Only this morning, as I jumped out of bed and turned on CNN did I have a bit of an awakening of a different kind. They were showing young men-soldiers-in Russia.. being beaten vorociously; kicked, punched, made to stand in impossible positions. As the newscaster announced that the young boy who was severely beaten and given no hospital care now had to have his legs and testicles removed and was in better health! Oh lord... and yesterday, watching the young boys being soldiers in Africa, in Palestine, in Lebanon--it's all they know.
When I was in Lebanon during the Israeli invasion, I heard a story from a man soldier who said he had his machine gun aimed at a tank, now stuck in the sand, seemingly alone with no survivors. As the wind blowing was the only sound heard, he felt a presence. Soon, as sweat beat down his face, he noticed a small shadow... it was a young boy with a machine gun now aiming right back to the man soldier. What were his choices? To kill this boy or to be killed? What do you think you would do in a war situation? Remember, or try to imagine scenes where is destruction and threatening life experiences occurring--we often see everyone running--each man for himself... what was he going to do?
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