This was written by a Dr. in Texas and is very good, please read.
I was just reading Yahoo news and the San Antonio Express newspaper. You
know what upsets me? People with absolutely nothing to do with their lives,
so they complain on how the U.S. is treating the prisoners or "Detainees"
from Afghanistan.
Do you know why they are complaining? They see a picture on the news or the
internet and they see someone who is shackled and blindfolded and walking
with two armed guards behind razor wire. This picture tells them they are
treated unfairly.
Here is what I see....
I see a thin, sickly looking person who under severe mental duress from
being bombed, was cleaned up, given a haircut to prevent infestation of
parasites, and given new clothes and shoes to wear. I see a person who is
given three nutrious meals per day and a bed to sleep in a tropical
climate, not the cold desert floor of Afghanistan, eating worms, bugs, and
goat. I see a person who will be able to get relief from their pains and
illnesses without paying a dime for medical expenses. They will get rest,
educated, and their mental stress levels will have dropped tremendously
because they were taken out of a combat area and will not be shot at again.
I see these people blindfolded and shackled behind razor wire. I have the
intellectual ability to understand why they are this way. For those that do
not have this ability, let me explain it to you. They are blindfolded to
protect OUR U.S. SOLDIERS from further harm. These people can not plan to
destroy something if they can not see it. They are shackled because these
same people have proven they will easily give up their lives to kill just
ONE AMERICAN. We are protecting their life as well as our own. The razor
wire is a mental deterrant, just like the little alarm company warning
signs most of you out there have on your home, but don't have the actual
alarm system. You would think many times over before actually trying to
cross that razor wire. For all of you people out there thinking how bad
these poor detainees have it under such strict guard, you need to do a lot
more thinking about other things in your life.
I was born on September 11th, 1966, and every birthday I have from now on
will never be a happy one. Why, do you ask? Because as I am out somewhere
trying to have a nice dinner, someone will have a candle or a ribbon or
something, crying about the anniversary of a national tragedy. And then I
will think, about how insignificant my one little birthday actually is
compared to everything else that had happened on that one day.
It boggles my mind that there are actually people out there in this world,
in leadership positions, head of companies that actually think that we are
doing something wrong when it comes to protecting our nation and our
people. These same people will be the first ones to complain about
something that happens to them when they are vacationing outside this
country. They will ask why the U.S. does not do anything about their
misfortune. These are the same people that complain about taxes and how bad
their lives actually are.
If you receive this email, please pass it on to everyone in your address
book. I am not afraid or ashamed to speak my peace. I am an American, my
father fought for this country, and was willing to die for it.
Dr. Steven Tomaselli
Uvalde, Texas
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