A Lesson To My Son (Vanity)

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[mrfixit514]

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 do 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 needs 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...."

[mrfixit514]

I hope some of you enjoy this.

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[turbocat]

Whoa - printing this one for my 13 year-old..

[Normal4me]

Great! Now I'm scared and crying and I'm 38!!!!Just kidding, good story.

[ThreePuttinDude]

WOW, great story.....Thanks

[mrfixit514]

Yeah, it was a little intense. But I thought it was good. Somone sent it to my wife and she emailed it to me. I thought it would be well received on FR.

[Orbiter]

Fantastic piece.

On a related note, I haven't seen a war protester yet I'd want covering my six in battle -- don't look like they'd ever be much use to anyone doing a country's heavy lifting -- so it's just as well they're staying home and letting someone else do the fighting.

[k2blader]

Bump!

[Slainte]

Posted here.

[KineticKitty]

Thank you for posting this, I am going to copy it to my site. It's a powerful and truthful message that even children can understand, although I am unsure if there is any hope of the peaceniks EVER understanding this.

[RedQuill]

Well received if you're the Great Santini, maybe. C'mon, guys. This is so contrived it's pathetic. Also the bit about reducing your 9-yo kid to tears to get them to understand this war??? Lefties indoctrinate their kids like that. I was able to explain to my 8 yo daughter why her 66 yo Grampa is in Iraq right now, making war on bad guys, and she doesn't even need counseling.

[crobnson]

Thank you for posting this. If you look at my posts, you will notice that THIS is what I have been talking about. The "it's not our problem", "somebody else will deal with it", "were only doing this because they are a threat to the US", it is all, closing the blinds. I have never been one of those Human Rights people, at least not so much that I really paid much attention to what was going on in this world. But finding out what was going on in Iraq, and realizing that NOBODY would do anything about it, made me cry. These are human beings just like we are. And SOMEBODY needed to step up to the plate and help them.

[mrfixit514]

It is not a perfect illustration and I can see how some people who are jaded would call it contrived. It probably is. But I know that the images it evokes were very strong for me. Perhaps its because I have children of my own. I think this is a work of fiction and no one is suggesting it is a good way to deal with children.

[NonValueAdded]

Isn't it amazing that a 9 year old can understand the lesson while so many others cannot? BTTT

[RedQuill]

Yeah, I guess I just feel that with so many good and logical reasons for our just war, using such hyperbole takes away from our position. That said, I loved The Great Santini.

[LanPB01]

I agree. Relying on blind emotion and "feel good" answers is the hallmark of the left. We, as properly thinking conservatives, can surely come up with a way to educate children as to why we are in this war without resorting to traumatizing them. Jesus, if this contrived message wasn't so blatantly fictitious, I'd be terrified to live in the same neighborhood as these people! This kid might snap and start killing Girl Scouts selling cookies, Jehova's Witnesses (which some might say is justified), and the neighborhood paper boy.

[El Gato]

This kid might snap and start killing Girl Scouts selling cookies, Jehova's Witnesses (which some might say is justified), and the neighborhood paper boy.

Why would he do that? Are the Jehova's Witnesses breaking down people's doors and dragging them away? Are the Girl Scouts throwing firebombs through the windows of folks who won't buy cookies? No of course they aren't, and so this peaceble citizen would leave them alone, or welcome them into his house, or at least buy some cookies and take their literature, even if he meant to just toss it later.