Posted by wildcard11 on March 28, 2006, at 21:41:57
I pass this on because sometimes we just forget. This is a good one!
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> Steven R Chandler, CMSgt
> 332 ELRS/Vehicle Management
> Flight Balad Air Base, Iraq
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> 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.
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> He said "Son, stand there and tell me what you see?"
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> "I see trees and cars and our neighbor's houses." he replied.
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> "OK, now I want you to pretend that our house and our yard is the United
> States of America and you are President Bush."
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> Our son giggled and said "OK."
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> "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.
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> "OK Dad, I'm pretending."
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> "Now I want you to stand there and look out the window and pretend you
> see Saddam come out of his house with his wife, 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 screaming and
> crying, they are watching this but do nothing because they are kids and
> they are afraid of their father. You see all of this, son....what do you
> do?"
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> "Dad?"
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> "What do you do son?"
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> "I'd call the police, Dad."
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> "OK. Pretend that the police are the United Nations. They take your call.
> They listen to what you know and saw but they refuse to help. What do you
> do then son?"
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> "Dad.......... but the police are supposed to help!" My son starts to
> whine.
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> "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.
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> "But Dad...he killed her!!" my son exclaims.
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> "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."
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> "Daddy...he kills them?"
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> "Yes son, he does. What do you do?"
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> "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.
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> "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.
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> "But Dad, I NEED help!!! I can't stop him by myself!!"
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> "WHAT DO YOU DO SON?" Our son starts to cry.
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> "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?"
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> "What Daddy?"
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> "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 the
> window and laughs at you. WHAT DO YOU DO?"
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> "Daddy..."
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> "WHAT DO YOU DO?" Our son is crying and he looks down and he whispers,
> "I'd close the blinds, Daddy."
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> My husband looks at our son with tears in his eyes and asks him. "Why?"
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> "Because Daddy.....the police are supposed to help people who needs
> them...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
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> I can't see what he's doing........and I'm going to pretend that it is
> not happening."
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> 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 husband's
> questions and he says...
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> "Son"
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> "Yes, Daddy."
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> "Open the blinds because that man.... he's at your front door... "WHAT DO
> YOU DO?"
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> 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!!!!!"
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> I see a tear roll down my husband's cheek and he grabs our son to his
> chest and hugs him tight, and says... "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, and his children and the old lady
> across the way. You have to do what's right, even if you have to do it
> alone, before its 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 son, THAT is the greatest atrocity in the world. "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 TROOPS!! SUPPORT THEM!!! SUPPORT
> AMERICA SO THAT IN THE FUTURE OUR CHILDREN WILL NEVER HAVE TO CLOSE THEIR
> BLINDS..."
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> This should be printed in every newspaper and posted in every school in
> America . Of course that won't happen so we'll use the internet. If your
> blinds are closed do nothing with this email. If they are open I do not
> need to tell you what to do.
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> Steven R Chandler, CMSgt
> 332 ELRS/Vehicle Management
> Flight Balad Air Base, Iraq****and now i am REALLY going....
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thread:625766
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