CNN is also carrying this as their (current) top news story:

'Web of miracles' join soldier, disabled Iraqi boy - CNN.com^

With pictures, in case you care...

/not subby

Wow. That is such an amazing thing to read about right before Christmas.

/God bless them.

I smell one future Trollarific thread.

Awesome. Absolutely awesome.

[HERO] is right.

Relatively Obscure: I smell one future Trollarific thread.

Sigh, exactly what I thought. It hasn't started yet though.

*reluctantly makes popcorn*

Well Deserved Hero Tag

Relatively Obscure: I smell one future Trollarific thread.

*sigh* sadly you're right

Thats un-American!

/Hopefully all the troll we'll see on this thread.
//Well-deserved hero tag.

I Said: Well Deserved Hero Tag

Relatively Obscure: I smell one future Trollarific thread.

*sigh* sadly you're right

You wanna share the popcorn? I'm trying to lose weight.

What better way to get a future jihadi into the U.S.

Goddamn these republican warmongers for creating cerebral palsy! If we weren't there meddling he never would have been sick!

/It's okay subby
//disabled is more vague, better trollbait

/nuff said

SuperDuper28: What better way to get a future jihadi into the U.S.

THIS IS WHY WE CAN'T HAVE NICE THREADS

SuperDuper28: What better way to get a future jihadi into the U.S.

Ahh, there it is.

jeepmedic: /nuff said

Thanks, I'm almost done.

SuperDuper28: What better way to get a future jihadi into the U.S.

Yeah I'll have some Barakku.

Let me get the sodas first though.

All those soldiers should be required to adopt all the war orphans.

My question is, will he still continue to raise his adoptive son in the faith of his birth, or is he going to try and convert him?

EarthMomma: All those soldiers should be required to adopt all the war orphans.

Whoo! Now we'll get warring trolls! $3 on the hippy!

FTA
At 13, he's doubled his weight to 111 pounds.

Sounds like he is fitting in just fine in Wisconsin.

PacMan8326: My question is, will he still continue to raise his adoptive son in the faith of his birth, or is he going to try and convert him?

Um, who cares?

Bet he was a Democrat. Those Republicans are not so much inclined for compassion to brown skinned people.

"Southworth's decision was cemented in spring 2004, while he and his comrades watched Mel Gibson's film, "The Passion of the Christ." Jesus Christ's sacrifice moved him. He imagined meeting Christ and Ala'a in heaven, where Ala'a asked: "Baba, why didn't you ever come back to get me?""


"Everything that I came up with as a response I felt ashamed. I wouldn't want to stand in the presence of Jesus and Ala'a and say those things to him."



So he did it because he's a Christian? Well, if there's one thing I have learned from Atheist farkers, it's that this guy is a complete douchebag.

Sniff sniff.

Soldier is a hero...

...The "war" is still a quagmire with no end in sight.

/me grabs some popcorn and waits for the moon-bats blaming the U.S. for crippling him in the first place.

Wow. Just wow.

/had tears in my eyes
//i wouldn't be that strong

montex
Bet he was a Democrat. Those Republicans are not so much inclined for compassion to brown skinned people.



He is (well, was going to) running for District Attorney as a Republican.

montex: Bet he was a Democrat. Those Republicans are not so much inclined for compassion to brown skinned people.

Todd300: Soldier is a hero...

...The "war" is still a quagmire with no end in sight.

kajoob: So he did it because he's a Christian? Well, if there's one thing I have learned from Atheist farkers, it's that this guy is a complete douchebag.

*Wets finger to test wind*
It's started, but critical mass has not yet been reached.
I Said Get me a Fresca.

montex

Bet he was a Democrat. Those Republicans are not so much inclined for compassion to brown skinned people.

Ding...Ding...Ding....we found another one of those "intelligent" democrats.

Well deserved hero Tag, world needs more people like this man.

/In before and Out before the ensuing flamewar.

I Said: PacMan8326: My question is, will he still continue to raise his adoptive son in the faith of his birth, or is he going to try and convert him?

Um, who cares?

Oh, I was just thinking about this scene in Gandhi where he told a guy that the only way he could make up for his sins was to adopt an orphan from his enemy's side, and raise him as his parents would have. Seems to me like if you're going to adopt an adolescent from another country, you should try to respect their heritage while you do it. Considering his deeply-held Christian beliefs, if he still managed to give his new son the option of worshipping in the manner to which he was accustomed, I'd respect him all the more.

Still, what he did is really nifty regardless.

Is he gonna name him Pepe?

/got nuthin'
//dnrtfa

PacMan8326: or is he going to try and convert him?

There are some Christians in Iraq, former Iraqi Foreign Minister Tariq Aziz is a Christian, so while most likely the boy is a Moslem, it's not a given that he is.

It's nice to read an article like this so close to Christmas.

this article made me smile in my heart...

My question is, will he still continue to raise his adoptive son in the faith of his birth, or is he going to try and convert him?

How does one have faith at birth?

Standing before you is a very slippery slope.

Good on him. CP is a terribly difficult thing to deal with, even in the western world with all of our modern conveniences and medical technology.

/Notice that most of the trolling so far is all 'pre-emptive strikes'? Clearly that strategy has worked so well they want to keep it up.

PacMan8326
I Said: PacMan8326: My question is, will he still continue to raise his adoptive son in the faith of his birth, or is he going to try and convert him?

The kid could be a part of the Christian minority, there is a sizable Christian population in larger cities like Baghdad.

I think the article said he was in a Catholic orphanage and was found on the street at age 3. Probably more RC than Muslim.

CaptainJuan: SuperDuper28: What better way to get a future jihadi into the U.S.

THIS IS WHY WE CAN'T HAVE NICE THREADS

eye laffed

Darth Shatner:

Standing before you is a very slippery slope.

Get: sled
Use: sled
Go: slope



Weeeeee!

A troll would say something along the lines of you break it, you adopt it. Said troll would have not read the article.

So, when is Oprah going to do a special on him?

/really cute and touching, actually.
//*cries*

The soldier is a pre-Madonna. Get it? Madonna, third world adoption. Well I thought it was funny. (Yes I know it's Prima donna)


Puts down beer.
Backs away.

Poesap
The soldier is a pre-Madonna. Get it? Madonna, third world adoption. Well I thought it was funny. (Yes I know it's Prima donna)



It's preamadona.

/pet peive

*sniff* Yay for that dude.

/Is it a Christmas miracle if this thread doesn't devolve into a flamewar?

Poesap:

I never explain a pun in its host post. Let it stew for a while. If the pun is of sufficient pungency, winces will follow soon enough. If it is too obscure or subtle (as yesterday all mine were) people just think you can't spell.

Now we can all feel good about the war.

"cause America is all about the helping and loving.


/Not like those Eye-raki monsters and what they did to Jessica Lynch.

He named the kid "Ammo", and takes him on missions.

That is so sweet, I can't stop crying.