Farris Hassan's Iraqi Adventure

A 16 year old from Ft. Lauderdale, Farris Hassan, had an excellent adventure over the Christmas holiday vacation. He went to Kuwait and Iraq...without telling his family. He's of Arab heritage, from his mom and pop, but doesn't speak Arabic.

The kid's an idealist and most importantly doesn't seem to be a jihadist wannabe. He seemed to be on a learning mission-learning what it's really like over there. He competed an essay during his adventure which he sent to his teachers. An excerpt:

"There is a struggle in Iraq between good and evil, between those striving for freedom and liberty and those striving for death and destruction."

"Those terrorists are not human but pure evil. For their goals to be thwarted, decent individuals must answer justice's call for help. Unfortunately altruism is always in short supply. Not enough are willing to set aside the material ambitions of this transient world, put morality first, and risk their lives for the cause of humanity. So I will."

Pretty intelligent kid, actually, but not really very smart to have made the trip in his own fashion. I'm glad to know there is at least one Florida youngster like him.

(Discovered at Michelle Malkin's blog)