This morning on the news I heard that 3 children were murdered in a driveby in Palestine. They were the children of a Fatah loyalist, which is the party opposed to Hamas.
Perhaps someone could jump in and explain how this is just a quaint "cultural difference" and how maybe we should go have a nice chat with Hamas.
Those poor children were not old enough to be a political threat to anyone. Before someone might suggest that they were likely just "collateral damage" and that Hamas wasn't aiming at them specifically then my answer is that many won't forgive American or western troops for collateral damage so why should we forgive Hamas? Western soldiers are expected to be as certain as possible of their target before shooting. What's so special about Hamas?
Oh, I forgot. It's just their culture and we should respect that. And it was Bush who forced them to target the kids anyway.
Sorry if I sound cranky but this report just makes me sick...
Perhaps someone could jump in and explain how this is just a quaint "cultural difference" and how maybe we should go have a nice chat with Hamas.
Those poor children were not old enough to be a political threat to anyone. Before someone might suggest that they were likely just "collateral damage" and that Hamas wasn't aiming at them specifically then my answer is that many won't forgive American or western troops for collateral damage so why should we forgive Hamas? Western soldiers are expected to be as certain as possible of their target before shooting. What's so special about Hamas?
Oh, I forgot. It's just their culture and we should respect that. And it was Bush who forced them to target the kids anyway.
Sorry if I sound cranky but this report just makes me sick...