[moehoward]

Wow. I’m amazed at all the “grandpa threw her to the wolves” nonsense.

An old man had seconds to react. If he were a young man he still would have done the right thing.

He was the target. As long as he and the child were separated it bought time. Time for the police to arrive. Which is exactly what happened.

Had he ran for the child, they would have both been killed.

[cricket]

Agree with you (per post 31) and just want to add that according to Islam --- every human child when born is inherently a Muslim, as it is in a mentally unpolluted pure state. Only when grows to be a non Muslim, he / she loses purity of mind and hence becomes an infidel.

. . .and another reason, no doubt; that Grand Father may have felt 'right' in his safety run. But agree; had he taken her; he may have risked far greater than by going it alone. ..

This man has walked a path that few of us here would be willing to 'brave'. Think condemning him is a mistake and only puts one on the side of the jihadist perps who will no doubt celebrate the castigations against this man, who has already demonstrated an uncommon courage against an uncommon enemy.

[FReepaholic]

I agree. He'd already tripped the alarm and knew the police would be on the way.

The article doesn't say how big the house is. Perhaps the little girl was relatively far away from the action.

Turns out the cartoonist was correct. The terrorist, in his rage, was focused on trying to kill his target and didn't wander around looking for anybody else.