Human agony - would you support wars if the man on the picture was you?

I wonder when we profess to be Christians or other God fearing religion and at the same time we find excuses to permit violence are we not thinking about "them" not to be like us? What would your child tell you if he/she had to go through concrete/war walls to go to school? Picture and commentary from AP.

Ali Jassim mourns as he takes part in the funeral procession for his brother Isam, in Shiite holly city of Najaf, 160 kilometers (100 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, April 22, 2007. Isam Jasim, age 13 was killed by unknown gunmen in the Shiite Muslim city of Kufa. (AP Photo/Alaa al-Marjani).
Schoolchildren pass concrete walls in Adhamiya district in Baghdad April 22, 2007. The U.S. military is putting up concrete walls to protect five neighbourhoods in Baghdad in a new strategy some residents said on Sunday would isolate them from other communities and sharpen sectarian tensions. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani (IRAQ)

Clare Lindley

While visiting London had the opportunity to listen a folk music trio playing Irish and Scotish music. Clare Lindley and Brian Mullan were part of the trio. They are superb musicians with lots of talent. Clare is a very charming/beautiful woman and Brian a soft/gentle person. If need more info about them they have a page in myspace.com and a page of Kooch.
Photos below were found in related web articles.

Jan Allain and Clare Lindley

Clare's charm, her smile and her fiddle.

This pic reminds me the second and last time I heard them play in a pub in the east side of London, or was it the south east? Regardless, it was a lovely evening that lasted after closing of the Tube so had to take an early AM bus trip on top of a double decker.

April 6, 2007 Dutch Soldiers Stress Restraint in Afghanistan

From article published in the New York Times.

(Tyler Hicks/The New York Times) In south-central Afghanistan, a region controlled by the Taliban and tribes opposed to the central government, a Dutch-led task force has been pursuing a counter-insurgency approach. Its tactic emphasizes development and diplomacy over hunting and killing of Taliban fighters.

Child begging for money?

Pictures by Guo Jihong published by China Daily. "These photos show some children forcefully begging for money from pedestrians in the Pearl River Delta. The young beggars are mostly children of poor migrant workers. At times they even assault pedestrians."