A nauseating sign of the times:

Preteen Israeli girls at a heavy artillery position in northern Israel are photographed apparently gleefully scrawling their names and other inscriptions on shells destined to be dropped on Lebanon. One reads “Nazrala with love” — a reference to Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasarallah.

(h/t: Zak Brown)

We find it disgusting whenever the ordnance of ANY country bears these kinds of messages. But to see children doing the writing is almost beyond the pale.

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