The Jerusalem Post reporing on that 13 year old they stopped at the border:
“It is sad and tragic,’ said Guy. ‘He was fully aware of his actions and wanted to blow up, as he was promised 72 virgins in heaven and NIS 100,’ Guy said.
Abdu, who lives in Nablus, told interrogators he was jeered at by his friends who made fun of him, and decided to take advantage of the offer.
‘Blowing myself up is the only chance I’ve got to have sex with 72 virgins in the Garden of Eden,’ Abdu said his handlers had told him. “
I am actually encouraged by this just a bit, for several reasons.
When the third reich was falling, Hitler, strapped for cannon fodder, was forced to use young men and boys, many of whom could just barely carry a rifle. This clearly is a desperation move on the part of the Islamofacists, and is a valid guage as to how successful the west has been in it’s control of the situation. Clearly, they’re running out of adults willing to pull this.
But more; Perhaps peace starts with just one kid taking off his bomb.
It’s apparently this last point that motivates the Israeli troops. Boortz picks up the narative, here:
Now, at this point, what do you think happened? From everything the media reports about the evil Israelis and their incursions into the “occupied territories,” it leaves the impression that the Israeli Army would have just shot the boy, right on site. Of course, that is not what happened.
After the boy told soldiers he did not want to blow up, the Israelis then sent a robot with a pair of scissors toward the 14-year-old terrorist, allowing him to cut the bomb-laden vest off, and drop it to the ground. He was then ordered to strip to his underwear, and was detained by soldiers who detonated the bomb in a controlled explosion.
Wearing a jacked provided by the Israelis, the kid was escorted back to the other side of the checkpoint. A military spokesman said “He’s a frightened little boy. Our interest right now is to find out who sent him.” Can you imagine what would happen in this country if Al-Qaeda was sending teenage suicide bombers to our cities? Wouldn’t we retaliate? Of course we would.
So why can’t Israel?
Why, indeed.
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