Dear Middle East People,
I've read many articles about how we don't "understand" the middle east's way of thinking. The war that we're fighting has gone back too long, and there is too much hatred between factions to ever go back. Now that America, the "great Devil" has been involved, they too will be sucked into a quagmire and never return.
Instead of thinking about that I give you my slant on what it is to be a "free" American. We want to be able to say we feel, go wherever we want, and be as happy as our hard work will make us. That's it, it's really no harder to understand than that. It is so very simple to understand "us" but I still find it hard to understand "you".
While I worry about having a job in the future to support my family; you probably worry about your family's lives.
While I think about if I want to go to the beach, or go swimming; you probably think about if you should walk down a certain street.
While I think about what it is to be a father to my son; you probably think about what would happen if you would stand up for what you believe in.
These are three examples of the differences we probably share. I pity you and in the same thought think that we have given you a chance to stand up. I want you to not have to worry about tomorrow, and yet if you do I don't feel it's on my shoulders any longer.
Our country has given you a choice.