Suffer The Little Children
There’s been a lot of talk lately on Capitol Hill about what will happen when we bring the troops home. Little of it focuses on the most vulnerable citizens of Iraq and Afghanistan: the children. From the fighting 6th Marines, a photo essay speaks volumes about the changes in war torn Fallujah:
Recently, while at a meeting in the city, we ran across this little boy. He was curious, as many kids are, but when they want to sit and play with a Marine, you know that things are going well here.
With all the talk of Abu Ghuraib and Guantanamo Bay, you probably could use some good news about the detainee situation. Drop by Camp Victory in Baghdad and ask about Dar Al-Hikmah; “The Wisdom House”:
During Baghdad’s “golden age,” the Dar al-Hikmah was the center of knowledge and education in the city.
While the education program for Dar Al-Hikmah includes the basic fundamentals set by the Iraqi Ministry of Education, “The Wisdom House” also includes programs such as sports, art, religious studies from the Koran and other necessary programs.
“In general, it will help them be employable and get them back into being a productive member of society,” said U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Douglass Stone, Detainee Operations commanding general. “Programs like this along with employment are the way of the future.”
Currently, approximately 800 detainees are juveniles captured during operations in Iraq.
“That’s 800 lives we have an opportunity to impact,” said Glenn. “We ensure when the detainees are released that they pick up a book instead of an AK-47.”
“Together (Coalition and the detainee youth) we can marginalize the extremists,” said Stone. “Together, it’s with these youth who will make this country great.”
In faraway Afghanistan, the Marines are wondering why the children hate them so?. (via Mrs. Greyhawk)
Before the Taliban were routed, Afghan women died in childbirth at rates higher than any place on earth except for Sierra Leone. Not anymore:
In 2005, Afghan midwives banded together to form the Afghan Midwives Association; by 2006, the organization had been admitted to the International Confederation of Midwives, and had helped to triple the number of trained midwives in Afghanistan. Another program, known as International Midwife Assistance, focuses particularly on rural Afghan women who deliver their babies at home. In 2004, the Johns Hopkins Program for International Education in Gynecology and Obstetrics (JHPIEGO), an international health organization based in Baltimore, Maryland, launched its own training program for Afghani midwives. And earlier this year, the Swedish Committee for Afghanistan graduated a class of 20 midwives in the Wardak Province of Afghanistan. The goal of all these and other midwifery programs: To train women about healthy prenatal care and safe childbirth and parenting practices, including sanitation, proper diet, and care of newborn infants.
Huh. And to think some people say all we’re doing over there is bombing civilians and conducting air raids.
Go figure.
Topics: GWOT
Posted by Cassandra at 12:22 pm on Saturday, August 25, 2007
18 Responses to “Suffer The Little Children”
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August 25th, 2007 at 12:57 pm
Ah, but who cares about a few raghead women and children when there are political points to be made? [/sarc]
August 25th, 2007 at 1:29 pm
OH MY GOD!…..
Jules let Moqtada al-Sadr guest post….We are doomed….:).
August 25th, 2007 at 2:12 pm
Anytime superstition can be replaced with knowledge, it’s a good thing.
August 25th, 2007 at 2:25 pm
OH MY GOD!…..Jules let Moqtada al-Sadr guest post….We are doomed….:).
That’s right, Filthy Dog of an Infidel - pray to your Wussy Christian God who does not even Smite Unbelievers for all the good it will do you! May the Fleas of a Thousand Enraged Yaks infest your undergarments!
What good are children to the Jihad anyway? They are too small to strap bombs to!
BAH!!!
August 25th, 2007 at 3:18 pm
Now Now…Moqtada.
What is this shit-e…you spread….Fleas?…The only fleas here, end in m-a-r-k-e-t-s
August 25th, 2007 at 4:37 pm
Moqtada al-Sadr
Lemme see
August 25th, 2007 at 4:40 pm
Lemme see, once again…
Moqtada al-Sadr
August 25th, 2007 at 4:40 pm
TA DA!
August 25th, 2007 at 4:44 pm
Unclean One!
That shameless woman is worthy only to be beaten upon the soles of her feet, thrice daily! Why does her husband allow her to bleat like a dyspeptic she-goat upon the Intertubes, instead of walking three steps behind him, as is proper, with her head bowed and her unclean form swathed in yard of hot, stiflling fabric?
A LA LA LA LA LA LA!!!!!!
August 25th, 2007 at 4:46 pm
and her unclean form swathed in yard of hot, stiflling fabric?
See? The Impudent One hath stolen the “s” from my “yard”.
She shall be chastised for making me look ignorant, I tell you!
August 25th, 2007 at 4:48 pm
August 25th, 2007 at 5:10 pm
Bearded One of Sweaty Nature (including armpits and toes)
I understand that you can not spell, for the sweat rolls from those fat pouches that we call cheeks and blocks what you see.
Wait until the Sunni Three named Achmed, Farouk and Ali return THEN we shall, HA!
August 25th, 2007 at 5:15 pm
OOOOOPPPPPSSSSS
Your spelling ailment, is contagious, spilling even to grammar…for I left out (then we shall SEE)…BUT my Grammar died long time ago.
August 25th, 2007 at 6:17 pm
It is not you, my friend. You are a man, and therefore perfect in the Eyes of Allah the Wondrous, the Magnificent, PBUH…. inphallible, in fact.
It is that Devil Woman. She steals even ENTIRE WORDS from your sentences!
August 25th, 2007 at 7:03 pm
inphallible
How did you know, I am losing hair? (you are all seeing, when sweat is out of the way)
She steals even ENTIRE WORDS from your sentences!
Then I get out from my sentences, early? I figure if “she” steals more WORDS, no later then 2010…With cleaning the erasers, maybe earlier.
August 25th, 2007 at 10:14 pm
To Muktard the Satyr:
I shoot razzberry at you!
Pfffffft!!!!!!
August 25th, 2007 at 11:54 pm
Bah! Insolent Son of a Camel!
There is only one fate for those who eat of the decadent fruit of the raspberry!
DEATH BY BEHEADING! You must all die a thousand deaths for insulting the Prophet with your ridiculous fruit!
August 26th, 2007 at 1:06 am
Ahh shaddap or I’ll slap you up side the head with my cucumber.
And you do not want to make me pelt you with tomatoes.