Israeli T-shirts raise ire

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 Israeli T-shirts raise ire

Some soldiers to be disciplined

 

JERUSALEM — Israel’s military condemned soldiers for wearing T-shirts of a pregnant woman in a rifle’s cross-hairs with the slogan "1 Shot 2 Kills,” and another of a gun-toting child with the words, "The smaller they are, the harder it is.”

The T-shirts were worn by some Israeli Defense Force soldiers to mark the end of basic training and other military courses, the newspaper Haaretz said.

The appearance of the T-shirts followed allegations of misconduct by Israeli troops during the three-week Gaza war. Palestinian officials say about 1,400 Palestinians were killed, most of them civilians. Thirteen Israelis died, three of them civilians.

The army said it would not tolerate the T-shirts and would take disciplinary action against the soldiers involved, but it was not clear how many wore the shirts.

The shirts were not manufactured or sanctioned by the military. Their existence was first reported Friday by Haaretz and later on broadcasts by Israeli radio and television.

Few in the Palestinian territories appeared to be aware of the T-shirts. In Gaza, Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum said it "reflects the brutal mentality among the Zionist soldiers and the Zionist society.”

 

 

 

[dr_m]

omg !   hard to believe this..  yick....

[forsythia_18]

Way to keep the violence cycle going....I'm pretty sure Judaism doesn't encourage this behavior at all.

[sweetie00]

Way to stoke the fire.....Idiots!

[Mommy_of_Riley]

I've heard the guys on base say some pretty sick things but at least they don't have t-shirts...

[forsythia_18]

Quoting Double.L:

 Considering my husband has seen numerous children try to reach out for food/toys etc and try to grab a solider/blow themselves up I'd say the soldiers wearing them may see these t-shirts in a more humorous light...

BUT that does NOT make it acceptable... Even if it's just a few American soldiers civilians will form this idea in their head that our soldiers are becoming cold and heartless, when that is far from the truth...

 

Well, the article said they were worn by Isreali soldiers, not American.

[Mommy_of_Riley]

Quoting Double.L:

 Considering my husband has seen numerous children try to reach out for food/toys etc and try to grab a solider/blow themselves up I'd say the soldiers wearing them may see these t-shirts in a more humorous light...

BUT that does NOT make it acceptable... Even if it's just a few American soldiers civilians will form this idea in their head that our soldiers are becoming cold and heartless, when that is far from the truth...

 

It was the Israeli soldiers wearing the shirts not the American soldiers...   The American soldiers had nothing to do with it....   :)

[Double.L]

HA...I just re read it, I don't know why I was thinking American....I was thinking American soldiers IN Israel for some reason.....lol

Any way my first point could 'possibly' still be valid.....lol

 

Quoting forsythia_18:

 

Quoting Double.L:

 Considering my husband has seen numerous children try to reach out for food/toys etc and try to grab a solider/blow themselves up I'd say the soldiers wearing them may see these t-shirts in a more humorous light...

BUT that does NOT make it acceptable... Even if it's just a few American soldiers civilians will form this idea in their head that our soldiers are becoming cold and heartless, when that is far from the truth...

 

Well, the article said they were worn by Isreali soldiers, not American.

[Mommy_of_Riley]

Quoting Double.L:

HA...I just re read it, I don't know why I was thinking Amercian....I was thinking American soldiers IN israel for some reason.....lol

Any way my first point could 'possibly' still be valid.....lol

 

Quoting forsythia_18:

 

Quoting Double.L:

 Considering my husband has seen numerous children try to reach out for food/toys etc and try to grab a solider/blow themselves up I'd say the soldiers wearing them may see these t-shirts in a more humorous light...

BUT that does NOT make it acceptable... Even if it's just a few American soldiers civilians will form this idea in their head that our soldiers are becoming cold and heartless, when that is far from the truth...

 

Well, the article said they were worn by Isreali soldiers, not American.

Oops...  sorry I corrected you after someone else already did...   :)

As for your first point... I agree.  My hubby says the kids run after the humvees asking for chocolate but you are told not to stop b/c you don't know which kids are really wanting candy and which ones have bombs under their clothes...

[Biancas_mommy]

Yeah it's really sad...but when a prego women looking like that blow YOU up...you then start to agree with the t-shirt...we live in a messed up a world...they now make a t-shirt mocking how bad it really is.  wow.  DH is a heavy metal fan and has a shirt that has Charles Manson on it and says Cincinnati hardcore (Manson grew up in nasty nati)

[forsythia_18]

I just don't understand why this shirt would be manufactured to support a HOLY war.  They are fighting over HOLY land.  The war has been going on for so long, I think both sides are losing sight of their RELIGIONS which is critical in a HOLY war.  (sigh)