This may sound cruel, but why are we making an argument for war based on the death of 20 or so Syrian children? The untimely death of a child anywhere is a tragedy, but what about the infant mortality rate in our inner cities, a death rate that in many cases rivals that of underdeveloped third world countries? You never hear our "leaders" going on about that. A group called "Save the Children" issued a report recently that I read on-line that said "the US has the highest first-day infant death rate in the industrialized world". A number of deaths put at 11,300. The same group also noted that the death rate is "...50 % more than all the other industrialized countries in the report combined". The date on this report was May 7, 2013.
Lets show our concern for all children who die before they have a chance to enjoy life.
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