Shots Across The Bow

Horsewhipping is too good for these people...

Imagine your mom or dad has just shipped out to Iraq. Imagine that you know there's a war coming. You're not quite sure what it's about, only that some bad people want to hurt America, and your mom or dad is going out to protect all of us. You know that because your mom whispered it to you as she put you to bed, or your dad told you outside on the front porsh, when he told you that you had to be the man of the house for awhile. Either way, they kissed you gently on the forehead, and left.

Then you go to school and the next most important adult in your life, your teacher, tells you that your mommy and daddy are bad people; that they are going over to do bad things to innocent Iraqi's.

That's exactly what happened to the kids of soldiers in Maine, Texas, and Kansas, at last report. The story first broke on free republic, then was picked up by Winds of Change. Emperor Misha picked it up next, and tracked down the media source. (Large wmv file.)

I really hope that this turns out to be an urban legend legitimized by TV news, (It's happened before) but I'm afraid it's all too plausible.

It's an outrage.

Posted by Rich at February 25, 2003 10:30 PM | TrackBack