in front or behind...you decide

[bud8fan]

A mother asked President Bush,
"Why did my son have to die in Iraq?"

Another mother asked President Kennedy,
"Why did my son have to die in Viet Nam?"

Another mother asked President Truman,
"Why did my son have to die in Korea?

Another mother asked President F.D. Roosevelt,
"Why did my son have to die at Iwo Jima ?"


Another mother asked President W. Wilson,
"Why did my son have to die on the battlefield of France ?"

Yet another mother asked President Lincoln,
"Why did my son have to die at Gettysburg ?"

And yet another mother asked President G. Washington,
"Why did my son have to die near Valley
Forge ?"

Then long, long ago, a mother asked...

"Heavenly Father, why did my Son have to die

On a cross outside of Jerusalem ?"

The answers to all these are similar --
"So that others may have life and dwell in peace,
Happiness and freedom."

This was emailed to me with no author
And I thought the magnitude
And the simplicity were awesome

Love to All

IF YOU DON'T STAND BEHIND OUR TROOPS,
PLEASE, FEEL FREE...TO STAND IN FRONT OF THEM !!!

[bulldog5.3]

That was good!

[vv8]

hey thief ahahha you beat me too it alton.

[Weird_guy]

Great poem... I wish all the all those Peace-nics would line up in front of the troops and get their just deserts.... Especially those flag burning pricks who burned a solider in effigy.

[bud8fan]

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hey thief ahahha you beat me too it alton.
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heheh...i had too...this is some good stuff....

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[FLATOP08]

NICE

[foggy]

[RedHeartbeat]

Awesome logic&#33;

[ducky]

Great email, or posting. But a little too simplistic for my liking.

I&#39;m a little in different with the actual meaning of the above written I guess. I am not trying to offend anyone in the armed forces by any means through my thoughts or comments.

But first: The war in Iraq, and the wars listed seems like it would have greater effects on the world as a whole than the Iraq War. Although I wasn&#39;t present or alive through any of this, the stuff I have read has somewhat explained that; Vietnam was a big fuck up, Korea: dont know too much about that one, Iwo Jima had quite a bit of reasoning to be fighting there because of course Pearl Harbor and the Japanese, France of course the Nazi&#39;s, Gettysburg pretty unreasonable war because America was divided, Valley Forge, I cant remember what I was taught. and as far as Christ dying on the cross. The Church and state always have to be divided via the law. I am a Christian and believe in our Lord and Jesus, but you can&#39;t really even compare the war in Iraq and Jesus dying on a cross.

I stand behind our armed forces of course, but when I am not seeing any results with the progression of this war, and more deaths, it&#39;s harder to support the reasoning for staying in there. Not so much the troops, and America as a whole, but the decisions by the officials to stay in. If someone were to enlighten me, I would like that. Let&#39;s just not make this a bash fest.