If The First Casualty Of War Is Innocence, Then Perhaps With Each Bullet Fired, Bomb Detonated, Leader Overthrown, Wall Built, Economy Destroyed And Family Member Killed, We Are Not Creating Goodwill And Harmony, But Rather Another Child Who Believes Violence Is The Only Means To Bring About Change In The World.

-Michael Franti

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If The First Casualty Of War Is

Michael Franti

If The First Casualty Of War Is Innocence, Then Perhaps With Each Bullet Fired, Bomb Detonated, Leader Overthrown, Wall Built, Economy Destroyed And Family Member Killed, We Are Not Creating Goodwill And Harmony, But Rather Another Child Who Believes Violence Is The Only Means To Bring About Change In The World.

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Children

Wall

War

I Went To Iraq Because I Wanted To See What One Year Of Occupation Had Done To Iraqi Society, And I Went To The West Bank And Gaza Strip Because I Wanted To See What Three Generations Of Occupation Had Done To Palestinian Society. I Found A Lot More Hopelessness And Despair In Palestine.

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Gaza Strip

Iraq