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Originally Posted by eskachig
I have never, ever, seen a naval boarding team from any nations arrive in riot gear. I'm not even sure there is a variant suitable for navy warfare. Anyway, they did come with some non-lethal options apparently, but the situation outgrew them.
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The point is that you don't treat a boat full of protester ****s as a battle action. These weren't Somali pirates armed with machine guns and Rpgs or insurgents using hit and run guerilla tactics.
This was just an average rioting mob you'll find outside a stadium or vehemently protesting in the town squares. That's why you have to employ a police force which is trained to deal with such situations in a non lethal way! All the people who say that the commandos just responded to the attacking mob don't know the difference between a prroper war zone and a degenerated riot. Or never were inside one, either as a protester or a policeman.
I never saw soldiers succesfully employed in mob control roles. "Sunday, bloody sunday" isn't just a song, you know.
Using a military force was probably a deliberate attemp to cause a bloodbath to scare other people against trying such stunts again in the future. Too bad it backfired on the Israeli government.