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• Operation Iraqi Freedom

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  Can anyone tell me what you think an Iraqi Insurgent is?

  I will explain...

  Every minute of our day as Americans we go about our everyday life and view it as the norm. For most of us this is life as we know it. We go to work, school, shopping and take our families out to the beach or the movies etc.

  One morning before you have to crawl out of bed. You are awakened by loud explosions heard in the distance. Your first thought is maybe it was one of the near by refineries that had an explosion. Then you turn on your television to find out that Washington DC and several other major US cities has been invaded and attacked with foreign missiles. A few seconds pass by and pure terror runs through your body. Your first thought is to wake your family up so they can watch the news unfolding on television. An hour goes by and you’re still watching everything unfold on your television when you hear loud engines outside. You look down the street and see military soldiers from a foreign country going through the houses on your street and separating the families. So before they make it to your house you run to your gun cabinet and prepare to fight to keep them out of your house.

  You are now considered an American Insurgent. So how different are we from Iraqi Insurgents? Would you sit back and allow this to happen without fighting? I would hope not.

  Permalink Friday, May 2, 2008 05:23 PM