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Well, I got an e-mail from my Mom the other day and she said that President Bush spoke at the Superior Dome back in Marquette. Well that pissed me because that is probably the only time a President will come to MQT to speak while I am in the Navy.
But it was what was later told to me in the e-mail that really made me feel like stepped on dog shit. While my Mom was in line to try to get tickets to the speech she saw a couple people that I know really well…
ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BARRICADE PROTESTING PRESIDENT BUSH AND THE WAR ON TERROR! I’m not going to name names cuz that is not me, but when I read that in that e-mail, it felt like everything that I have done in the past 2 years all the work, all the tears shed, all of the nights where I felt completely alone, because I was over 1,000 miles from everyone I know and love, to putting my life on the line everyday that I wake up on this boat, it really felt like I was stabbed directly into the heart. I mean these people (or this person I won’t say which) that stood there and protested that war they keep saying that we don’t need to be over in Iraq at all. Well I FEEL THAT UNTIL SOMEONE PUTS ON THE UNIFORM OF OUR COUNTRY AND PUTS THEIR LIFE ON THE LINE, THEN THEY HAVE NO GROUND TO STAND ON!!!!!!! Oh they’ll say that they care for our troops overseas, well then if they do DAMMIT then they should help find a way to take people that threaten to use or posses chemical weapons of mass destruction out of power faster instead of standing behind some barricade with their tree hugging friends that just want attention!!! (I say chemical because I feel that chemical weapons should have no use in war). They’ll also say that they’re exercising their first amendment rights. Well they are, but most of them fail to realize, that not so much myself but people have gone before me and will go after me to secure that right. At this time right now I consider myself lucky to be aboard a carrier instead of in Iraq or Afghanistan where just waking up and walking to the shower you could be shot at. Here I receive three meals a day and I get to visit nice places. So when people say that I am just saying this for attention, I say no I am saying this because my brothers and sisters are over in the Middle East working to preserve Democracy and maintain freedom around the world. I truly can’t believe that this person(s) who I was EXTREMELY close to would do something like that, I truly feel like what I tried to teach and uphold back home went and laid on deaf ears. Well maybe it was for the best that this person and myself grew apart. I am going to finish this up with a quote my little brother said. "Whether you voted for him or not he still is our President and you should show the respect he deserves, not protesting.
I really don't know how to say this properly, as I'm not terribly eloquent... *spends a moment in contemplative silence*
The truth is, I would rather you not being fighting that war. I don't want you (or any of our other American soldiers) to be killed, and yes, I don't want the Iraqis to be killed. I respect you for putting your life on the line to defend what you believe in, and if I shared your beliefs, I can only hope I'd be able to show the same courage. However, your courage does not stand as a justification for this war. I cannot force myself accept this war simply because there are others who passionately do. All I ask is that you understand that I mean no harm to you...
Well, I got an e-mail from my Mom the other day and she said that President Bush spoke at the Superior Dome back in Marquette. Well that pissed me because that is probably the only time a President will come to MQT to speak while I am in the Navy.
But it was what was later told to me in the e-mail that really made me feel like stepped on dog shit. While my Mom was in line to try to get tickets to the speech she saw a couple people that I know really well…
ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BARRICADE PROTESTING PRESIDENT BUSH AND THE WAR ON TERROR! I’m not going to name names cuz that is not me, but when I read that in that e-mail, it felt like everything that I have done in the past 2 years all the work, all the tears shed, all of the nights where I felt completely alone, because I was over 1,000 miles from everyone I know and love, to putting my life on the line everyday that I wake up on this boat, it really felt like I was stabbed directly into the heart. I mean these people (or this person I won’t say which) that stood there and protested that war they keep saying that we don’t need to be over in Iraq at all. Well I FEEL THAT UNTIL SOMEONE PUTS ON THE UNIFORM OF OUR COUNTRY AND PUTS THEIR LIFE ON THE LINE, THEN THEY HAVE NO GROUND TO STAND ON!!!!!!! Oh they’ll say that they care for our troops overseas, well then if they do DAMMIT then they should help find a way to take people that threaten to use or posses chemical weapons of mass destruction out of power faster instead of standing behind some barricade with their tree hugging friends that just want attention!!! (I say chemical because I feel that chemical weapons should have no use in war). They’ll also say that they’re exercising their first amendment rights. Well they are, but most of them fail to realize, that not so much myself but people have gone before me and will go after me to secure that right. At this time right now I consider myself lucky to be aboard a carrier instead of in Iraq or Afghanistan where just waking up and walking to the shower you could be shot at. Here I receive three meals a day and I get to visit nice places. So when people say that I am just saying this for attention, I say no I am saying this because my brothers and sisters are over in the Middle East working to preserve Democracy and maintain freedom around the world. I truly can’t believe that this person(s) who I was EXTREMELY close to would do something like that, I truly feel like what I tried to teach and uphold back home went and laid on deaf ears. Well maybe it was for the best that this person and myself grew apart. I am going to finish this up with a quote my little brother said. "Whether you voted for him or not he still is our President and you should show the respect he deserves, not protesting.
I really don't know how to say this properly, as I'm not terribly eloquent... *spends a moment in contemplative silence*
The truth is, I would rather you not being fighting that war. I don't want you (or any of our other American soldiers) to be killed, and yes, I don't want the Iraqis to be killed. I respect you for putting your life on the line to defend what you believe in, and if I shared your beliefs, I can only hope I'd be able to show the same courage. However, your courage does not stand as a justification for this war. I cannot force myself accept this war simply because there are others who passionately do. All I ask is that you understand that I mean no harm to you...
