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Subject: FW: A LESSON
Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2003 11:57:00 -0400
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-----Original Message----


 
 
 
A LESSON TO MY SON by A PROUD AMERICAN
Irma S. Chambers

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 at the 
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?"

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
this 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 this evil man from
power so that we can continue to live in a free world where we are not
afraid to look out our window and see crimes on humanity. 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. 
Today
the second day of "WAR on IRAQ" I felt compelled to write this and pass 
it along. Hopefully, you will understand the lesson my husband tried to 
teach our son.

"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...."
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