Bring the Boys and Girls Back Home

How many of you that are reading this actually remember September 11, 2001? How many of you can say that you felt nothing when you saw those planes hit those buildings? I may be a man, but I cried like a little school-girl when I watch what happened as it was broadcast on every single channel. The planes were filled with innocent men, women, and children. So were the buildings for that matter.

Now fast-forward a few years. Why is it that I can turn on the television and see people whining about the conditions of the prisons were terrorists are being held? I am sorry, maybe I am a bad man for feeling this way, but the members of Bin Laden’s little group can suffer for all that I care. Who is speaking up for the conditions that the innocent Americans suffered who were in the Twin Towers, aboard the planes, or inside the Pentagon? What about the families’ that lost their husbands, wives, children, sons, and daughters in the horrible events of that one day.

When Bill Clinton wanted to take out Osama, he had opposition all over from people that “WE” elected, and then we want to give him hell for not taking action. G.W. may not have made all of the right decisions, but the man at least did “something”. I hear people criticizing the man for not causing a stir in that children’s classroom when he got the news. Would people have been happier if he had shouted to those poor children that thousands of people were just murdered, now sleep tight and don’t let the terrorists bit.

September 11th was an unprecedented attack on the United States of America. That attack should have brought us all together, but far too many people have used the events for fame and profit. Thousands of people were murdered that day, THOUSANDS. And if you think I am going to care if a suspected terrorist gets to watch TV in his cell, you’re out of your damned mind. Those in the prisons, suspected of being terrorists, are not burning to death or being crushed to death as a building collapses on them, so I think they are doing a lot better than their victims.

Look, War has never been a pretty thing, not in any sense of the word. You will never see the media enter the towns in Iraq where the people cheer them and are happy that the Americans are there. The fact is that “Suffering is ratings.” It is the truth. Now, a lot of people want us to pull out of the War on Terror and just walk away, to just bring the men and women of the military home. How about you just wrap the Middle East in a big red bow with a gift tag that say, “To Osama, From Santa.”

I am neither Pro-Bush nor Anti-War, but I believe that something has got to be done so that we continue to stay safe. George Bush is our President, and though so many people have nothing better than to complain about him, someone voted him into office. London has been attacked since we were, but we have not. You will never make me believe that those overseas have just given up on harming Americans.

I don’t believe that every decision that has been made regarding the War on Terror has been the correct one. But if the Republicans and the Democrats would stop squabbling and work together, maybe this conflict would have been handled in a much better way. Maybe if there was less squabbling this damn war might just be over.

I don’t know about you, but I have spoken with soldiers, male and female, and every one of those that I have spoken with believe in what they are doing in Iraq. Saddam murdered so many people, and I have to hear that we never should have gone there. When I hear that, all I hear is, “We should have let him go on killing thousands and thousands of innocent people.”

I believe that we should have finished the job in Afghanistan before Iraq, However, I do believe that we will never be able to totally pull out of that region and remain safe on our own soil. I am no expert, nor will I ever claim to be, but I am an American and that entitles me to an opinion. There are countries in this world that you could be murdered for having your own opinion, and that is sickening to me. Our boys and girls in uniform are out there fighting to keep us safe on our own soil. They are keeping us from ever having to live through another day like September 11, 2001.

How about we remember those victims from that day then next time we decide to worry about the conditions of the cells of terrorists? Do you really think that Osama Bin Laden would give a damn about the conditions that our American brothers and sisters had on that day of the worst attack against us?

War is not a pretty thing, nor is it an exact science. There is a reason for the War on Terror, and it is to keep us safe on our home soil. Our freedom is a gift, and if we wish to keep that freedom, and remain safe, we just might have to kick some ass.