Don't close your blinds!!!

**50cal** · 12-21-2004, 12:21 PM

Read this! It's why we are at war...........

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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. 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 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'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 husbands 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 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" the 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..."

Plenty Fox · 12-21-2004, 01:09 PM

Thank you 50. Truly.

**middle of the sky** · 12-21-2004, 01:17 PM

that's a real good story..ill try to read it to my kids if i dont start crying... meegwitch

Peacekeeper83 · 12-21-2004, 05:37 PM

thats a good story...Thanks
I saw Beirut in 83...hence my nic...peacekeeper83... I saw the people who had their lives controlled by the few armed militias. I saw the children and the elderly who were thankful we were there...majority of the people there only want to live in peace...its a few extremists who make the conditions bad for everyone...

cld37 · 12-23-2004, 11:27 PM

This passage was extreme but that what we need sometimes. I appreciate what the words had to say very much! Thank you!

canavajo · 01-25-2005, 12:38 PM

Thanks. I served 85'-93'. Husband also served. I understood why he had to go overseas, I was not stationed with him. Some things are quiet and more hard to understand. I am still in reserve. Leandra

**AngelFeather** · 01-26-2005, 12:57 AM

wow, that was awesome. Thankyou for the perspective.

nativehunny · 02-03-2005, 04:41 PM

That was a wonderful story. I have a new outlook on what is going on in the Middle East.

curiousity · 02-07-2005, 01:01 AM

Thank You 50 Cal. My husband served and I was proud of him for standing up for humanity. I never questioned why he went but waited patiently for his return and so did our son. He understood what his dad went for. That story made me cry. Thank you again.

nc silent quiver · 02-10-2005, 11:07 AM

The greatest enemy we face from day to day is appathy.

well said 50 cal

**50cal** · 06-24-2007, 03:54 PM

any y'alls remember this???

**NorthofAda** · 06-24-2007, 04:51 PM

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Originally Posted by 50cal

any y'alls remember this???

This was posted before I came across this website - and I'm glad you bumped it back up where I could see it. We've been very careful to teach our children to honor and respect our soldiers and to understand why sometimes we have to go to war to prevent worse things from happening.

There's a group of people who stand out and protest at a downtown park here every Sunday - they've done it for months. They have signs up telling how many of our soliders have died in Afghanistan and Iraq and how many civilians they claim we've killed. They have signs calling for our President to step down and calling him a liar - saying we're in the war for oil and greed alone. Maybe if they could take a look at this situation from the perspective in which you presented it to your son, they'd see the truth of the situation - not what the liberal media wants us to believe. Maybe they'd realize that if it weren't for the freedom we enjoy in this country they wouldn't be standing up on the street corner like they do.

Thanks for sharing this with us and reminding us that if it weren't for folks like you people willing to lay their lives on the line for their country we wouldn't have the freedom and measure of security we enjoy today.

**50cal** · 06-24-2007, 05:26 PM

Thanks...but one thing, it was from a perspective that was brought to me from a go

12-21-2004, 01:09 PM	#2 (permalink)
Plenty Fox meeeeeeeeeeee Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Upstairs Posts: 951	Thank you 50. Truly. __________________ Damme ape’semmai, "Andabichidaiboonee’ gimmadu’i.Wihyu memme hainjinee’ nahandu’i. Enne wizha sudei’ tsaangu mabizhiahkande," mai. The Creator said, "A foreign race of white people will come, who will become your friends. You should treat them well." The Creator sure had a strange sense of humor!

12-21-2004, 05:37 PM	#4 (permalink)
Peacekeeper83 a Peace of......... Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: just where the southern plains end...and the hill country begin... Posts: 1,081	thats a good story...Thanks I saw Beirut in 83...hence my nic...peacekeeper83... I saw the people who had their lives controlled by the few armed militias. I saw the children and the elderly who were thankful we were there...majority of the people there only want to live in peace...its a few extremists who make the conditions bad for everyone... __________________ We spend a lifetime worrying about if we make a difference....Marines don't have that problem.

12-23-2004, 11:27 PM	#5 (permalink)
cld37 Happy Ndn Woman Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Flagstaff, AZ Posts: 7	Thank you This passage was extreme but that what we need sometimes. I appreciate what the words had to say very much! Thank you! __________________ D Star

01-25-2005, 12:38 PM	#6 (permalink)
canavajo Native Illuzionz-My Biz Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: CA Posts: 125	Thanks. I served 85'-93'. Husband also served. I understood why he had to go overseas, I was not stationed with him. Some things are quiet and more hard to understand. I am still in reserve. Leandra __________________ *Navy Seabees!!* The only stupid question is the question that is not asked.

02-03-2005, 04:41 PM	#8 (permalink)
nativehunny HAPPY!!! Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: I live where the sun meets the land, where the eagles and raven fly free. Posts: 99	Don't close the blinds That was a wonderful story. I have a new outlook on what is going on in the Middle East. __________________ Happy are those who dream dreams and are ready to pay the price to make them come true!!!

12-21-2004, 01:17 PM	#3 (permalink)
middle of the sky M...O...T...to the S! Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: westcoast Posts: 18,706 Blog Entries: 9	that's a real good story..ill try to read it to my kids if i dont start crying... meegwitch

01-26-2005, 12:57 AM	#7 (permalink)
AngelFeather Cloud Dancer Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Heaven Posts: 5,676	wow, that was awesome. Thankyou for the perspective.

02-07-2005, 01:01 AM	#9 (permalink)
curiousity kitty cat lover Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Texas Posts: 107	Thank You 50 Cal. My husband served and I was proud of him for standing up for humanity. I never questioned why he went but waited patiently for his return and so did our son. He understood what his dad went for. That story made me cry. Thank you again. __________________ Life is an adventure enjoy it. :flyaway: :35: :sunny!: :flowers:

02-10-2005, 11:07 AM	#10 (permalink)
nc silent quiver Wind Racer Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: NC Posts: 39	Roger that. The greatest enemy we face from day to day is appathy. well said 50 cal __________________ one of my favorite quotes: "What we do in life. Follows us into eternity" (Gladiator)

06-24-2007, 03:54 PM	#11 (permalink)
50cal Natural Born Killer...... Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Stroking the hair and blowing in the ear of the sexy woman sitting on the couch who owns the Big Blue House on da Hill.... Posts: 5,717	any y'alls remember this??? __________________

06-24-2007, 05:26 PM	#13 (permalink)
50cal Natural Born Killer...... Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Stroking the hair and blowing in the ear of the sexy woman sitting on the couch who owns the Big Blue House on da Hill.... Posts: 5,717	Thanks...but one thing, it was from a perspective that was brought to me from a go