She was 15, and she was groomed.
If it is her fault, then presumably you think all 15 year old grooming victims are to blame for their own abuse.
Most 15 year olds can't even name the Prime Minister, let alone know anything about events in a far away country.
abuse and joining an terrorist organization are two different things. We do have a legal precedence over this, if a 15 years old murders or rapes someone in my cases this person is tried as if knowing the consequences of their actions there is no ''but there where groomed to rape that 10 year old'' or '' but they where groomed to kick that grandma to death because she said they should destroy those flowerbeds'' si it's ab bit a a selective argument.
When new neighbours move in next door to me, I don't rush round (before they've even unloaded their belongings) and poke them in the eye with a stick to check if they retaliate. Previous neighbours might have been a real nuisance (loud radios late at night, etc.) but if I want to have a peaceful time with new neighbours, poke in the eye with a stick will not encourage them to be considerate.
now imagine you know said neighbors are convicted peadophiles and you have little children around
New Syrian regime is in no position to retaliate immediately. But Israel is setting the long term agenda on day one, showing how it intends to behave towards its neighbours.
Ian
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You need to look at the whole context, the new neighbors of Isreal are there for a good 10/20 years now, coming as an al-quada offshoot. Still in comparision to for example Afghanistan after the Taliban took back control it seems much better now in Syria, yes there are fractions within the organization that is now the syrian goverment that are looting, take revenge actions on ex-Syrian regime etc. but overall it has been quite dignified. (specially if you hear how terrible Assad really was)
But with the context in mind that the new syrian goverment is formed out of groups previously intending to destroy isreal it'snot so strange their reaction is not so welcoming as you apparently expect.
But thankfully so far the syrian leadership seems to be striving for peace, and probably also see-ing that their succes in ousting Assad has been enabled by Isreal defacto destroying Hezbollah whom previously came to Hamas aid.
How much of that is ideological and how much is driven by the long term ongoing treatment of Palestinians by the Israeli state? If Palestine were a self-controlling country, without Israeli settlers killing Palestinians, without the oppression, etc. would the same be happening?
Ian
Short answer, yes probably. longer version, Just like in Europe, Second world war didn't start the dehumanization of Jews, it was long before that. (only the extermination was new)
Similarly Jews an palestinians are at odds for much longer, long before the forming off the palestinian state or the mass immigration of jews during the Ottoman empire
Off course Isreal's position against palestinians doesn't really help. But using it as a stick to hit with isnt helpfull
