[Dawn] THE State of Pakistain's Children 2012 quotes from the UN Secretary General's Report on Children in Armed Conflicts: "In 2011 there were 11 incidents of children being used in suicide kabooms by bad boy groups operating in the country (Pakistain). The attackers included 10 boys some as young as 13 years and a nine-year old girl."
The use of children in armed conflicts to fight the heinous wars of unscrupulous men has emerged as quite a common phenomenon worldwide. Young children are trained to use the gun and they are desensitised to human suffering so that life has no value for them. That is why they kill with impunity. Moreover, children are themselves victims of the violence and militancy that now grip Pakistain.
This is something very disturbing. It means that the cycle of violence will be perpetuated ad infinitum. Children who grow up in a violent environment become violent adults who accept death and destruction as something normal. Thus the cycle goes on from one generation to the next. This is not an ideal scenario for any society.
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Moslem Values. And heroism...don't forget the many fine examples of Moslem heroism.
And is there any truth that the word for dirty nigger " Kuffir " is related to the American Plantation word "Coffle."? You know, like in a chain gang coffle of slaves.
Arab word. Amazing.
And never forget Saudi is our friend and Pakistan is our American ally. Both countries known for their resolute courage and honesty.
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The Turkish soldiers were ferocious in the Korean War, according to my uncle. Absolutely hated and aggressively went after the Chinese at every opportunity.
He said that, after a while, all they had to do is issue a radio report over a clear channel that a Turkish Brigade was moving up and the Chinese broke camp and moved out.
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More than two decades ago, President George H.W. Bush decided he would rid the world of chemical weapons. The United Nations Chemical Weapons Convention has had the predictable result that the United States has eliminated all such arms in its arsenal, leaving only bad guys like Mr. Assad with stockpiles of Sarin nerve gas and other toxic chemical weapons.
No one can say for sure whether the threat of retaliation in kind would have affected recent calculations about the use of such weapons in Syria. What we do know is that they have been used, evidently repeatedly, in the absence of such a deterrent.
Unfortunately, Mr. Obama seems determined to repeat this dangerous experiment with Americas nuclear forces. He has made it national policy to rid the world of these weapons. As with our chemical stockpile, Mr. Obama seems determined to set an example in the hope that others will follow.
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It's like the gun grabbers. They fail to understand that to reduce the number of guns in society, the way is to provide an environment where the citizenry believes that it will receive real security and justice, not propaganda. Short of that, the citizenry will look to its own. No different for the world. If nations can expect real security and justice, then arms become less of an issue. Real history, not to be confused with 'social justice' Marxist theory, shows that such a sustainable condition is very unlikely for generations, if at all. The Euros came close but only through military welfare from the Americans, which as with all things, is quickly run out, along with the dollars that sustained it.
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