"Rachel Corrie, a 23-year-old terrorism advocate from Olympia, Wash., died in a bulldozer accident yesterday. Corrie was at fault in the accident, which occurred when she either stood or crouched in front of an Israeli Defense Forces bulldozer in Gaza, the Jerusalem Post reports:
"The bulldozers were part of an IDF tunnel- and mine-clearing operation. The Rafah refugee camp borders Egypt, from which Palestinian terrorists smuggle in weapons and explosives. And according to interim peace accords, Israel has the right to operate in and secure the area.
"Corrie not only backed anti-Israeli terrorism; she also hated America. An Associated Press photo shows Corrie, her face contorted with hate, burning a "mock U.S. flag" at a pro-Saddam rally last month. (Hat tip: Little Green Footballs.) Reuters reports on a "symbolic funeral" that drew some 1,000 Palestinian Arabs. One of them tells the "news" service: "We fly a U.S. flag today to show our support to all American peace lovers, those like Rachel." If she were still alive, no doubt she'd have burned the flag.
"It's a shame that Rachel Corrie died the way she did. It's shameful that she lived the way she did."
Notice these tanks had a job to do in clearing mines and crushing IDF tunnels. Rachel was as much a Palastinian terrorist as her pals who strap bombs to themselves. The Israeli tanks are there to defend lives, not take lives. She chose to sacrifice herself, everybit as much as if she had strapped on a bomb.
Under the circumstances, sorry, no compassion. Had she continued in her treachery, she might have cost an innocent Israeli life.