Iraqi kids surrounded me in swarms, hands out, asking for water and food. I kept hearing the last words [my wife] Brandi said to me before I flew out: "Don't you let those terrorists near you, Josh. Even if they are kids. Get them before they get you."
http://www.macleans.ca/world/global/article.jsp?content=20070205_140356_140356
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That is no way to "win the hearts and minds" of the people you are supposed to be liberating.
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"and the knowledge they fear is a weapon to be used against them"
"The Weapon" - Rush
We need more *individuals* to blow the whistle of truth
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[juris ignorantia est cum jus nostrum ignoramus]
"If only I could steal enough, to become honest"
Peter Seller in some or another movie role
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Expect little from life and get more from it.