WELCOME TO CAPITALISM

"Childhood is the happiest, most carefree of times. That is, unless your country has been torn apart by war. The United Nations estimates that children in 50 countries are currently growing up in the midst of war or its ugly aftermath. In the past decades, 2 million children have been killed and 6 million injured in war-torn places. And 23 million children have been forced from their homes." (Yahoo News, 18 July) RD