Afghan children

Many years ago I wrote about the idea that America should not intervene in the affairs of foreign countries unless there was a threat to the US. To illustrate that may not always be the case, I posed the example of foreign soldiers throwing babies into the air and catching them on their bayonets. While this seemed absurd at the time it now seems possible. When you see the things that Al Qaeda and other terror groups are doing to innocent people including children we may soon find out how the civilized world will respond. "UNICEF is shocked by the rapid escalation of grave violations against children in Afghanistan. In the last 72 hours, 20 children have been killed and 130 children have been injured in Kandahar province. "These atrocities are also evidence of the brutal nature and scale of violence in Afghanistan which preys on already vulnerable children. While children have always died in war they were considered collateral damage but these children are being singled out and killed to put fear into the people. Hundreds of children are currently held by the authorities for alleged involvement with the Taliban, or other armed groups, and are often subjected to torture, according to a statement by HRW.