Reply #135: The U.S. regularly runs drug interdiciton on the high seas...

[Ozymanithrax]

that involves boarding ships flagged from other nations, searching them for contraband, and confiscating the ship if any contraband is found. The U.S. patrols the sea between Cuba and the U.S. and will stop ships that may be smuggling people tyring to sneak into the U.S. That is legal. When the military does it, they go in armed and will shoot people if they resist.

The U.S. is not afraid of Israel but we (as national policy) do the same thing, and would not like to find ourselves condemned by our own words.