and massive preparations required by the US Secret Service whenever President Bush and other (US Presidents) travel outside of Washington DC. I remember watching a CNN report that showed how big a US presidential convoy is, compared to the two vehicle transport being used by Prime Minister Tony Blair of the UK.
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