Posted on 04/02/2013 8:00:21 AM PDT by rktman
It is one of the most shocking images from the Syrian war. An eight-year-old boy draws deeply on a cigarette, the small fingers of his other hand clutching a an AK-47 rifle that balances awkwardly against his chest.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
At that age my dad used to have me go in the store to get him a pack of cigs. Didn’t smoke them though.
Are they Newports like Øbama sucks on?
Newports is a US “urban” thing.
My guess would be some local brand.
He’s celebrating having a Super Big Gulp, because he’s too young for unprotected sex.
Well, Junior is going to have a hard time hitting anything with that weapon. This is a staged photo.
If I’m fighting in a war, at 10 years old, and I decide I want a smoke
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Well, us ‘normal’ civilized people know what is right because we are smart enough to NOT ALLOW a person of 20 1/2 with a tour (or two) in ‘Indian Country’ the right to sit down and drink a beer in a bar. /s...
I'm not sure which will kill him sooner... the smoke or the gun...I just hope he'll survive!!
I am truly beginning to wonder if we normal civilized people actually know anything at all anymore.
You know it strikes me that this 10 year old smoker armed with a >>weapon of war<< is man enough to fight for the future of his country...
Whereas our 10 year olds are taught about gay marriage, glowbull warming, and are suspended from school for nibbling pop tarts in an improper fashion and for brining butter knives to school to cut their pears.
I’m starting to feel like I am in the wrong place.
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