i remember in Spring 2003 - right before Shock and Awe - the kids in Iraq

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Were being interviewed.

They were out in the boondocks somewhere and the reporter and her film crew said, "What do you kids like?"

And one of the kids starting dancing like He was in a MTV video and the reporter said, "So do you kids like Britney Spears?"

And these eight and nine year olds started dancing and flinging their bodies about like Hip Hop masters. One of them came up to the camera and gave a big smile, super close up, and said, "I LOVE BRITNEY!"

And it reminded me of the Universal Kid - when my son was that age, he was all into the "Moon Walk" of Michael Jackson.

And they were so happy and so pure, and now I have to wonder, where are they and what has become of their world?