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Don't Close Your Blinds....

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 said "Son, stand there and tell me what
you see?"
"I see trees and cars and our neighbor's 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 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?"

"Dad?"

"What do you do son?"

"I'd call the police, Dad."

"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?"

"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 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'd 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 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 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 husband's questions and he says..."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 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 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 son, THAT 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 lookout 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 TROOPS!!
SUPPORT THEM!!! SUPPORT AMERICA SO THAT IN THE FUTURE OUR
CHILDREN WILL NEVER HAVE TO CLOSE THEIR BLINDS..."

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.
GOD BLESS THE USA, PRESIDENT BUSH, AND OUR TROOPS!!!!!!!!!!!
 

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[This message has been edited by init4themoney (edited December 24, 2004).]