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Originally Posted by msxyz
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.
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They didn't, or they'd have boarded with real weapons or would have simply fired across the bow, then fired on the boat if it didn't stop.
When the USCG pulls alongside and tells you to heave to, you $%#%! heave to and accept the boarders nicely.
"Protesters" would have staged a sit-in when boarded, they'd not attack the boarders. What they did was no different than those idiots in Waco Texas shooting at the FBI. You can argue that the FBI should not have been there, or not showed up with guns, but the reality is that when they DID show up with guns, you should behave nicely, then take them to court.
This is no different. You can argue that they should not have been boarded, but when they were boarded, the proper response would be to behave nicely, and then try and paint the boarders as illegal. The second you attack—sticks, clubs, knives, whatever, you have in fact asked for an armed response.
They attacked because they WANTED TO BE SHOT AT.
Really, they got exactly what they wanted.