"Iraqi Kids Play Make Believe War Games"

I think it's hard to ask these kids to stop their "war games" when all they see in the real world around them is war itself. Perhaps their make-believe games is a way of dealing with the real horrors and fightings? They don't have much of a distraction or get away. It really is sad to know that instead of make-believe games consisting of magic and fairy tales, children are playing games involving all they know. What is the world coming to?