The Price of Freedom!~

 

On Sunday night, I watched one of my most favorite TV shows, Extreme Makeover:  Home Edition.  It was about a marine who had served two tours of duty in Iraq and during the last tour of duty his leg got blown off.  If memory serves me correctly,  it was when his convoy hit a land mine.  He has a prosthetic leg now.  His wife left him after he said she became so overwhelmed with everything leaving him with four children to raise.  Even after all this man has been through, he still finds the time to go around to the area hospitals and talk to the other soldiers who are wounded and left maimed in one form or another.  I cried my eyeballs out while watching this.  All of the military are my heroes.

There is nothing that makes me any more angry than to hear ignorant people put down our president because of this war.  To me, when they do this, it means all of the military personnel who have died, who have been injured, and who are still in harms way have served in vain.  It means all of the people who died in the World Trade Center died in vain.  What I hope to do in writing this entry is to bring about awareness as to why this war is necessary.  What it boils down to is a war against terrorism and do we want this war on our soil or theirs?

I, for one, am thankful to God that we have a president in office who PRAYS.  I am glad that he is a man who stands behind his word.  He told Saddam what would happen if he did not comply and when Saddam did not comply, President Bush stood behind his word and sent our troops in.  He brought down a man who was a threat to us, to other countries, and to his people, a man who was as cold as ice and a monster to his own people.  His sons were just as bad as he was.  I read that one of them was walking down the street and saw a woman he wanted and he raped her right there on the street.  I am glad all three of them are dead.  Iraq is a better place without them.  ::shudder::

I am scared to death of the people who are currently running for president.  I hear the majority of them talking about the war and how they are against it.  They talk big like, "If I am elected president, one of the first things I am going to do is bring our troops home."  I say to you if they do this before it is time, they will undo everything that has been done so far and put our country, our people, in great jeopardy!!!!!

Frankly, this really scares me.  We all want our troops home safe and sound.  We are all deeply saddened by the deaths and the injuries of our troops, none more than their loved ones, but those of us who have any sense about us know that FREEdom is not FREE.  It comes with a GREAT sacrifice, especially to our military and their families.  Perhaps if America would turn back to the Christian principles in which she was founded on and we all hit our knees and actually were to PRAY earnestly for our troops, we wouldn't be losing so many.

11 CHRONICLES 7: 14

If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble
themselves and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then shall I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land."

I do not want to ruffle any feathers by writing this, but it is something I feel VERY strongly about.

God Bless America and God Bless Our Troops!~

Signed,

Susan, a wife and mother who is very grateful for the sacrifice of our military personnel and their families so that my loved ones can remain free.

 

 

 

P.S.  If you could watch that show on Sunday night and not shed a tear, then something is wrong with you. 

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