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Sheesh. Classic. Who wouldn't pay to see that??
My daughter is 13, so she's a little more aware of what's going on. She also gets a daily dose of Channel 1 (owned by Clear Channel) at school. Here's the good part: she's already a flaming left-winger. So, her first period teacher has learned to give my daughter a few minutes after the Channel 1 broadcast for some counter-point information. She's very well-informed about the war, the lies that took us there, and the repurcussions. She takes on her classmates routinely who are fascinated with the war, since it's like a big video game, right? One kid wears a tee shirt that says "Texas is bigger than France." She explained to him how stupid that was, then complained to a teacher when he wore a "Terrorist Hunting Season" shirt. You gotta wonder what some folks tell their children at home.
My SO has young children, 8 and 6. They asked questions about the war. He explained that our government wanted something Iraq has, so they made up lies to go to war and steal from them. He also made sure they know this is the first time the US has invaded another country. He used a great analogy:
There's a man who owns a gas station on the corner. We decide we want the gas station, and we don't like the man any more. So we drive through the front window, shoot him and his family, and take everything he has. Then we change the name on the gas station and run it as ours.
Sounds accurate to me.
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