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NNN0LHI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-16-09 09:34 AM
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Honor guard adopts toddler as boy soldier
http://www.suntimes.com/news/nation/1432740,CST-NWS-tod16.article

February 16, 2009

BY MARK MUCKENFUSS

Attention!

Jacob Vo snaps to.

His white gloved hands press the sides of his uniform, chin up, eyes front, black shiny shoes neatly touching. When he salutes, you can tell he means it.

Never mind that he's just 2.

Jacob, the nephew of Tech. Sgt. Neil Ballecer, has become the unofficial mascot of the Total Force Blue Eagle Honor Guard, headquartered at March Air Reserve Base in Riverside, Calif.
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HarukaTheTrophyWife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-16-09 09:40 AM
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1. Aw, that's cute
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PassingFair Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-16-09 09:45 AM
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2. Adorable.
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HarukaTheTrophyWife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-16-09 09:48 AM
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3. When we have drugged, brainwashed kids fighting wars, the comparison is apt
Until then, it's not.
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PassingFair Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-16-09 09:55 AM
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6. Awwwwwww!


Militarizing kids is TOO cute for words.
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gratuitous Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-16-09 09:49 AM
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4. In khaki by two or he'll be a terrorist true
More militarism, that's the answer!
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Veritas_et_Aequitas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-16-09 09:50 AM
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5. Well, as long as he doesn't become the next Caligula, cute. nt
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