A LESSON TO MY SON BY A PROUD AMERICAN; A GOOD ANSWER FOR "WHY IS THE WAR GOING ON?"

MERI BURLINGAME AP LIST ^ | 5 APRIL 2003 | IRMA S CHAMBERS VIA THE FUNKS AND MERI

[Quix]

Meri Burlingame

Apr 5, 2003

thanks Sue and John Funk for this post.......there are many issues involved in this war.....and I don't send this as an "exclusive" reason.....so if you see things from other perspectives this doesn't necessarily rule out the validity of your point of view. Meri -----

Original Message ----- From: "john & sue funk" Sent:

Saturday, April 05, 2003 1:27 PM

Subject: a good answer for why is the war going on

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 don 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 need 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 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...."

[OldFriend]

Thanks, I couldn't think of the accurate quote but it says it all.

[Sparky760]

Bump.....with a tear in my eye.

[Quix]

Yeah, that one warrants quite a number of them.

[lizma]

you definitely want your values inculcated early on.

Amen to that.

He came home a few days ago and said he informed the class that the V finger sign meant (sp?) victory before it meant(sp? that doesn't look right.) peace. He says his class was clueless, but he has a fabulous Social Studies teacher that backed him up 100%

Teach your children well.

[Quix]

Meri inquired of her source . . . and got a multi fwded reply.

So . . . guess I should have checked further first. Also, it's a duplicate! It's rare for me to post a duplicate so I get out of the habit of checking. My bad.

I did a Google search and found a posting or two on some chat sites. But haven't found any reliable clue as to the original Irma Chambers' source email or site.

Did best I could. If I get anything thru Meri further, I'll let you know.

Blessings,

[steplock]

Thanx anyway. It was good enough to get me hate mail from the anti-Americans on other web sites where I re-posted it!

hehehehe ;>)

[Quix]

Guess that's proof aplenty that you were doing the right thing!

So stupid of the enemy to be so affirming!

Thanks for your kind reply.

[Marysecretary]

Wow, Quix. That is a very moving story. Thanks for sharing.

[Marysecretary]

Elijah List is wonderful. I get it every day and pass it on to my prayer warriors chain. It's very encouraging and gives you a perspective that you don't read in the left leaning media. God is moving in a mighty way across our nation and the world. You won't hear that anywhere much.

[OldFriend]

Can see a picture in my mind of Winston Churchill making the V sign.

[Quix]

U R MOST WELCOME.

I didn't realize it was a duplicate--since I virtually never post things others tend to post, I get out of the habit of searching beforehand. My bad.

[lizma]

LOL. Actually it was this pic

that I used to teach my son "V is for victory".

[OldFriend]

Thanks for the picture. I am old enough to have seen that picture at the time.

[OXENinFLA]

Thanks for the reminder.

[Quix]

SURE!

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Subject: a good answer for why is the war going on

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?"

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If you haven't yet read this essay, written and spread across the country via the net (thanks mainly to church groups) shortly after we went to war to liberate Iraq, it is powerful, and memorable.

Please consider sharing with a "war critic," or a neighbor who watches only mainstream news.

[StarCMC]

Thank you -- this makes me cry every time I see it. It's so true.

[Lakeside]

Simple, when Quix posts,I read it!!

What a wise father he is. His son will never forget this lesson.

Thanks for the ping Ragtime.

[PsyOp]

THE LESSON BROUGHT HOME.

Yesterday was a dark day for those fighting in Iraq. 5 Marines dead, and four civilian workers killed, mutilated, and publicly desecrated in the Iraqi city of Falluja in the "Sunni Triangle."

The pictures of that horrid incident are revolting, and most news outlets have refused to print or air them.

One exception is the San Diego Union Tribune, which graced this morning's front page with them--above the fold. This sparked an angry debate on the Rick Roberts show on KFMB this morning.

Rick's position, as well as most of his callers, condemned the UT's display of those images. As conservatives, they felt that the reason for using them was to gin up feelings against the war in Iraq. They are no doubt correct. But I differed in my feelings about those pics and decided to shoot Rick an e-mail during his show explaining why I felt as I do. To my suprise, he read my email, verbatim, during the next segment. After doing so, he said that I had given him a completely different perspective on the matter, and that he might have to rethink his position on the matter. Below is the e-mail I sent him:

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Falluja pics
Date: Thu, 01 Apr 2004 08:21:20 -0800
From: [psyop]
Reply-To: ******************
To: rickroberts@kfmb.com

Dear Mr. Roberts,

I'm afraid I have to disagree about the pics. I know the UT put them there to turn opinion against the war, but it is my hope and my belief that it will do the opposite. I have a daughter serving in Iraq right now. And everytime I hear of a bomb going off over there my blood pressure goes up till I find out she is still safe.

After 9/11 the press in this country did its level best to make us forget what happened. They censored the images because they were afraid we couldn't handle it. They were afraid we'd have the proper reaction. They were afraid we'd demand a war on terrorism. On the first anniversary of 9/11 they swept it even further under the rug. They didn't want us lashing out against the Muslims. They helped spread the lie that Islam is a religion of peace, when in fact it is a death cult (I've read the Koran several times and am well versed in middle-eastern history).

Those images on the pages of the UT are important. People here need to see them and get angry. They also need to see the film footage--shown repeatedly around the world, but suppresed here--of the poor victims jumping out of the twin towers and bouncing off the roofs and streets below (not just the occasional still). People are well on their way to forgetting why were at war and what the stakes are.

The UT photos should stir up some righteous fury. I believe it will be in favor of prosecuting this war with greater vigor, even though the UT hopes it will go the other way.

Sincerely,
[psyop]
Escondido, CA

Never Forget!

[PsyOp]

Pics from Falluja--the bad men accross the street.