Letter To America

My Fellow Citizens,
I do not know if you have noticed, but lately the papers and airwaves seems to be filled with news of our countrymen dying in a far away land called Iraq. I do not know if you have noticed, but the count of these deaths seems to be slowly, continuously, and constantly, rising, no matter what the politicians in Washington say about the situation improving. Lastly, I do not know if you noticed, but we are doing nothing about it. Other than the few extremists, the parents and families of the deceased, and politicians looking for another term, no one seems to be overly upset about this. Sure we oppose the war, and many of us would not vote for someone who supported it, but we ourselves are doing little or nothing to change it. We are indifferent. Our fellow citizens die terrrible deaths as we continue on with our unchanged lives. As Ellie Weisel says in his famous speech, we have "made their lives meaningless." We have "looked away from the victims" of shortsighted politicians
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History has shown us that it is only the anger of the populace that can cause change. The anger of the founding fathers at their oppression, the anger of the freedom loving North at the slavery of their countrymen, and the anger of the young draftees at being forced to fight for a cause they didn't care about. Anger at injustice has always been a key to fundamental change in this nation, indeed it is the only key.

Where is our anger at the deaths of our sons, daughters, brothers, sisters, friends, and family? Where is our anger at the deaths of our fellow countrymen?

We have seen what happens when we look on. The war is still going on. Young men and women continue to get shipped away to die in ambushes and traps. Those who come back leave limbs and minds behind. The politicians still say it is getting better. We continue to get nowhere.

The war will continue to go on until we, as a nation united by anger, decide to take a stand against it. The time has come for us to put our foot down. This is not a war for freedom, this is hardly a war against terror anymore.It is time to end it.