Comments on: Video: Iraqi boy scouts go camping in Baghdad

By: chicagoray

chicagoray — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 04:34:30 +0000

This is whats called winning hearts and minds, cannot win the cold and hardened hearts of the lifelong miserable life under Saddam Iraqis all the time, but the children can still be saved. That’s why were there I thought.

By: tickleddragon

tickleddragon — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 22:43:55 +0000

Question for Hiraghm…

Uh…WHAT??

By: Troy Rasmussen

Troy Rasmussen — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 20:00:15 +0000

In the interest of disclosure, I belive that the scouting program is perhaps the best youth oriented program to help develop young men into responsible, civic minded and respectable adults.

As a former Assistan Scoutmaster and Scoutmaster,this clip makes me very proud to be a member of the World of Scouting.

All of that said, I think this was probably one of the best clips that HotAir as offered, and there have been some really, really good clips here in the last year.

By: honora

honora — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 17:01:29 +0000

Wonder if they have different badges? Recognizing Virgins; Incendiary Devices; Finger Painting……

By: Hiraghm

Hiraghm — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 16:49:32 +0000

Another question just popped into my head:

How can we lose the war when we refuse to have an enemy?

By: Hiraghm

Hiraghm — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 16:47:13 +0000

sigh More evidence that America is populated by perverts. Merriam-Webster My question: is Islam compatible with Scouting? My other question is, why is Townhall.com so much more conservative than Hotair? Moslem Boy Scouts... Baden-Powell would be proud.

By: JinxMcHue

JinxMcHue — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 14:41:09 +0000

Look what Wiki says about the history of Scouting in Iraq:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_Boy_Scouts_and_Girl_Guides_Council

After the Baath party took control in 1968 and especially after Saddam Hussein seized power in 1979, youth groups were retooled to serve the state. One replacement program, Saddam’s Cubs, offered “summer camps” where 10 to 15 year-old boys endured 14-hour days filled with hand-to-hand fighting drills. In 1990, during the period when the Iraq Boy Scouts and Girl Guides Council (Arabic: جمعية الكشافة و المرشدين العراقية ) was recognized by WOSM, the Mesopotamian nation had 12,000 Scouts, however by 1999, Iraq had been expelled from the WOSM.

Yes, it was a really awful thing that we took that jackhole out of power.

By: WastelandMan

WastelandMan — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 14:24:49 +0000

Dang Ya’ll,

What a way to start the day, with a tear in my eye seeing that
boy scout on the bus holding scout hand sign.

From a continuing Eagle Scout, I salute you all Iraqi youth.
God bless you and keep you safe.

-Wasteland Man

By: manwithblackhat

manwithblackhat — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 13:20:00 +0000

A Scout volunteer in the DC area named Chip Beck played a big role in reviving Boy Scouting in Iraq a few years ago.

Interesting point, the various religious groups do not want to form separate scout associations, which is common in many countries. (Israel has eight separate Scout associations, for example, separated by religion or ethnicity.) The Sunnis and the Shi’ites all want to work together in Scouting. This is great news.

And this old Eagle Scout is proud to still wear the uniform, and equally proud to see the vision of Lord Baden-Powell bringing peace and brotherhood in the most unlikely of places.

To read more about it, click here.

By: driller

driller — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 12:54:44 +0000

First, I witnessed a Russian adult Boy Scout leader lead us in the Scout Oath and Law at the national BSA meeting in the 90′s, now this! Boy Scouts, our last, best hope for teaching boys and young men timeless values and principles to live by! God bless the Boy Scouts.

By: csdeven

csdeven — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 12:17:30 +0000

I think the work clothes were actually soccer uniforms. Regardless, it is a great story only seen on Hotair.

By: Hening

Hening — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 12:00:55 +0000

Where were the homosexual protestors?
I thought all boy scouts were Christian nazi youth?

By: Catie96706

Catie96706 — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 11:10:55 +0000

What a great story but know the MSM & Dims will ignore it.

By: PinkyBigglesworth

PinkyBigglesworth — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 05:45:12 +0000

Sorry, posted too fast,

with respect

csdeven on April 26, 2007 at 12:21 AM

By: PinkyBigglesworth

PinkyBigglesworth — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 05:43:34 +0000

Scout Oath:

On my honor I will do my best,
To do my duty, to God and my country,
and to obey the Scout Law;
To help other people at all times;
To keep myself physically strong,
mentally awake, and morally straight.

By: profitsbeard

profitsbeard — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 05:32:54 +0000

I’ll bet they have some interesting merit badges.

By: HarryStar

HarryStar — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 05:30:30 +0000

As an Assistant Scoutmaster, I would also like to add the Scout Law.

You talk about a Scout being Brave though??? A very inspiring story indeed, one to pass along to Scouts all over the world!!

Too bad somebody couldn’t sponsor them to attend the World Jamboree

By: sonnyspats1

sonnyspats1 — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 05:18:31 +0000

Hey thats not fair.They get to have epaullets and all on their uniforms all we had in the Navy cadets were regulation blues. Plus they have two uniforms, did you notice they changed after the work project.

By: csdeven

csdeven — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 04:21:45 +0000

PinkyBigglesworth on April 25, 2007 at 11:53 PM

I knew I sensed a real moral committment in your writings. Cheers to you!
My accomplishments in Scouting were as a Scoutmaster, Woodbadge recipient, Woodbadge staff several times, etc. I am not active now, and not knowing the structure of the Iraqi Scout program, I’d bet there isn’t a potential terrorist in that group of Iraqi Scouts.

Everything Harry Reid’s not.
amerpundit on April 25, 2007 at 11:52 PM

Right on!

By: thedecider

thedecider — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 04:20:57 +0000

Another story the MSM will never show us. Only on Hot Air, folks.

By: Vincenzo

Vincenzo — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 04:06:29 +0000

so if we lost, then the boy scouts must have won?

By: PinkyBigglesworth

PinkyBigglesworth — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 03:53:10 +0000

csdeven on April 25, 2007 at 11:35 PM

Beat me to it…… well done.

As an Eagle Scout, Sea Explorer, Scout Master, besides our troops and the brave Iraqis’, this gives hope…..

God Bless the Boy Scouts around the World…

By: amerpundit

amerpundit — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 03:52:33 +0000

A Scout is….

Trustworthy
Loyal
Helpful
Friendly
courteous
Kind
Obedient
Cheeful
Thrifty
Brave
Clean
Reverant

Everything Harry Reid’s not.

By: Limerick

Limerick — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 03:51:30 +0000

Hope vs despair. The choice in 08.

Exit question: How long before KosTube flags it?

By: csdeven

csdeven — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 03:35:21 +0000

A Scout is….

Trustworthy
Loyal
Helpful
Friendly
courteous
Kind
Obedient
Cheeful
Thrifty
Brave
Clean
Reverant

and always hungry.