Fighting For Our Freedom?

I praise the amazing people that make the decision to join the service.  They are Hero's.  They are putting their lives in the hands of their boss. Not knowing who the boss will be all the time. I am a coward. I would never sign up because there is risk. When you have a boss who can make good choices, there is little risk. When you have a boss that doesn't make the right choice, there is more than a lot of risk. Because they join still knowing this risk, they are hero's to me.

I heard something last night that I have heard before. Last night when I heard it, it made me angry.

"My son in-law is over in Iraq fighting for you and your family, for your freedom. I hope you realize that he is there for you."

Where does one think of such a thing?  Our freedom was not in danger. It may be now that we are breeding hate towards Americans...but when the "war" was started we were not fighting for our freedom. It is now an invasion, not a war. If it was a war, we would know who the enemy are by the uniforms they wear.

Now, some may say, "But...we were attacked on 9/11. They attacked our freedom. We must defend ourselves"  Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11. The truth is, we weren't paying attention and allowed these people to attack us on 9/11. The people that attacked us are not the ones we murder in this invasion.

The Iraq Invasion is not fighting for our freedom. Iraq invasion happened for all the oil under their sand. The oil men that are the heads of our country wanted that oil and would do anything to get that oil.  They allowed 9/11 to happen to fuel their flame of their goal to get at the oil.  As you have seen in our recent history, people will do anything when you make them afraid. The oil men do not care about bringing freedom or they would try to change their friends government in Saudi Arabia. The oil men do not care about freedom in our country because they don't allow us to vote or have our votes counted.

I hope the families of service men and women know that we are proud of their family members for making the decisions they did. But to say they are fighting for our freedom, that is just wrong....

AND DIVIDED WE STAND