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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Ritten: [QB] Motive was they didn't want their communications overheard, even by the US, which is what the ship was there to do, along with Egypt and Syria. So regardless of whether or not it is need there it is. Israel couldn't ask the US to not listen to their secret messagess about their up coming offensive, so, what to do about that ship.... Well, since they are Israelis, and attacking is a normal part of life, and getting attacked too, they do what seems to come natural. I forget how many fly overs there were, several anyway, and the huge US flag pretty much identified it, plus the silohoutte (or what ever), should have been recognizable as a US ship. (Let us not debate the ability of nations to us this method of IDing ships, aircraft, or vehicles.) On the IDing part I would imagine, that considering that they were about to go on the offensive, they would know where all Arab nation equipment was, ships, aircraft, and vehicles. If they meant to destroy the ship, they failed, if they meant to scare it away they were over zealous, but the end result was that there was no one around that could discover the offensive before it happened. Hence, this was an attack with a well reasoned motive, although the level of the use of force can be argued, but we would need to find out what exactly the orders that were given were. Motive, ability, and a body, all the things Hollywood says are need for a conviction.... [/QB][/QUOTE]
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