The Best I Have Ever Heard this Explained ------ Don't Close Your Blinds
I got this e-mail today. I must first say that I am not into politics. I don't know enough about what is going on on either side. I'm old enough for things to affect me however, I haven't seen these affects so I'm not too worried. I will say that this email gives a great explaination as to why things are done as they are. If nothing else, this should make you feel proud to be an American!! Here it is:
This is perhaps the best way that I have ever heard it explained. Let
>us
>
>all remember to support our troops and our nation.
>
>
>
>Catherine G. White
>
>
>
>Some of you may not agree but I think this is why President Bush did
>what he
>
>thought was the right thing to do...........
>
>
>
>Subject: Don't close your 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
>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 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
>
>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
>pretend
>
>you see Saddam come out of his house with his wife, 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 screaming
>and
>
>crying, they are watching this but do nothing because they are kids and
>they
>
>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
>your
>
>call. They 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 the
>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'd 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
>
>them...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
>husband's
>
>questions and 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 up
>his
>
>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 our son to
>his
>
>chest and hugs him tight, and says... "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, and his children and the old lady across
>the
>
>way. You have to do what's right, even if you have to do it alone,
>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 atrocities in the world. "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 in
>
>America. Of course that won't happen so we'll use the internet. If your
>
>blinds are closed do nothing with this email. If they are open I do not
>need
>
>to tell you what to do. GOD BLESS!!!!!!!!!!
This is perhaps the best way that I have ever heard it explained. Let
>us
>
>all remember to support our troops and our nation.
>
>
>
>Catherine G. White
>
>
>
>Some of you may not agree but I think this is why President Bush did
>what he
>
>thought was the right thing to do...........
>
>
>
>Subject: Don't close your 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
>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 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
>
>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
>pretend
>
>you see Saddam come out of his house with his wife, 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 screaming
>and
>
>crying, they are watching this but do nothing because they are kids and
>they
>
>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
>your
>
>call. They 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 the
>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'd 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
>
>them...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
>husband's
>
>questions and 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 up
>his
>
>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 our son to
>his
>
>chest and hugs him tight, and says... "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, and his children and the old lady across
>the
>
>way. You have to do what's right, even if you have to do it alone,
>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 atrocities in the world. "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 in
>
>America. Of course that won't happen so we'll use the internet. If your
>
>blinds are closed do nothing with this email. If they are open I do not
>need
>
>to tell you what to do. GOD BLESS!!!!!!!!!!