More quotations:

'Yossi Kaufman, who moderates the army and defense forum on the Web site Fresh, served in the Armored Corps from 1996 to 1999: "There's all sorts of black humor stuff, mainly from snipers, such as, 'Don't bother running because you'll die tired' – with a drawing of a Palestinian boy, not a terrorist. There's a Golani or Givati shirt of a soldier raping a girl, and underneath it says, 'No virgins, no terror attacks.' I laughed, but it was pretty awful.

When I was asked once to draw things like that, I said it wasn't appropriate."

Sociologist Dr. Orna Sasson-Levy, of Bar-Ilan University, author of "Identities in Uniform: Masculinities and Femininities in the Israeli Military," said that the phenomenon is "part of a radicalization process the entire country is undergoing, and the soldiers are at its forefront."

"There is a perception that the Palestinian is not a person, a human being entitled to basic rights, and therefore anything may be done to him."

Could the printing of clothing be viewed also as a means of venting aggression?

Sasson-Levy: "No. I think it strengthens and stimulates aggression and legitimizes it. What disturbs me is that a shirt is something that has permanence. The soldiers later wear it in civilian life; their girlfriends wear it afterward. It is not a statement, but rather something physical that remains, that is out there in the world.
Beyond that, I think the link made between sexist views and nationalist views, as in the 'Screw Haniyeh' shirt, is interesting. National chauvinism and gender chauvinism combine and strengthen one another. It establishes a masculinity shaped by violent aggression toward women and Arabs; a masculinity that considers it legitimate to speak in a crude and violent manner toward women and Arabs." '

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The union between nationalism and misogyny was made as the English, as well, as they stole their empire. The "early modern" English labeled the Welsh, Scottish, and Irish as "feminine" in order to make them easier to conquer and kill.

The union between nationalism and misogyny was made BY the English as well, when they stole their empire. The "early modern" English labeled the Welsh, Scottish, and Irish as "feminine" in order to make them easier to conquer and kill.

I would like to see the t-shirts the US snipers created after their rampage in Fallujah.

During the Israeli bombing destruction of Lebanon I went on the internets and tried to find a t-shirt with the image of Nasrallah, but the only ones I could find were from Israel with a bulls eye included.

http://t-shirts.cafepress.com/item/light-tshirt/110257648

A little balanced outrage would be nice, or is that too much to ask from this soft-bigotry-of-low-expectations crowd?