Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue (The Angry American)

Yesterday I was watching soap operas with my mom while playing my PSP (Playstation Portable for those electronic illiterate) One of the soaps I was watching was All My Children which has a character that is an Iraqi War veteran who is scarred with burns (The scars are not fake, he is an actual Iraq War veteran) After thinking about him I remembered one day that he had been on Oprah telling a little about his lifestory, where he came from, how he got the burns etc. However one thing he said just made me sick to the core. One day he had been walking on the street when a woman walking past him told him that "He got what he deserved" Now to any person thats just terrible, why would you say that to someone who went to war? But I take it real personal when you consider that I am a huge war historian and to me someone that serves in the military should not be looked down on, no matter how unpopular the war is! (good example is Vietnam, soldiers were called babykillers, that also makes me sick) If you have something against the president for initiating the war thats one thing, but to go up to a burned soldier and tell them they got what they deserved is just absolutely morally WRONG. To top it all off I have an uncle who is currently in Iraq and another uncle who will be going to Iraq within the next few months. I imagine someone going to one of my uncles and saying "You got what you deserved" (knowing my one uncle he would probaly beat the tar out of her) How can you live with yourself knowing you told another human being that went to war to protect someones rights that they get whatever they deserve while being there. Leave.

"My daddy served in the Army where he lost his right eye but he flew a flag in our yard til the day that he died He wanted my mother, my brother, my sister, and me to grow up and live happy in the land of the free"-Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue (The Angry American) by Toby Keith