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A Wasterd Life, a Foolish death
March 16, 2003
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| by Naomi Ragen |
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Naomi
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Rachel Corrie
got herself killed. An American, she had come to Israel to
"defend" the Palestian terrorists in Gaza. As an
Israeli, how exactly am I supposed to feel about an American who
comes to my country to defend those trying to kill my children?
How am I supposed to feel about a girl who throws herself in
front of my sons, my |
| soldiers, who are risking their
lives to uproot terrorism, forcing them to deal with naive
foreigners who make their lives even more difficult and
dangerous?
Unlike the version you will get
on CNN [or the St. Petersburg Times , the death of Rachel
Corrie was an accident. The army had dispersed a crowd of
people blocking the way of its bulldozers which were uprooting
foliage (not houses) used to hide bombs. Ms. Corrie chose
to charge back in front of the bulldozer. Unfortunately,
just at that moment, the bulldozer accidentally hit a
concrete wall which fell on her, killing her.
What a wasted life. What a foolish death. But all
those who fight on the side
of evil, take a chance that will have to pay the price in the
end.
I would rather mourn for the wasted life of this misguided girl,
than for the
lives of those her foolish actions surely endangered.
I suggest her friends pack up their sandals and backpacks and
find someplace
else to play before they share her fate.
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Rachel Corrie, 23, from
Olympia, Wash., a member of the 'International
Solidarity Movement,' burns a mock U.S. flag during a
rally in the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah in this
Feb. 15, 2003 file photo
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see also: Setting the Record Straignt
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