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THAT FIRST GULF WAR ON T.V. In blissful ignorance I cheered Along with the rest of the American idiots Bomb those **** Iraqi's Oh you can't mess with the USA.... Then it happens, the media focused in on a truckload of orphaned Iraqi children They were just innocent little kids You could see the trauma reflected in their shell-shocked eyes I cried with self-loathing, empathy, Stop, what are we doing... I just wanted to hug those children and make them all better This was the turning point in my world view.
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May 28, 2013
May 28, 2013 at 9:41 AM UTC
THE TURNING POINT OF MY WORLD VIEW
THAT FIRST GULF WAR ON T.V. In blissful ignorance I cheered Along with the rest of the American idiots Bomb those **** Iraqi's Oh you can't mess with the USA.... Then it happens, the media focused in on a truckload of orphaned Iraqi children They were just innocent little kids You could see the trauma reflected in their shell-shocked eyes I cried with self-loathing, empathy, Stop, what are we doing... I just wanted to hug those children and make them all better This was the turning point in my world view.
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63/M/Armenian
May 28, 2013
May 28, 2013 at 9:41 AM UTC
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