In the April 24 letter, “War in Iraq: Collateral damage a real-life tragedy,” letter writer Susan Schroeder stated that she saw a picture of a boy who had both arms blown off, and that he had lost most of his family in the war in Iraq. She said that she had not seen much about this type of news on television. The TV channel I watch told how he was sent to one of our military bases overseas and was getting the best of care. He will also be getting “state of the art arms” to replace those he lost. This by no means replaces what he lost and she is right not to forget him and others like him.
Sadly, there are losses in war. And on a personal level, they are losses too great to bear. I know if I lost a child overseas that I would think the loss too great. There are losses in wars and the need of the many often means the sacrifice of the few. It doesn’t make them any less heart-wrenching. But if you asked any African American in today’s America if the losses some of their families sustained during the Civil War battles were worth the freedom they have now, I believe they would say yes.
This young man has a hard road ahead of him and I hope we help him as much as we can. But remember the little girl who could not sleep nights for the screaming she heard next door in a house that became a prison. Remember the children who watched a parent being hauled off to prison, never to return and with only their imaginations to tell them what happened to these family members. Remember the children whose early teaching consisted of what not to say, so that they or other family members did not have to pay the ultimate sacrifice.
And remember the children who have not had a full stomach since the wealth was being hoarded by the horrible man who ran the country, but did not care for his people.
Marysville
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