Learn from America in Vietnam and since: If you're gonna do half-measures, then don't risk the lives of your soldiers.
And by that, I mean this: Israel tried to intercept that ship peacefully, by sending commandos, some apparently armed with paintball guns. (?!Paintball guns?!) Again, there's no sense in sending men to do half-measures. As ugly as this is getting for Israel, it would have been better to just repeatedly drop a line of sea mines, let nature take her course, and publicly deny everything.
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