[Inkie]

shoot the children in a hostage situation so they can get at the criminals

If this were the case, the stand-off at the Church of the Nativity would have been over 3 weeks ago.

[Demidog]

If this were the case, the stand-off at the Church of the Nativity would have been over 3 weeks ago.

Not really. The important thing here is the building. The world would be outraged if Israel bulldozed it (they had no problem bulldozing buildings full of people in Jenin - killing children).

[ClancyJ]

shoot the children in a hostage situation so they can get at the criminals If this were the case, the stand-off at the Church of the Nativity would have been over 3 weeks ago.

Very well said. Also there would have been airplanes not tanks. No medicines, no women and children warned to leave the area. How dangerous is it for the Israelis to go in searching booby-trapped areas for the terrorists instead of throwing in grenades?