What better way to hurt an enemy than to hurt their children?
Mrs, S, that is one angle I hadn't considered. The homicide bombers in Israel are targeting innocent adults and children on purpose. It could possible happen here in the US. Scary !!
Here in the middle of the country we tend not to worry about this sort of thing happening to us, but a bad guy might think of us as a softer target than Washington DC or NY and act accordiling. Another scary thought.