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Fear of monsters A tale of the Bosnian War
World Defense Review ^ | October 12, 2005 | W. THOMAS SMITH JR.

Posted on 10/12/2005 7:51:24 AM PDT by VirginiaMil

As bedtime approached, some of the children began to cry, fearful that "the soldiers" were going to come and kill them in their sleep.

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1 posted on 10/12/2005 7:51:34 AM PDT by VirginiaMil
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To: VirginiaMil

"As I later would discover, the children were deathly afraid of soldiers, far more so than any American kid would be of monsters under the bed; and for good reason. A mere two days before, these kids had witnessed the sniper-shooting of an old man and his granddaughter. They had been rousted from their beds in the middle of the night. And their fathers and older brothers had been taken away by the Serbian army."

Any child would fear a "soldier" after seeing that.


2 posted on 10/12/2005 7:57:30 AM PDT by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
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To: nmh
Not to worry. UNICEF will cure their fears with their Smurf bombing cartoon.
3 posted on 10/12/2005 8:09:21 AM PDT by Ides of March (Beware.)
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To: nmh
Show them a picture of James Carville and they will have something else to fear.
4 posted on 10/12/2005 8:17:07 AM PDT by verity (Don't let your children grow up to be mainstream media maggots.)
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