Now call me cynical but.......

Ann Elk

This photo was in the Independent today, the caption reads "Palestinian children take cover in front of an Israli tank..."

Now i could be mistaken, but I'd be of the opinion that looking at the barrel there could possibly be better places to "take cover"

What do you think????

Kiera

Jeeze, thats mental!

Femelade

Kiera wrote:

Jeeze, thats mental!

absolutely!

Thomas_S_Hunterson

Funnily enough, that's one place they cant actually be hit by the turret gun

ALthough they'd be likely to come under fire from the armed people that usually accompany a tank

seamus

I saw that, but I think it's a trick of perspective. If you look at the original picture carefully, it looks more like the tank is behind a wall, and the children are behind a dirt mound, behind the wall (effectively almost invisible to the tank). It's just the angle of the picture makes it look like the cannon is aimed directly at the group.

Civilian_Target

Yeah - in fact, its the photographer that's probably in more danger than the kids...