Thank the army, not the jungle, for the
rescue of four Colombian children
American Thinker,
by
Monica Showalter
Original Article
Posted By: DVC,
6/11/2023 9:40:49 PM
Following the news of a dramatic rescue of four children lost in the Amazon jungle, Colombia's far-left president, Gustavo Petro, praised the children who survived in that fearsome wilderness for 40 days as "children of the jungle."
"The jungle saved them" Petro said. "They are children of the jungle, and now they are also children of Colombia.
"Children of the jungle"?
That's like calling children who survived a nuclear meltdown "children of the reactor" or kids who survived under earthquake rubble "children of the temblor." Does anyone call champion surfer Bethany Hamilton, who was injured in a shark attack as a young girl a "child of the shark"?
Reply 1 - Posted by:
jayjeti 6/11/2023 9:54:27 PM (No. 1489967)
The kids were part of an indigenous group and apparently knew how to survive in the jungle.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
DVC 6/11/2023 10:40:25 PM (No. 1489992)
Re #1, if you read the article, they lived in a city of 500,000 and their first names, and mother's first name indicate Christian upbringing for at least two generations. Perhaps had indigenous ancestors, but probably never actually lived in the jungle.
Perhaps some limited knowledge, but not like they lived in grass huts in the jungle.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
HisHandmaiden 6/12/2023 1:35:08 AM (No. 1490005)
FTA: “That was the whole problem with the lefty narratives’ surrounding this jungle rescue…
They're disaster survivors, and yes, it was they, not the jungle, whose survival actions brought forth their heroism.’”
No, not they nor the jungle, but God, The Almighty.
He cares for His Children … [Trust Him, read John’s Gospel, if you have any doubt, learn of Jehovah-shammah. The LORD is there.]
TBIYTC
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Timber Queen 6/12/2023 1:37:34 AM (No. 1490006)
This amazing 13-year-old girl keeps herself, and her 9, 7 and 1 year-old siblings, alive in a jungle wilderness for 40 days (rather Biblical, just sayin'), and Columbia's sick communist "President" claims the credit for their survival on the mercy of the jungle respecting the indigenous people's synergistic wisdom. Puleeze!
As #2 points out, the young girl has indigenous heritage but is at least a third generation city dweller. However, the truth doesn't fit the narrative so the communists ignore the courage, stamina and ingenuity of this young girl who kept herself and siblings alive against the odds in that jungle. They ignore the army, along with the assistance of real, local indigenous people who rescued the children. Instead of the President lauding this young girl and celebrating her incredible story of survival against the odds, he callously uses her ordeal to sell the dangerous communist Gaia mythology of a benign natural world. Of all the crazy commie ideologies, a nurturing Mother Nature is the most insane. Evil, evil, evil. The evil in this story compounds upon itself in layers.
God bless this young girl and her siblings. It sounds like the children have very loving grandparents that will raise them well. They tragically lost their daughter, and these four young children lost their mother. No father was mentioned in the story, even though the youngest in only one-year-old. These children have a very long recovery. I pray for them. Holy Mother Mary, wrap your mantle of protection around them. Amen. God bless these motherless children.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
felixcat 6/12/2023 8:15:27 AM (No. 1490121)
So they're like the high school kids on the series Yellowjackets?
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Vaquero45 6/12/2023 10:51:06 AM (No. 1490239)
Well said, Ms. Showalter. Tell that fathead in Colombia to shut his piehole.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Strike3 6/12/2023 11:22:21 AM (No. 1490261)
Over-thinking going on here. God's creation of every region on earth provides food, water and shelter along with a variety of predators, hazards and traps. Common sense and a survival attitude makes the difference. The Jungle, just like the Alaskan wilderness or the Serengeti cares little about what lives and what dies within it. The strong survive. No matter where the 13-year-old girl lived previously, she did an incredible job of keeping the group alive and relatively safe. As for the Colombian president, leftists are morons the world over.
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I'd love to have a chance to have lunch with Ms. Showalter. She strikes me as a very smart woman, and I think I'd enjoy a chance to "visit" with her for a bit.