You Need Me On That Wall!: Letter to Mom

Tuesday, October 24, 2006

Letter to Mom

I sent this to my Mom in response to an email. I thought I'd post it up.

I believe many, many people on the left want us to lose in Iraq. It's the only explanation for the complete lack of acknowledgement for any of our accomplishments there. Can you name a single "hero" from this 3 year old war? Or seen a single movie/documentary that portrays the troops in anything but a negative or sympathetic way?

Now CNN shows terrorist snipers killing our troops. Would they show a video of our snipers killing terrorists? They haven't. What does that tell you? It's hard not to think that the country is against the soldiers when you see this.

It's easy to get into an "us v them" mindset. In this case the "us" are the soldiers and the "them" are the civilians who don't understand the danger they are in if we don't succeed.

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Col. Jessep:

Son, we live in a world that has walls, and those walls have to be guarded by men with guns. ...my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, saves lives. You don't want the truth because deep down in places you don't talk about at parties, you want me on that wall, you need me on that wall. We use words like honor, code, loyalty. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent defending something. You use them as a punchline. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very freedom that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said thank you, and went on your way, Otherwise, I suggest you pick up a weapon, and stand a post. Either way, I don't give a damn what you think you are entitled to!