What's In the Kool-Aid at UNICEF?

I heard about this fundraising campaign in Belgium being talked about on the radio yesterday, but I didn't imagine how horrific it might be. Although the word picture painted by the description was pretty macabre, seeing this screen shot from the fundraising campaign video using the beloved Smurfs just solidifies my anger.

UNICEF, the wing of the UN that does fundraising for humanitarian aid for children, is using this newest anti-war video in their latest donation drives. Breibart broke the story today via the AP. Here's a snippet:

Smurfette is left for dead. Baby Smurf is left crying and orphaned as the Smurf's village is carpet bombed by warplanes _ a horrific scene and imagery not normally associated with the lovable blue-skinned
cartoon characters.

These are the scenes being shown as part of a new UNICEF ad-campaign on Belgian television.

"It's working. We are getting a lot of reactions and people are logging on to our Web site," UNICEF Belgium spokesman Philippe Henon said Tuesday.

The Belgian office of the U.N. children's fund said it has decided to use the creations of late Belgian artist Peyo to shock a complacent public into backing its fund-raising efforts for ex-child soldiers in Africa.

The 20-second video commercial clip now being shown on Belgian TV aims to show that war can happen in the most innocent of places, Henon said.

"We get reactions from all over the place," said Henon. "People are shocked and want to know the reasons behind this cartoon image."

The appeal is meant to raise money for UNICEF projects in Burundi, Congo and Sudan, Henon said. However, due to its graphic and disturbing scenes, this cartoon is not for everyone. The advertisement is aimed at an adult audience and is only shown after 9 p.m. to avoid upsetting young Smurfs fans.

The video is peacefully introduced by birds, butterflies and happy smurfs playing and singing their theme song when suddenly out of the sky, bombs rain down onto their forest village, scattering Papa Smurf and the rest as their houses are set ablaze.

The bombs kill Smurfette leaving Baby Smurf orphaned and crying at the edge of a crater in the last scene of the video and finishing of with the text "don't let war destroy the children's world."

It calls on viewers to donate.

Remember, one of the famous ambassadors for UNICEF is the beloved Hollyweirdette, Angelina Jolie. "Jolie has been a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations High Commission for Refugees since 2001."

I don't know about you all, but I've never believed that any arm of the UN was serving the United States any purpose whatsoever. I'm still waiting for Bolton to lop off those top 10 floors. He was right... it WOULD be a good start!

As my friend likes to refer to them, they really should be called the "UNTIED" Nations!