November 30, 2004

Suffer The Children

Jack Dalton, a disabled Vietnam veteran, highlights the plight of Iraqi children:
Iraq is a nation (or was) of 26 million people with over 50% of them under the age of 18. Half of Iraq is children. We know the effects of PTSD [Post Traumatic Stress Disorder] on adults, we've seen it with those of our people in uniform that are still affected from the Vietnam war; If adults are affected that severely, what about Iraq's children?

We're talking about 12-13 million children that have been subjected to almost daily bombings for over ten years and are currently being bombed by an occupying Army. What will be the result of all this on them? I can only imagine, but I do know from my own experiences that it will not be anything nice. In all probabilities, the next generation of insurgents, freedom fighters, and radicalized fundamentalists are being born out of the madness that has become Iraq.

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