Friday, June 04, 2010

Further to my last post and the helpful comments it elicited -

I hope the the Rachel Corrie has not gone to Cyprus (Famagusta?) for the equipment. It's clear from what happened to the other ships that the Cypriot government is in cahoots with the rogue state. The sabotage of some of the flotilla, which the Israelis are hinting at, will almost certainly have taken place there. Could it have been done without Cypriot facilitation?
Then there's the removal and detention of the EU politicians. Why, if not at Israel's request?
The likelihood of any equipment installed in a Cypriot port having been doctored by Mossad strikes me as very high. The possibility of its failure just as it's most needed should be considered.
Nor can one rule out the possibility that the Cypriots would prevent the Rachel C. from leaving port, ostensibly for the safety of the crew and passengers.
Cyprus is no friend of Turkey, and with good reason, but cosying up to a state that is rapidly becoming a pariah makes no sense in the long term. It may feel comforting to be on good terms with the local bully, but it just means having more enemies than friends. Compare the United Kingdom, Little Satan to the US's Great Satan. How much international goodwill have we sacrificed in order to maintain that abusive, exploitative relationship?

3 comments:

thankgodimatheist said...

Update (tweets) on the Rachel Corrie:
The Rachel Corrie captured
RT @freegazaorg: No struggle or injuries, but the Rachel Corrie has been captured. Communications jammed. Report from Irish radio. #Flotilla
RT @freegazaorg: Reports from Malaysians that the Rachel Corrie has been taken by the Israeli navy who has boarded the ship. #Flotilla
All the Tweets here
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I'll stop here. Too sad for words.

thankgodimatheist said...

Update:
The Rachel Corrie hasn't been captured. It's been 'cat and mouse' the whole day. The activists refuse Israel's demand to head to Ashdod. They've been threatened time and time again to no avail. They're very determined to enter Gaza. Israel is warning they'd use force. Not working.

Jemmy Hope said...

So the Irish government and the Israelis choreographed the seizure. That's what it looked like to me.