Subject : Why we are at war

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Subject: Why we are at war

Some of you may not approve of the Iraqi war, and I hope this email doesn't
offend anyone, but it's 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" that 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

It is a priviledge to be an American, not a right !!