Flotilla Fiasco: Read This!

I stand by my opinion that the humanitarian-aid workers should not have resisted the well-armed Israeli commandos with violence when the latter boarded their flotilla - at least as what several videos of the tragic event suggest. But wait, who got killed on last week's deadly fiasco?

Allow me to use an analogy: Say, a group of well-armed robbers broke into your house. You have two options: (A) Pick up a broomstick or a kitchen knife and 'resist' the robbery, or, (B) Surrender and let them rob you broke.


[Option A] Say, the robbers brought a video cam to tape their robbery -- whatever that's for -- so that when the members of your house hit and violently resisted the robbers, it was all recorded. In that turn of events, your brother tragically got killed. So you bring this matter to the court, and the defence lawyers exhibit the video of the robbery as a proof to the judge that your family resisted the robbery violently.

Does that justify the robbery, or the murder of your brother? No. And so the robbers must be rightfully persecuted for breaking into your house and murder.

But was it worth the lost of your brother's life, that a few of you attempted to resist the robbers by hitting them? Sadly, no. Why didn't you opt for option B then?


[Option B] Perhaps people might call you a coward for opting not to defend yourself, but there's a dictum you hold on to: 'Don't act like a hero'. You recall too many cases on the news of everyday heroes tragically get killed as they attempt to recover a poor woman's handbag from a snatch theft, etc. But what about your belongings? Again, let me ask, is it worth your life to defend your dear belongings?


So there you have it. Look what happened to MV Rachel Corrie. I'm glad there was no report of death or injuries from the Israeli raid on that vessel.

I have no intentions to back Israeli blockade on Gaza - although it's quite clear that the inhumane blockade is a political attempt to weaken the support to Hamas from within, costing humanitarian crisis in Gaza (which is often kept in limbo). Ironically, the latest Israeli deadly response to attempts of breaching this blockade only resulted in more support to the cause of the Palestinians, and hence, Hamas, not just from within, but from the 'international community'.

Before we assume that this tragedy will be by and large ignored by the Western countries, observe these headlines:
TIME: Defiant Israel says Activists Prepared to Fight
Newsweek: Why Israel Needs To Change Its Ways

(Note: Defiant; and Change) And here's another headline:
Vatican Blasts Israeli Occupation
So, the enemy of my enemy is my friend now?