WORTHY POST NEEDS TO BE READ !!!!!!!!!

I got this from anonymous

Anonymous said...

Just thought maybe you would post this ,really TRUE and very DEEP.

HAPPY NEW YEAR AND GOD BLESS
DO YOU CLOSE THE 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 Iwere 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 UnitedStates 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 houseand 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 yousee Saddam come out of his house with his wife, he has her by the hair andis hitting her. You see her bleeding and crying. He hits her in the face, hethrows her on the ground, then he starts to kick her to death.Their children run out and are afraid to stop him, they are screamingand crying, they are watching this but do nothing because they are kids andthey 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 yourcall. They listen to what you know and saw but they refuse to help. What doyou do then son?" "Dad.......... but the police are supposed to help!" My son starts towhine."They don't want to son, because they say that it is not their place oryour p lace to get involved and that you should stay out of it," my husbandsays. "But Dad...he killed her!!" my son exclaims."I know he did, but the police tell you to stay out of it. Now I wantyou to look out that window and pretend you see our neighbor who you'repretending 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 getinvolved 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 helpyou, the man across the street saw you ask for help and saw that no one wouldhelp you stop him. He stands taller an d 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 herdoor and drags her out, steals all her stuff and sets her house on fire andthen...he kills her. He turns around and sees you standing in the windowand laughs at you. WHAT DO YOU DO?""Daddy..." "WHAT DO YOU DO?" Our son is crying and he looks down and he whispers, "I'dclose 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 themand they won't help. You always say that neighbors are supposed to HELPneighbors, 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 windowand just watch him do all these terrible things and ... do nothing, so I'mjust going to close the blinds so I can't see what he' s doing and I'm goingto pretend that it is not happening."I start to cry. My husband looks at our nine year old son standing in thewindow, looking pitiful and ashamed at his answers to my husband's questionsand 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 uphis tiny fists and looks his father square in the eyes, without hesitationhe says: "I DEFEND MY FAMILY, DAD!! I'M NOT GONNA LET HIM HURT MOMMY OR MYSISTER, 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 hischest and hugs him tight, and says; "It's too late to fight him, he's toostrong and he's already at YOUR front door son. You should have stopped himBEFORE 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 , 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 evil. All the atrocities in the world won't move them. "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 inAmerica. Of course that won't happen so we 'll use the internet.

Steven R Cxxxxxxx, CMSgt332 ELRS/Vehicle Management FlightBalad Air Base, Iraq