On 25 mai 10, at 16:43, Joseph Catron wrote:
> I never expected to see the day when I would say, "Thank God for NATO!"
>
> http://www.palestinechronicle.com/view_article_details.php?id=15985
>From the article:
> Two key points are: 1) the Turkish ship will be flying the Turkish flag; and 2) Turkey is a member of NATO. What might happen if Israel were to attack a Turkish flagged vessel carrying humanitarian aid in international waters? The precedent has been established that an attack on one NATO member state will be viewed as an attack on NATO. How would NATO respond to an Israeli attack on a Turkish flagged vessel? Even if the Turkish ship were not flying its flag, how would the world respond to an attack on unarmed vessels carrying humanitarian aid in international waters?
The world would say: they were suspected of bringing in parts for weapon systems or materials that could be converted to explosive devices.
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Jean-Christophe Helary