Where I come from the mere act of dropping out of a helicopter onto someone else's boat which is not in your nations waters while wearing masks is considered an provocative act in and of itself, making self defense impossible. Personally though I think that some of them were so trigger happy they shot their own guys along with the activists so the whole they took our guns and shot us story makes everyone on the assault team code named "operation friendly fire" feel a lot better...
GOOD MORNING GRAHAM HOW IS YOUR HAIR STUFF?
http://theoatmeal.com/story/twilight