Interesting scenarios referred to by Tim Montgomerie (The Times): http://twitpic.com/e9bsmu
Without wishing to take sides, I think Israel's response is understandable.
Imagine you are alone in a remote house, sleeping in bed on a dark night.
You are awakened by sounds from below - horrible sounds as if your house was being trashed.
You then hear more than one person starting to come upstairs.
As a farmer you legally own a shotgun.
You go out onto the landing and see several men with long knives coming up the stairs towards you - when they see you hesitate they rush forward.
What would you do?
Almost certainly you would use the shotgun, even though at that particular moment you might have a more powerful weapon than the robbers.
Without wishing to take sides, I think Israel's response is understandable.
Imagine you are alone in a remote house, sleeping in bed on a dark night.
You are awakened by sounds from below - horrible sounds as if your house was being trashed.
You then hear more than one person starting to come upstairs.
As a farmer you legally own a shotgun.
You go out onto the landing and see several men with long knives coming up the stairs towards you - when they see you hesitate they rush forward.
What would you do?
Almost certainly you would use the shotgun, even though at that particular moment you might have a more powerful weapon than the robbers.
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