I'm gonna touch on a rather..um...touchy subject. The Iraq War. If I offend in any way I'm really sorry. These are just my views and my opinions. If you don't like it, feel free to read a post BELOW this one.
So we all know the September 11th incident. My birthday is on September 10th. I remember, I was all happy that it was my birthday and everything. You know--it's that feeling of euporhia that you can't shake off. It was just the day after and I was still pretty happy. I got great presents, I had a decent birthday with my friends and family, and I was feeling pretty darn happy. I turned eight and I was just in the third grade. Whoo that was a long time ago...But anyways, the moment I heard of September 11th events I just dropped to the floor with a look of sheer torture on my face. [As described by my best friend and mother.] I rushed to the TV in horror and turned it to the news channel. Tears flooded my eyes as I watched the two twin towers go up in smokes. I could hear the screams of the people inside. I could feel their pain. [That's just how I am. I'm....overly sensitive to other people's feelings.] I could care less that I just turned eight. I wanted to donate all of my birthday presents and birthday money to the families who lost a precious member. From that day forward, I immersed myself into the well being of other people, politics, and world issues. And that's why I'm here today with this Save the People blog to raise awareness of things around us.
After a while, I learn that President George W. Bush had declared war on Iraq. My first reaction was "WHAT?!" Okay sure, they had bombed the twin towers and killed many people and of course, it's tragic. And it's understandable that our country would want to punish them. But war? Isn't that a bit too drastic? Couldn't the president have had diplomatic talks with them? [Yes, they do exist in the UN] Work out a compromise? And if President Bush had such a yearning to punish them, wouldn't sanctions be enough? [Sanctions is when all exports and imports are cut from one country]
But now, we're over there, killing so many people. Do we need to give them more of a reason to hate us? They hate us already. Why? Because we have freedom. They were willing to bomb us because we have FREEDOM. What are they gonna do next after we're killing off a bunch of their people? Just because a few select men bombed us, we have to go kill everybody who is NOT them? Innocent women, children, men.
This is a True Story[if you're a bit sensitive, don't read this next paragraph] ::
One day in Iraq, an American soldier, let's call him Bob, spotted a teenage girl on the streets. He stalked her to her house and memorized the way to get there. Late that night, he brought up the girl to some of his soldier friends, asking them if they wanted to have some "fun". They all agreed and followed him to the girl's house. The girl was packing up to leave for her grandparent's house. She was scared of all of the American soldiers in their town. Unfortunately, she didn't move fast enough. All of the American soldiers that accompanied Bob broke into the house and held the family hostage. As Bob went to go kill her family, the other soldiers took turn raping her. When Bob came in, he took his turn with the girl then shot her in the head multiple times. But he wasn't finished yet. He had some lighter fluid with him. He doused the girl's dead body with it and set her on fire. When Bob was brought to court, they asked him why he joined the army in the first place. He replied that he hated all of the people and wanted to kill each and every single one of them. All of the soldiers from that night are now in jail.
So who is the enemy now? Us or them?
