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23. Do we really have to cover this same stupid idea every single time someone is shot?

Sun Jan 24, 2016, 06:08 PM

Jan 2016

You know what's in your legs? Femoral arteries...

You why you shoot someone? They are a threat to your life and your goal is to stop it...

As long as you are wishing why not just ask him to shoot the knife out of her hand...

Criminy...

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Palestinian girl, 13, shot dead after trying to stab Israeli guard - police [View all] Little Tich Jan 2016 OP

Child soldiers are a trajedy, especially when sent by adults who risk nothing. Agnosticsherbet Jan 2016 #1

My daughter had to deal with the aftermath of hundreds of such cases DFW Jan 2016 #3

The Palestinians don't have to be taught to attack their oppressors. cpwm17 Jan 2016 #5

How's that strategy working out for them? Snow Leopard Jan 2016 #14

So if native Hawaiians started stabbing people on the streets you would be ok with that? Akicita Jan 2016 #15

I'm pro-peace cpwm17 Jan 2016 #18

And non-native Hawaiians have a right to be in Hawaii and usurp the government? Akicita Jan 2016 #19

I'm pro peace too. Can you explain to me why, as an American, I should care more about the Akicita Jan 2016 #20

This is Sanders' one area of weakness, imo, and leaves him vulnerable to KingCharlemagne Jan 2016 #26

Sanders supports a two state solution Mosby Jan 2016 #38

Why, as it happens, I do. - nt KingCharlemagne Jan 2016 #40

Funny that you can't tell us here at DU. Mosby Jan 2016 #44

What is that? PersonNumber503602 Jan 2016 #49

In its broadest form, I envision a single-stare solution, stretching from Golan and KingCharlemagne Jan 2016 #50

What could go wrong with Hamas in a single state with 6 million Jews? shira Jan 2016 #61

Wow, that was real manifest destiny type of arrogance in an up close and personal way Babel_17 Jan 2016 #43

For an alternate take, watch the final scenes of Kubrick's "Full KingCharlemagne Jan 2016 #25

Adversaires who send children to acts as soldiers have no morals, ethics, or values. Agnosticsherbet Jan 2016 #32

So the Vietnamese NLF had no morals, ethics or values? Got it - nt KingCharlemagne Jan 2016 #34

Yes! So do you think giving children guns and sending them to die is acceptable? Agnosticsherbet Jan 2016 #35

I support the right of peoples under illegal occupation to resist that occupation by whatever KingCharlemagne Jan 2016 #36

Then you support the use of child soldiers. nt Agnosticsherbet Jan 2016 #46

Hamas has a right to blow up kindergartens & nursing homes? n/t shira Jan 2016 #63

I wonder how you'd react to a someone rushing @ you with a knife.... shira Jan 2016 #62

Very sad. I'm glad the Palestinian president spoke out about this. trillion Jan 2016 #2

Man-of-Peace Abbas forgot to mention 6chars Jan 2016 #4

"as we say, the Palestinians simply can't afford to have a conscience." geek tragedy Jan 2016 #10

i stand corrected 6chars Jan 2016 #11

You nailed it with the stabbings are tring to ccommit murder and are immoral. trillion Jan 2016 #13

Those damned upstart American colonists. Why, what they're doing to KingCharlemagne Jan 2016 #27

So you support these stabbings? 6chars Jan 2016 #31

So you support Israel's occupation of Palestinian land? Wow - nt KingCharlemagne Jan 2016 #33

So does the UN Security Council Mosby Jan 2016 #39

If the conflict is supposed to be "resolved through KingCharlemagne Jan 2016 #41

The Palestinians refuse to negotiate without preconditions Mosby Jan 2016 #45

OMG - how do you look at yourself in the mirror each KingCharlemagne Jan 2016 #58

You support the destruction of a country Mosby Jan 2016 #59

Really, he could not have shot her in the legs or something?... Helen Borg Jan 2016 #6

were bullets even necessary against an attacker armed only with a knife? yurbud Jan 2016 #7

Yes! Helen Borg Jan 2016 #8

like shooting at rock throwers. If you're wearing a combat helmet and have any web gear yurbud Jan 2016 #12

Goliath might argue with you.. Akicita Jan 2016 #16

are Palestinians using slings? yurbud Jan 2016 #17

Yes. branford Jan 2016 #21

Israel is not merely defending itself there. They are taking land with one yurbud Jan 2016 #29

Again, you fail to appreciate the potential damage a determined 13 year old girl is capable of, branford Jan 2016 #30

it's happened 100+ times in a couple of months it is extrajudicial killing period azurnoir Jan 2016 #52

Are you actually claiming that the numerous stabbings branford Jan 2016 #56

Would you volunteer to get into fisticuffs with a person armed with a knife? NickB79 Jan 2016 #42

now it's a LARGE knife -tell us have you seen this LARGE knife? azurnoir Jan 2016 #53

Do we really have to cover this same stupid idea every single time someone is shot? TipTok Jan 2016 #23

I see Israeli soldiers possess the same de-escalation skills as American cops. Aristus Jan 2016 #9

The soldier would be as dead or injured if the girls was 14 or 34. branford Jan 2016 #22

Yep, common sense. GOLGO 13 Jan 2016 #24

However, asking WHY a 13-year-old armed only with a knife attacked KingCharlemagne Jan 2016 #28

And hence, will remain un-examined by the simplistic mind. LanternWaste Jan 2016 #37

Brainwashed by her religious leaders that it would get her into heaven? oberliner Jan 2016 #48

Either that or they are patriots (patriots) for their KingCharlemagne Jan 2016 #57

Or, this could happen. christx30 Jan 2016 #51

No one ordered it according to Israeli police she committed suicide by cop because azurnoir Jan 2016 #54

Very sad, I would love to know who put that knife in her hands. Marrah_G Jan 2016 #47

according to Israeli police she committed suicide by cop azurnoir Jan 2016 #55

That is heartbreaking Marrah_G Jan 2016 #60