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Parents: Would you support your child's choice to go to war?
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| Yes | 64% | 54 votes | Total: 84 votes | |
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Yes
by Jocelyn Rieck
Created on: August 28, 2009 Last Updated: August 29, 2009
I Support My Country and I Support My Children
Sort answer: YES. A thousand times, yes. I would support my any of my children if they grew up and decided that they wished to fight for their country. In fact, I would be proud of their decision, just as I am proud of my husband for making the choice to join the military and stand with our country in difficult times.
I believe that choosing to put your life on the line for what you believe in is one of the noblest decisions someone can make. I have taught my children to value their freedom. The simple fact of the matter is that freedom isn't free. Sometimes, war is necessary to continue to live with liberty in the manner in which our forefathers meant for us to do. Sometimes, war is necessary to protect the innocent, to stand strong against oppression or to maintain the United State's place in the world.
I don't love war. I don't love death or destruction. But I accept them as necessary at times, to curtail a bigger death, a deeper destruction that of the American way of life, of freedom and justice. I would worry and I would be frightened and if, God forbid, the worst came to pass I would be broken-hearted, but I would also know that my child gave his or her life for something that mattered more than any one individual.
I am a patriot and I have raised my children up to be patriots, to love this country more than themselves and to thank God for the blessings he has bestowed upon this land unlike any other. I have instilled in them a love for God and country above all else, and I know that choosing to go to war in times of crisis and stand with their fellow Americans to fight for what is right would be the natural choice of someone with these values. Therefore, I would not only support my children's decision, but I would stand proud that I had brought my children up to hold their country and its way of life as dear to their hearts as I do. I would thank God for blessing me with children who had the honor and the courage to volunteer to face mortality with pride went their country was in need. I would stand behind them and support them and wave my flag for their sacrifice every day until they came home.
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No
by Kathleen Sihock
Created on: September 03, 2009
As selfish as it may sound, and as much respect, admiration, and support as I have for our brave, and courageous soldiers, I could not support my childs decision to go to war.
Call me an awful person but, he is the only Son I have, and I could not bear the thought of losing him in such a conspiracy that was brought on by our wonderful former President Bush.
This war has been senseless. There were no weapons of mass destruction, as he said there were. The only good they did was wipe out Hussien, which was a true accomplishment. But on the other hand, I thought this whole war was suppose to be about tracking down Osama Bin Laden, wasn't he the one that we should really have focused on first.
I mean, over 3,000 of our innocent people died in the worst terrorist attack on our own soil, that the United States has ever seen, and will never forget. This attack was a haineous, and ungodly crime that is unexcusable act of hate, that should have never been thought of by any human being on the face of this earth. This was an evil act, that only the most horrific minded person could ever dream up, and this person (Bin Laden) needs to be caught, and brought to justice, in anyway the United States sees fit.
I think of all of the families that have lost their children, their Mothers, Fathers, Brothers, and Sisters in this senseless war, and it makes my heart cringe. There has been thousands of young men and woman that have fought for our country, and gave their lives for this senseless fight in Iraq. All of them being American citizens. Most of them very young in their teens, and twenties, just starting out their lives, and not even getting to experience life before it got cut short.
If this war had been for a real cause, like the one it was originally suppose to be in Afghanistan, it might have been worth it, but just to kill all of our soldiers for a mistake by a President. Has it really been worth all of this? In my heart, I really don't think so. It is a very sad situation, and breaks my heart everyday to think of all of the lives that could have been saved, if it wasn't for the "weapons of mass destruction" idea of President Bush.
This is why I don't support my Son going to war, why should we have more deaths of our children, for a cause that never made sense in the first place.
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