My niece wrote this letter to the editor of her high school newspaper. She's only 15. I'm very impressed with her.
Many of the people I know that have Democratic beliefs hate everything about
President Bush. They hate his accent, his methods of speaking, his role in
deciding to go to war with Iraq, the No Child Left Behind program, and his
hair. The list could go on forever. Put yourself in his place. Yes, I know,
he is a grown man and is out of school, but bear with me. You are in a
position of high power of one of the most powerful countries in the world.
You are commander in chief of the military forces. You can say when to use
the supply of nuclear weapons. If even 1% of the nuclear weapons in the
world were used, all life on earth would eventually cease to exist (this I
learned from one of my past teachers). There is a country who we think has
certain weapons of mass destruction. If they do, they would change life as
we know it. Of course, the only logical thing to do in order to preserve
human life is to go in and make sure everything is safe. It was, but you
can't just leave. A surgeon can't cut someone open, do what needs to be
done, and then send the person off to live their life. They need to stitch
them up, do physical therapy, take off bandages, or do even more surgery.
People tell us to get out of Iraq now. Okay, "ill wake you up from surgery
without any stitches. Lovely. Weapons of Mass destruction ARE our business,
when it can negatively affect the whole world, it is. To quote your article,
"What we really need to do is pull ourselves out of other countries'
business." Sure, your life threatening disease is none of my business, no
surgery. Have a glorious day.
Our soldiers joined military forces knowing that they may have to risk their
lives. You don't join the military because you think it will be a fun
vacation. Rather than complaining about our soldiers dying, can't we honor
those who died and thank those that are still living and fight every day for
us? If you "love living here," act like it. There was no draft. Citizens
were not forced to fight. They did this because they love and care about
their country. They care about YOU, someone they have never met. You can't
go around being apathetic about that.
Yes, I do realize that I may not be able to change your beliefs, but I can
provide enlightenment on what is actually good for humanity
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