War

When I was younger, I used to think that war was cool. I guess I never really stopped to think about the fact that real peoples lives were at stake. Kind of a no brainer, isn't it? But think about it, in America, we are so far removed from the wars in this world, that in a sense, we are shielded from the reality of it. Personally I don't think our government does a very good job at telling us the whole truth about things. To me it seems jaded. I feel they try to make the situation seem better than it really is. I often think that Clinton got the short end of the stick in his "situation" we shall call it. Think about it though... What makes him outright lying any different than any other president spoon feeding us a bunch of half truths and what we call "white lies"? I don't see a difference. At least, in the end, Clinton admitted he was wrong for lying. Most other politicians just keep right on feeding us half truths until their tenure is up and we call them good Americans for their faithful service to our country. I sometimes think that I'm the only Christian who doesn't support Bush. Don't get me wrong... I voted for the man the first time and I would have voted again for him had I not been pre-disposed. I feel he made the right decision in taking Saddam out of power. I just wish he wouldn't have lied about why he did it. WMD? Yeah! Anyway you cut that you can't get around the fact that he lied. I've heard so many Christians try to defend him on this. I don't get it! Are those people that blind? I don't know why as Christians we think we have to back this man in everything he does. Sure, he professes Christ. I do too, but that doesn't stop me from being fallible and making mistakes everyday. I'm tired of getting prayer request emails about troops that are told to call their families before a mission because they might not make it back. It's not that I don't like praying. I pray every time and with more urgency in these cases. It's just that I think we have a higher responsibility to ask why are we putting our young men and women in these positions. I work with kids everyday who suffer, and I mean suffer, from not having a father or mother. The impact it has on them is way too much for any kid to have to bear. Why are we choosing to foster this issue of fatherless-ness and motherless-ness further? I understand that something needs to be done and I will be the first to admit that I don't have the answers to these problems. All I see is another generation of young men and women that may grow up without a father or mother and we are choosing to look past that for "the good of our country"... Personally, I think a generation of kids who have both parents pouring into them would be better for our country than this war. To all you soldiers who are covering my six. Thank you. My respect and admiration for you is off the charts. Please, do what you can to come home safe. Your country's success depends on it.