On the Maiming of Children

I admit that when children are portrayed as suffering in movies, it fills me with an irrational urge to break something. It's only a movie, I know, but to me watching a child treated badly isn't what I consider entertainment.

Remember the name Osher Tuito.

On February 9th, Osher woke up, got dressed and expected to have a normal day. "Normal" of course being relative to the fact that he lives in Sderot, where terrorists continually assault the city with artillery, and his government is too cowardly to act in the interests of securing its own citizens. On February 9, 2008, the missiles didn't land in empty fields or uninhabited areas. On February 9, 2008, a missile made a direct hit.

On February 10, 2008, doctors had to amputate Osher's leg because it was damaged beyond repair from a Kassam rocket attack. Not even this is enough to provoke Israel to one of their limp-wristed "measured responses."

Obviously these ghouls are waiting for a direct hit on a nursery to justify the ass-kicking the Palis deserve. You would think that after Nasrallah candidly admitted that he didn't expect Israel to respond the way they did, Israel would be looking to overwhelm their enemies with superior force as a way to deal with this. Every. Single. Time.

What the fucking hell is it going to take for the State of Israel to protect its citizens? If for no other reason, these people pay taxes. I mean, come on! If people die, that's less revenue, you vultures. Think about how much this kid's rehabilitation, medication, and hospitalization is going to cost the State. Hell, they're going to have pay for every new size of prosthetic leg as this child grows up. This is costing money! Bullets are a much cheaper solution.

Bottom line is child was hurt. Badly. He's going to be in pain for months. He is going to be scarred for life. He's going to have to learn how to walk again. He isn't going to play football (soccer) with his classmates. He isn't going to be inducted into the IDF, which is a major cultural issue. And Olmert is too inept, incapable and unqualified to do anything expect cling tenaciously to a government that should have been dissolved long ago.

So the next time someone gets in your face about the "innocent Palestinian children" who are "suffering at the hands of Zionist aggression," ask them about Osher Tuito, and what exactly he did to deserve being maimed and crippled at the hands of Palestinian terrorists.