Why We Are At War

[OJR]

I don't know who wrote this, but it is very interesting and well written.

Orlan

Some of you may not approve of the Iraqi war, and I hope this e-mail doesn't offend anyone, but it's one of the BEST explanation the war that I've ever read, and I feel I must pass it on.

This is the BEST explanation of WHY we are AMERICA, the Home of the Brave and the Land of the FREE!

The other day, my nine year old son wanted to know why we were at war. My husband looked at our son and then looked at me. My husband and I were in the Army during the Gulf War and we would be honored to serve and defend our
country again today. I knew that my husband would give him a good explanation.

My husband thought for a few minutes and then told my son to go stand in our front living room window. He told him: "Son, stand there and tell me what you see?"

"I see trees and cars and our neighbors houses." he replied.

"OK, now I want you to pretend that our house and our yard is the United States of America and you are President Bush."

Our son giggled and said "OK."

"Now son, I want you to look out the window and pretend that every house and yard on this block is a different country" my husband said.

"OK Dad, I'm pretending."

"Now I want you to stand there and look out the window and see that man come out of his house with his wife and he has her by the hair and is hitting her. You see her bleeding and crying. He hits her in the face, he throws her on the ground, then he starts to kick her to death. Their children run out and are afraid to stop him, they are crying, they are watching this but do nothing because they are kids and afraid of their
father. You see all of this son.... what do you do?"

"Dad?"

"What do you do son?"

"I call the police, Dad."

"OK. Pretend that the police are the United Nations and they take your call, listen to what you know and saw but they refuse to help. What do you do then son?"

"Dad, but the police are supposed to help!" My son starts to whine.

"They don't want to son, because they say that it is not their place or your place to get involved and that you should stay out of it," my husband says.

"But Dad...he killed her!!" my son exclaims.

"I know he did...but the police tell you to stay out of it. Now I want you to look out that window and pretend you see our neighbor who you're pretending is Saddam turn around and do the same thing to his children."

"Daddy...he kills them?"

"Yes son, he does. What do you do?"

"Well, if the police don't want to help, I will go and ask my next door neighbor to help me stop him." our son says.

"Son, our next door neighbor sees what is happening and refuses to get involved as well. He refuses to open the door and help you stop him," my husband says.

"But Dad, I NEED help!!! I can't stop him by myself!!"

"WHAT DO YOU DO SON?"

Our son starts to cry.

"OK, no one wants to help you, the man across the street saw you ask for help and saw that no one would help you stop him. He stands taller and puffs out his chest. Guess what he does next son?"

"What Daddy?"

"He walks across the street to the old ladies house and breaks down her door and drags her out, steals all her stuff and sets her house on fire and then...he kills her. He turns around and sees you standing in he window and laughs at you. WHAT DO YOU DO?"

"Daddy..."

"WHAT DO YOU DO?"

Our son is crying and he looks down and he whispers, "I close the blinds, Daddy."

My husband looks at our son with tears in his eyes and asks him... "Why?"

"Because Daddy.....the police are supposed to help...people who needs it....and they won't help....You always say that neighbors are supposed to HELP neighbors, but they won't help either...they won't help me stop him...I'm afraid....I can't do it by myself ..Daddy.....I can't look out my window and just watch him do all these terrible things and...and.....do
nothing...so....I'm just going to close the blinds ....so I can't see what he's doing........and I'm going to pretend that it is not happening."

I start to cry.

My husband looks at our nine year old son standing in the window, looking pitiful and ashamed at his answers to my husbands questions and he tells him...."Son"

"Yes, Daddy."

"Open the blinds because that man.... he's at your front door..."WHAT DO YOU DO?"

My son looks at his father, anger and defiance in his eyes. He balls up his tiny fists and looks his father square in the eyes, without hesitation he says: "I DEFEND MY FAMILY DAD!! I'M NOT GONNA LET HIM HURT MOMMY OR MY SISTER, DAD!!! I'M GONNA FIGHT HIM, DAD, I'M GONNA FIGHT HIM!!!!!"

I see a tear roll down my husband's cheek and he grabs my son to his chest and hugs him tight, and cries..."It's too late to fight him, he's too strong and he's already at YOUR front door son.....you should have stopped him BEFORE he killed his wife. You have to do what's right, even if you have to
do it alone, before...... it's too late." my husband whispers.

THAT scenario I just gave you is WHY we are at war with Iraq. When good men stand by and let evil happen is the greatest EVIL of all. Our president is doing what is right. We, as a free nation, must understand that this war is a war of humanity. WE must remove evil men from power so that we can continue to live in a free world where we are not afraid to look out our window. So that my nine year old son won't grow up in a world where he feels that if he just "closes" the blinds the atrocities in the world won't affect him.

"YOU MUST NEVER BE AFRAID TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT! EVEN IF YOU HAVE TO DO IT ALONE!"

BE PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN! BE PROUD OF OUR PRESIDENT!

BE PROUD OF OUR TROOPS!! SUPPORT THEM!!! SUPPORT AMERICA!! SO THAT IN THE FUTURE OUR CHILDREN WILL NEVER HAVE TO CLOSE THEIR BLINDS...."

"The liberty we prize is not American's gift to the world, it is God's gift to humanity." George W. Bush

[HuntingInMaine]

Wow, thanks for sharing....got me a little teared up while reading(I am such a sap!LOL), but it is a great explanation! I never cared if we were over there for oil or weapons of mass destruction. I have read too many reports from organizations like amnesty international (don't agree with all of their causes, but they are very enlightening as to the conditions people in other countries are living under). The people of Iraq were living in a constant state of fear, something no one should ever have to do! It's funny that when I watch the news, I am told that Iraq wants us out of there. But when I talk with men and women who are serving over there, I hear how the people of Iraq are welcoming them with open arms! I believe we are doing the right thing, no matter what the reason originally was!

[wtnhunt]

Wow. That is very powerful adn moving Orlan. Very well put, I might have to print this out and let my 8 year old daughter read it. She and I were actually just talking about this very same thing last night.

[buckee]

Orlan ..That, my friend is the best post I've seen in this forum, for quite some time.
Now that I'm all teary-eyed too.
Thank you buddy, and I'm going to pin this post up top for a while too.

[Gator]

Good post, DA** GOOD POST!!!!

Thansk buckee for pinning this, maybe it will change the way some of our members view the war

[bulldawg]

That's where alot of the problems today start. Everybody starts to think that you have to turn the other cheek, and the bully will go away! Life taught me at an early age, that if you want to get that bully off of your back, you had better take him down. Or, he will keep beating on you until you stand up for yourself. My son was 6 days into this school year on Thursday, and he already had to give a mexican kid a wake up jab. The kid kept hitting him repeatedly. He asked him nice 4 times to stop. The bus driver just kept looking, and doing nothing until my son smacked him in the face once. Then she stopped the bus, and wrote my son up. I told my son to go in Friday to see if the write up stuck. If it did, I told him to tell his principle to call me immediately. The write up was torn up!
Sometimes you need to stand up and say "Enough is enough". And then you start taking care of business the good old fashioned way.
Great post. Thanks.

[buckee]

Slugger doesn't have an answer for this one.

I'd like to know what him and Kerry would tell their kid though ....real curious

[slugshooter]

I think it's pretty harsh and hope a parent actually didn't do that to his kid. By the way, that's not the reason's we were given for going to Iraq, some of ya'll just don't seem to get it though.

[TreeStandBowHunter]

That's a good post. What would this world do without the United States

[RyanH]

Man that was awesome. That kinda got to me aswell!!!!

[mo_hunter]

That is great thanks for sharing

[Texan_Til_I_Die]

I've read this 5 or 6 times and I've just thought of something to add. Always remember, THEY STARTED IT!!!

[Swamphunter]

Great post!

[TreeStandBowHunter]

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Ooh Rah Staff Sergeant. You tell em. Semper Fi and Ill see ya on the other side.

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Back at ya Sgt of Marines. Welcome to the forums partner.

[TreeStandBowHunter]

LOAD OF CRAP....PM me please and I'll give you a load of crap