Quote from trefoil:
A blockade is an act of war. So, too, then, is trying to run a blockade.
Complaining that - oh, my - someone went & got themself all shot up trying to run a blockade, then, is just stupid.
It is very similar to the people who rushed to Baghdad to become "human shields" for some of Saddam's military installations. Alot of those people were killed.
Now some might admire that kind of "valor". They may associate it with the guy blocking the tank near Tianamen. One blip of the throttle and that guy would have been track lubricant and completely legal under their martial law rules-of-engagement. It was foolish.
The people in the aid boats are fools and useful idiots as well.