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Even the Obama-inspired ship was a failure–
Last year Barack Obama’s good friend Rashid Khalidi raised cash for a ship named “The Audacity of Hope” to smash through the Israel’s Gaza Blockade. After months of fundraising his group finally raised enough cash for the mission. The Obama-inspired ship set out to join this year’s Gaza-bound “Freedom Flotilla 2″ with several prominent leftists and Obama supporters on board.
The passengers of the “Audacity of Hope” joined other Islamists and Leftists in the Gaza Flotilla II. But, they never made it out of Greece.
Today the Islamo-leftists on the Audacity of Hope threw in the towel.
They’re going home.
Arutz Sheva reported:
Organizers behind the US ‘Audacity of Hope’ Gaza flotilla ship announced Wednesday they were throwing in the towel and would not be going to Gaza.
“The Greek government’s willingness to serve as the enforcer of Israeli’s naval blockade of Gaza made it impossible for this journey to happen,” organizers complained on their website.
“Now our folks are beginning the journey home – some will arrive today, some tomorrow and others in the days ahead,” the organizers wrote of the ship’s 37 passengers and 4 crew.
The ‘Audacity of Hope’ was stopped by the Hellenic Coast Guard when it tried to leave port without permission on Friday.
Its captain, John Klusmire, was arrested after he refused to return to port, sparking a 2-hour standoff that was only concluded when Greek commandos boarded the vessel and forced it to return to a Greek military dock, where it has been impounded.
Klusmire was subsequently charged with attempting to violate the Greek no-sail policy on Gaza and endangering his passengers before being released on his own recognizance.
Nine other passengers from the Audacity were arrested for staging a protest without a permit in front of the American embassy in Athens after the incident, but were subsequently released.
The ‘Audacity’ is not the only ship involved in the this year’s ‘Freedom Flotilla 2′ to have met its Waterloo in Greece. Most of the 10-boat flotilla has found itself impeded by the Hellenic Coast Guard.
The US to Gaza Islamo-leftist website has more on the aborted mission:
Last night our group’s activities in Athens ended and here’s a description from one of our people there: “We all went to Syntagma Square which looks much like Tahrir where there is an encampment and thousands of people gather each night. On Sundays there may be upwards of 50,000 and on big nights hundreds of thousands. We unfurled to drum beats 22 flags sewn together representing the countries participating in the Flotilla. Our black and white signs were in Greek, Arabic and English. It was a beautiful sight. Then we marched to the Spanish Embassy where our Spanish partners were occupying its embassy demanding the release of their boat. We arrived at about 9 pm with drummers leading the way. They came out on balconies and we sang to each other. It was quite the sight.”
Now our folks are beginning the journey home – some will arrive today, some tomorrow and others in the days ahead. Everyone is tired, but their energy is strong! They will share their stories and talk about their experiences in communities everywhere. And they will use this incredible time they shared in Athens as a spring board for further activism and organizing.
In the end it was just another Obama-inspired failure.
What a surprise.
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Rachelle commented:
What’s happening? Has there been an outbreak of sanity in Greece?
#1AMERICA commented:
boo hoo another obummer failure…US should try all the commies in court when they come back
Rob De Witt commented:
This was just Summer Camp for Dweebs II. Pathetic.
It would be hilarious if only they weren’t so dangerous.
Chisum commented:
Over at My Pet Jawa they refer to these flotilla freaks as “Flotards”.
∅ commented:
Drum circles, are there no problems they can’t solve? Bwhahahahahaha!
bg commented:
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I SUPPORT FLOTILLA ABORTIONS!!
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daryl commented:
If at first you don’t suceed…..cry, cry, cry, and cry again.
Not so easy to pull down a headline about how sucessful your antics are when you’re out from under the protection of the good old constitution is it, you Code Pink a-holes?
Now could you show a little appreciation and cut the crap?
wanumba commented:
Turkey is Greece’s enemy. Turkey invaded a seized Cyprus, put up a wall and embargo. Cyprus is now divided Muslim – Christian thanks to the illegal Turkish action. Why would the Greeks care to even passively enable a blatently publicized illegal running of a legal maritime weapons blockade, especially if Turkey is involved in any measure? They certainly have noticed that hypocritical and slippery Code Pink could care less about the situation in Cyprus.
Wonder if the Lefties have paid the accumulated port and illegal demonstration fines .. bet they are substantial, accruing daily. The Greeks won’t let them go until they have it in cash, no credit or IOU from THAT shifty bunch.
Militant Conservative commented:
Something you may not know about Greece,
specifically Cuprus. ANY ship with cargo not for Greece
can birth there and NOT be subject to inspection.
Now you know how illegal arms are transported.
Powder is dry
wanumba commented:
“Klusmire was subsequently charged with attempting to violate the Greek no-sail policy on Gaza and endangering his passengers before being released on his own recognizance”
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Hmm. Greeks have a no-sail policy on Gaza. The miracle is how the Audacity of Dopes chose to depart from there in the first place. Didn’t do their research? Figured no laws anywhere applied to them anyhoo?
Nell commented:
Kagan getting probed, video proof of Obama’s lie, and now this? I love the smell of liberal flop sweat in the morning!
bg commented:
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btw, little notice has been given to the info
in squeaky #53 link, ergo, here it is again…
[A "pro-Palestinian activist" discovers that the point of the Gaza flotilla
is not humanitarian aid after all, but aid for the Hamas jihad. Hasna El Maroudi was naive in the extreme if she ever thought that the flotilla was about "self-rule" for the Palestinians in some way distinguishable from the genocidal Islamic jihad against the Jews, but this article is nonetheless illuminating. Note especially, besides the Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas ties, the repeated dishonesty of the flotilla organizers.]
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bg commented:
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re: #12
same goes for this as well..
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PCM commented:
The Greek navy probably saved some lives, since it’s doubtful that the Israelis would have let the ships get anywhere near Gaza. Not that the Isl*mo-leftists are smart enough to get that.
Kissmygrits commented:
This effort failed because they are not invested in it. It’s just a cause to them. I’m glad they wasted somebody’s money in this flotilla and hope it wasn’t some of mine.
Chisum commented:
For the “Flotards”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIULIJxVr7A
Alana commented:
Good news.
richard mcenroe commented:
Now sink the rest.
John Fembup commented:
Just more evidence to the Islamofascists that the West is weak and will quit at the first sign of adversity.
And just another opportunity for the Western left to offer such evidence.
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