A SOLIDER’S TAKE ON MICHAEL JACKSON.

 

 

I received the following in my e-mail this morning. I found it very interesting, so I decided to post it here.

 

 

People our age know it would only be a matter of
time before there was rebuttal over all of the ballyhoo connected to Michael Jackson's demise. Reality sets in a little quicker with us than it does with all of the younger set.

The following letter is well written.

THIS WAS WRITTEN BY A SOLDIER IN IRAQ.

Okay, I need to rant. I was just watching the news, and I caught part of a report on Michael Jackson.  As we all know, Jackson died the other day.  He was an entertainer who performed for decades. He made millions, he spent millions, and he did a lot of things
that made him a villain to many people.  I understand that his death would affect a lot of people, and I respect those people who mourn his death, but that isn't the point of my rant.

Why is it that when ONE man dies, the whole of America loses their minds with grief.   When a man dies whose only contribution to the country was to ENTERTAIN people, the American people find the need to flock to a memorial in Hollywood, and even Congress sees the need to hold a "moment of silence" for his passing?

Am I missing something here?  ONE man dies, and all of a sudden he's a freaking martyr because he entertained us for a few  decades?  What about all those SOLDIERS who have died to give us freedom?  All those
soldiers who, knowing that they would be asked to fight in a war, still raised their hands and swore to defend the Constitution and the United States of America. Where is their moment of silence?  Where are the people flocking to their graves or memorials and mourning over them
because they made the ultimate sacrifice?  Why is it when a soldier dies, there are more people saying "good riddance," and "thank God for IEDs?"  When did this country become so calloused to the sacrifice of GOOD MEN and WOMEN, that they can arbitrarily blow off
their  deaths, and instead, throw themselves into mourning for a "Pop Icon?"

I think that if they are going to hold a moment
of  silence IN CONGRESS for Michael Jackson, they need to hold a moment of  silence for every service  member killed in Iraq and Afghanistan ..  They need to PUBLICLY recognize every life that has been lost so that the  American people can live their callous little lives in the luxury and  freedom that WE, those that
are living and those that have gone on, have provided for them.  But wait, that would take too much time,  because there have been so  many willing to make that  sacrifice.  After all, we will never make millions of  dollars. We will never star in movies, or write hit songs that the world will listen too. We only shed our blood, sweat and tears so that others can enjoy what they have.

Sorry if I have offended, but I needed to say it. Feel free to pass this along if  you want.Remember these five words the next time you think of someone who is serving in the military:

"So that others may live"

Isaac

Live well Laugh well, Love well,

Jesus Saves.