Remember folks, it's better to assume that an anonymous "guest" and its posts are non-existent than that the guest is Irwin or anyone else.

I have seen the incident reported on BBC and Sky TV and for a start it seems wildly unlikely that the baby was the sniper's specific target. Both reports suggested that about 30,000 Palestinians in the immediate area "might as well be in prison," such are the terms of the curfews under which they live their lives. I do believe that the Israelis would do more for long-term stability in the region by showing some understanding of the Palestinians' case than by voting into office discredited people like Sharon. The fact the Jews have endured a unique scale of persecution down the ages (much of it from the Christian churches, let's not forget) is not a carte blanche to find an even more vulnerable group than themselves and treat them like shit.

After all that, it's only fair I should say (as I've said it so often about the IRA in other threads) that anyone with a gun in his hand is in the wrong, whoever he kills, and whether by mistake or not.