People Are Stupid

Imagine you're the commander of the so-called 'Freedom Flotilla', allegedly taking aid to Gaza. A message comes over the radio. It's an IDF transmission; "Do not attempt to approach Gaza by sea or we will take all measures necessary to stop you. Proceed to the port of Ashdod and the humanitarian aid will be allowed to enter Gaza by land." What do you do?

a) Turn the fuck away from the Israeli Navy missile boats and go to Ashdod, because the most important thing is that the Gazans get the aid, right?

b) Tell your 'peace activist' army to grab a bunch of knives and clubs and prepare to be boarded, shot at, and have your cargo confiscated by an army legitimately defending its sovereignty.

Reasonable people would probably choose option (a). I hope. Crazy fucktards go for (b) and choose to disregard the IDF broadcast as a joke, disregard their purported aim of peace, and attack the navy of one of the most militarily advanced nations on the planet with knives and clubs. Why? I genuinely want to know why.

Did they calculate that by purposefully taking on the IDF they would inevitably suffer casualties and thereby cause a massive public relations disaster for Israel (because firing on armed civilians in boats heading menacingly toward your coastline is illegal, apparently) and simultaneously rob the Gazans of the humanitarian aid they purport to want to bring them?

Did they decide to emulate their heroes, Hamas, by achieving martyrdom in combat against the nefarious Jew?

Did they think that they could break through the heavily-armed blockade, that the soldiers wouldn't do their duty, or that somehow the IDF was bluffing?

I quite literally do not know what utter failure of reasoning caused them to attack the IDF and doom their cargo to confiscation, thereby thwarting their ultimate goal. These activists clearly believe that the collective punishment to which Israel has sentenced the people of Gaza for electing (insert doubts as to the fairness of the elections here) an evil, anti-semitic, crazy religionist, violent organisation to rule them with a iron theocratic fist needs to end. I agree. However, Israel cannot and should not end its restriction on which goods can and cannot enter Gaza until the people of Gaza renounce violence and agree to recognise Israel. And no ragtag flotilla of armed 'peace activists' is going to change that.

Before people misunderstand me, I should probably add on to the end of this that I do not in any way commend the IDF's disproportionate use of force when dealing with the flotilla, resulting in deaths. This should have been dealt with in a way that did not involve killing people, despite the flotilla being armed and dangerous. This is what the IDF is trained to do, and I am very disappointed with the way they handled the problem.