Quote Originally Posted by jmm99 View Post
still, the existence of a blockade requires the pre-existence of a armed conflict (which Israel has declared as its legal basis for the blockade). So, the blockade is not a law enforcement operation; although I suppose one might elect to use law enforcement tactics in any given situation.

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Mike
That is why I think they would do better using a Coast Guard/Border Patrol type LE operation. It deescalates the situation to an LE operation against some unruly non-state actors instead of escalating to a Military Blockade which has state vs. state War making operation.