Kids of Iraq

I'd like to take a moment to post about an organization that I was involved with while I was deployed to Iraq last winter. Kids of Iraq started as an outreach to the community from a military facility in central Iraq to the local residents "outside the wire". Some of the company grade officers had the idea that they could collect clothes and school supplies from the US and distribute them to children in the area. That's where I got involved. Since then it has blossomed and grown far beyond anything I had envisioned while I was there. I have to admit here that I had very little to do with this growth other than to let a couple of people know that the effort existed. They took it from there and made it much more than I could have imagined. Check out the photo gallery to see some graphic pictures of American servicemen "abusing" Iraqi children. This is what America is really about, not an imperialistic effort to rule the world, but a true generosity and willingness to share our wealth with those less fortunate. We should all make an effort to support causes and organizations like this.