What are we fighting for?
Have you forgotten?
Darryl Worley
I hear people saying we don't need this war
I say there's some things worth fighting for
What about our freedom and this piece of ground?
We didn't get to keep 'em by backing down
They say we don't realize the mess we're getting in
Before you start preaching
Let me ask you this my friend
Have you forgotten how it felt that day
To see your homeland under fire
And her people blown away?
Have you forgotten when those towers fell?
We had neighbors still inside
Going through a living hell
and you say we shouldn't worry 'bout Bin Laden
Have you forgotten?
They took all the footage off my T.V.
Said it's too disturbing for you and me
It'll just breed anger
that's what the experts say
If it was up to me I'd show it every day
Some say this country's just out looking for a fight
After 9/11 man I'd have to say that's right
Have you forgotten how it felt that day
To see your homeland under fire
And her people blown away?
Have you forgotten when those towers fell?
We had neighbors still inside
Going through a living hell
And we vowed to get the ones behind Bin Laden
Have you forgotten?
I've been there with the soldiers
Who've gone away to war
And you can bet that they remember
Just what they're fighting for
Have you forgotten all the people killed?
Yes, some went down like heroes
n that Pennsylvania field
Have you forgotten about our Pentagon?
All the loved ones that we lost
And those left to carry on
Don't you tell me not to worry 'bout Bin Laden
Have you forgotten?
This is a subject that I am sure give mixed emotions to everyone....But this song above has always struck a chord with me...9/11 will forever play out in my mind...My Dad knew people in the Pentagon...I have asked myself over and over again whether or not we are doing the right thing...Yes...I do think that Bush was out looking for a fight long before 9/11...Maybe he had good reason...maybe not...He may be trying to keep a promise to his Father..I will never be sure if we ever did the right thing by going to Iraq...Yeah...I never like Saddam, read all the reports of what he did to his people..the man was literally another Hilter in the making...But are we to be the police to all the countries in our world? I don't know...That is not an easy question to answer and I can honestly say that I am ill equipped to have an answer...I wish like Hell we were out of there...My son is leaving to go to Iraq in a few weeks...The one thing I can say for certain is I am not in Bushes shoes...I don't work for him, I am not privy to what he knows...I had a long long talk with my Father and my Son about this...Patrick gets so pissed off at the news that's coming out..it totally infruriates him and his squadron...People in his camp that are coming back from Deployment are coming back with stories of an Iraqi people that truly love what we are doing there...Want us to stay to help them out...Iraqi kids coming up to the soldiers to thank them...Where are those stories???? Makes me wonder what side the Media is on... I don't hear about those in the news...They talk about us helping them open schools, rebuild, never want people like Saddam in power again, want some type of democracy....The list goes on and on...I hear the same things from my Dad...Seeing how he knew people in the Pentagon...He was always telling me..."You don't know everything" What don't I know? Yeah...It's possible that I don't know everything...But Shouldn't I?
Where am I going with this rant??? Haven't a clue...Mind is just rambling on and on and I felt the need to jot it down...Wishing I had all the answers...Wishing I could trust that our goverment is doing the right thing...Wishing 9/11 didn't happen...wishing the attacks on London didn't happen...Wishing all the innocent lives lost never happened...
Wishing my son wasn't going.....hopeing and praying that he comes back.....
6 Comments:
1) 99.5% of the media caters to the left.
2) Saddam could have been taken out the first time, but the U.N. had it's head up it's fourth point of contact and still does. Big surprise there...NOT!
3) Democracy doesn't exist. If the U.S. lived by it's own "rules" why is it becoming more and more like a socialist country? Guess they don't understand what democracy really means.
4) George Bush Jr is just as much of a ass as Bush Sr. Neither of them practice what they preach.
5) Hitler was given his powers so that the goverment could keep closer tabs on him. Just goes to show who was really slacking and I'm not defending Hitler by any means.
Just to name a few...
Stacy
Yeah...I've heard all this before...no one knows who to believe anymore and that's really sad...
Just makes me wonder what this world is coming too...and I am not liking what I am thinking...
Guess I am feeling just a little down in the dumps about all this...and the fact that Patrick will be over there shortly...
Unfortuntely, there isn't anything I can do to keep Patrick from going over, but you know my ears are always available should you feel the need to talk or rant.
(((HUGS)))
Stacy
My hugs are with you also ...
This week is not a good one for me to comment on this subject. The bombings in London along with the other things I've seen this week have really shaken my soul.
I really, really don't like people right now ... and I don't trust them.
(except maybe for Stacy ... damn -- that woman always says exactly what she thinks. I don't think she has a dishonest bone in her body ... which is a good thing. You always know where you stand with her. *grin*)
Back to the topic at hand -- It seems as if the world is going to hell all because people lie, cheat, steal, murder and hurt each other for sport.
Yep, I really don't like humans this week ... I prefer my dog ... she's justa bundle of love with no duplicity.
The London bombings have bothered me even more than 9/11 ... and I can't say why except that maybe it was just the worst part of a bad week ... *sigh*
Rhonda,
I'm flattered to be on your possible decent human being list, but I feel obligated to tell you where that "speaking what is on my mind" trait came from.
Many galaxies ago I was forced to go to therapy due to a preoccupation with suicide. Years of keeping all my emotions to myself finally got the better of me along with a number of other issues.
My therapist at the time told me that I needed to start saying what was on my mind as a way of decompressing from all the stuff that had been going on over the years.
What she didn't tell me is that we don't live in a society were people actually want to know what one thinks. Everything is supposed to be sugar coated and bubble gum like in the name of keeping the peace amongst others.
I don't remeber this therpist's name or even what she looks like. But I can tell you that if I did, I would look her up give her a mindful of what I think about her and her advice.
Yes speaking my mind got me out of the threat of being sent to a foster home, but I resent the fact that she wasn't completely honest with me and how people deal with (or don't deal with) such a trait.
It has gotten me into alot of trouble over the years. I had to learn what to say and how to say things on my own.
There was a point in time where I rarely talked to people beyond friends and family and never had anything "bad" or ugly" to say about anything or anybody.
The damned if I do, damned if I don't lesson will forever be stuck in my little brain. Damned for saying things that I feel need to be said, damned for not saying what I should have.
Not a quality that many can tolerate...
Stacy
Stacy....You know we love you just for being the person you are...:)
Rhonda...I can understand...I feel the same way at times towards the Human Race right now (not all..but most)
I think we are heading towards total annailation (Sp?) of human race...Look at the way most people live...Most only care about one thing....themselves...
The Cree Have said it beautifully...I put the link here...It says a lot.....
http://www.birdclan.org/rainbow.htm
The indian side of me talking again...but maybe we need to listen....
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