Israel has attacked Gaza Flotilla (dead and wounded)

[Peter Presland]

.. and this thing is very far from over - all eye's on the Rachael Corrie.

..... And herein lies the opportunity for President Obama--currently standing shamefully in the corner wearing the dunce's cap--to redeem himself. ....

MLK was an African American with balls. He would have dragged the Israelis into line long ago. Does Obama have any balls?

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is a man with balls. A great statesman at a time when they are sorely needed.

If the Gaza blockade causes a war to break out, then its on Obama's head. He has about 48 hours to decide whether or not he wants to go down in history as a chickenshit coward.

Re: the boldfaced bit:

I agree it would be on his head but, assuming war between Israel and Turkey/Iran/Syria IS judged to be the way to go, that is certainly not what would be fed to the Western Sheeple - and given the implications, the vast majority would probably, yet again, accept the official narrative - for a while anyway and depending how it all turned out.

Suppose that toppling Erdogan is judged a priority in spite of the risks, then this conjunction of events could just be manoeuvred into the best 'casus-beli' for attacking Iran, Syria, Hezbolla and Hamas that the US/Israel is likely to get. It is exactly what CIA/Mossad and the rest of the Western Intelligence axis have specialised in and honed to a fine art over decades. Stir the pot, manipulate, provoke etc - secure in the knowledge that you can obliterate any of the protagonists at will and create your own version of reality. It's wearing a bit thin by now but I wouldn't bet against it.

IMHO this whole developing situation is fraught with grave peril but, given the state of the globalisation project, I would put the odds at best at about evens that something like that has/has not been carefully planned and orchestrated.