Dear Mr. and Mrs. Corrie,
Your daughter, Rachel, is dead because she was stupid. She put herself in front of an armored bulldozer in a conflict she did not understand and in a place she should not have been. She put herself out of sight of the equipment operator and was killed. While she is considered a “martyr” for whatever loony cause you subscribe, in the final analysis, Rachel is dead because she was raised by stupid parents to do stupid things. She, and you, have now paid the ultimate price for that arrogance and stupidity.
You are lucky Israel is not suing you to pay for the trauma therapy for the bulldozer operator. This trauma was inflicted upon him as the direct result of your daughter’s stupid and fatal stunt.
Sincerely, The IDF
Your Post #24 reminded me a somewhat similiar incident that occurred back in 1987.
Another young idealistic (IOW, mush-headed) person from the Pacific Northwest, Benjamin Linder, decided that he was gonna go down and help the Sandinistas. He was appalled by the Reagan Administration’s support of the Contras.
An engineer by training, he went down there and served in a rural area, helping with hydroelectric projects. He also started carrying a weapon - ostensibly for self-defense against the Contras. Whatever his reason, that made him a combatant.
He was killed in a Contra attack in April of 1987 - ostensibly murdered by the Contras. At least, that’s what his parents and friends said.
Wikipedia has a great article about what happened. Here it is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Linder
In short, he put himself in a dangerous spot and chose sides in a conflict that wasn’t his. He, like Rachel Corrie, ended up dead as a result of their “idealism”.