I Don't Quite Know What To Think of This

Let me start by making the following confessions:

1. I get the whole nationalism thing.
2. I understand why one loves his/her country.
   
3. I admit that I'm not the most patriotic person that I know.
   
4. I'm also guilty of taking the freedoms I enjoy in the US for granted.
   
5. I know that at times I fall into the "blame America first crowd."
   

Confessions made, I must say "I don't understand this e-mail." I got it today and have been trying to organize my thought. I have a bad feeling about it, but as of yet have been unable to explain why. It seems to conflate Country and God. It makes an analogy between US soldiers and Jesus, which if taken further makes the President of the United States God. I like the guy we've currently got in there, but I'm not ready to worship him.

Check it out and let me know what YOU think.

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A mother asked this President... 'Why did my son have to die in Iraq ?' A mother asked this President.. 'Why did my son have to die in Saudi Arabia ?' A mother asked this President... 'Why did my son have to die in Kuwait ?' Another mother asked this President... 'Why did my son have to die in Vietnam ?' Another mother asked this President... 'Why did my son have to die in Korea ?' Another mother asked this President... 'Why did my son have to die on Iwo Jima ?' Another mother asked President... 'Why did my son have to die on a battlefield in France ?' Yet another mother asked President... 'Why did my son have to die at Gettysburg ?' And yet another mother asked President... 'Why did my son have to die on a frozen field near Valley Forge ?' Then long, long ago, a mother asked.. 'Heavenly Father .. why did my Son have to die on a cross outside of Jerusalem ?' The answer is always the same... 'So that others may live and dwell in peace, happiness, and freedom.'

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