Didn't this sort of thing happen to us in Vietnam?
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And Korea.
I don't claim to be an expert but I have I've studied US military history in particular the history of the war in Viet Nam. I cannot remember an instance in Viet Nam where children were used as suicide bombers. This is not to say that children were not used by the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese in their war efforts, but rather I cannot remember an instance where they were specifically used as suicide bombers. Korea I am not as sure on.
Children are the innocents of war. Young Palestinian children are manipulated as we have seen in the pictures. This is not their fault. They don't possess the ability to understand the global political aspects of the situation they find themselves in nor the cognative reasoning to determine the right or wrong of their actions.
The use of children in this manner is child abuse.
Yep. My cousin was a pilot who flew the Search and Rescue missions for downed pilots. He said there was a young man who would come into their camp doing errands, etc. They would give him clothes, food, etc for his family. One day he rode in on his bike with a bomb in the basket. Blew himself up, but I don't remember if any Americans were killed. Some had to have been injured, though.
Fanaticism is not confined to the Middle East. It has always been around, and unfortunately will always be! America and Israel just happen to be fat targets for it at this point in history!