No matter how you approach this event, it was a military and public relations mistake at every level by Israel to attack a ship flying the flag of a Nato country in international waters. Turkey is a strategic ally of Israel's only strategic ally, which puts the US in a very difficult position because how do you approach this situation in a way that will satisfy both parties. The US is now in an impossible situation to appease both of their allies so they will have to choose or sit of the situation completely. Either way something very bad will happen because of this.