4/3 Extra: Palestinian Girl

I'm not going to bother re-writing what MSNBC said. Here's the caption.

The daughter of a Palestinian gunman killed during an attack on a Jewish settlement in Gaza salutes April 1 at a rally of the militant group Islamic Jihad. Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon pursued his drive to crack down on militants after sending tanks into another West Bank town in response to a wave of suicide bombings.

The first thing I thought was "She's not saluting. She has no clue what the hell's going on." Look at her. She must be two years old, <b>maybe</b> three. <b>Maybe</b>. Some guy's even holding her hand up. I'm not sure what purpose these pictures serve or why Palestinian militants keep taking them. About the only effect it has on myself (and most people, I assume) is to instill thoughts like "Wow, those Palestinian extremists are pretty fucking nuts, turning their kids into soldiers." The mind boggles.