[SeaBiscuit]

This kind of thing would win hearts and minds.. but it's a shame, a real shame that we can only dream that you would see this on the front page of American newspapers..let alone foreign.

"As an Army convoy prepared to depart after dropping off blankets, an Iraqi boy came out to say goodbye clutching a stuffed toy--and an American flag."

[killjoy]

This kind of thing would win hearts and minds.. but it's a shame, a real shame that we can only dream that you would see this on the front page of American newspapers..let alone foreign.

I don't really care if it is in the US press. We are not fighting against Americans. It needs to be published in Iraq and Afghanistan.

[kinghorse]

Benevolence and ruthlessness. I guess we needed a pause to show the kids our benevolent side before resuming the task of taking out their lost older generation. Good stuff.

[Darnright]

What a sweet expression!

[teawithmisswilliams]

Wonder what Grandma ("It's for the CHILDREN") Pelosi would say about that picture.

May God bless that little boy.

[Kenton]

"As an Army convoy prepared to depart after dropping off blankets, an Iraqi boy came out to say goodbye clutching a stuffed toy--and an American flag."

I don't think the New York Times could print that unless they also included ominous comparisons to American Indians and smallpox-inflected blankets.