Ted Rall: 'Kill 'em all, let God sort us out'

Landmines and WMDs are Verboten. Ban Bombs Too.

Ted Rall

LOS ANGELES--The bloodied faces of the Shaito family, decimated when an
American-made helicopter gunship fired a missile into their minivan, has
become the symbol of the Israeli invasion of Lebanon. "Don't go to sleep,
mama!" Ali Shaito shouted through a torrent of tears mixing with his own
blood. "Don't die! Please don't die!" A widely distributed photograph caught
the sad-eyed Muntaha Saito's last moments. A mother to her dying breath, she
used her last ounce of strength to reach out to comfort her frantic son.
Muntaha's sister, mother Nazira and uncle Mohammad were also killed in the
attack. Eleven other members of the Shaito family, who had evacuated their
village after they were ordered to do so by the Israeli military, suffered
severe injuries.