People are being kidnapped! People are being beaten! People are being tortured! People are being raped! People are being humiliated! People are being shamed! People are being killed!
Will you wait until they come for you? Will you wait until you are taken? Will you wait until your room is empty? Will you wait until your belongings Lie scattered on the floor? Will you wait until your loved ones Must stand at the door begging for news?
Will you wait until they drag you Down the stairs And up the street To the prison In the shadows?
Will you wait until they chain you To the wall!
Will you wait until they leave you There?
Will you wait until they return With the dogs And the hoses And the smiles And the attitude And the hardened hearts?
Where's your voice?
Open your mouth! Free up your indignation! Express your outrage! Let out your pain!
Jim Bush is a 61 year old, Vietnam-era veteran, currently living in Katy,Texas. He was raised in a military family. His father received the Silver Star for directing troops while under air attack at Clark Field in the Phillipines, survived the Bataan Death March, and spent three and a half years in a Japanese POW camp. He also received the Purple Heart for wounds received while a POW. Jim served as an army photographer in Okinawa and Korea. In 1987 he traveled to the war zones of Nicaragua with a veteran's group dedicated to stopping the Contra War.
I used to think the Bravehearts would rise up when the Despots came. I thought men would fight to keep their children and grandchildren from being used as cannon fodder or when robber barons hocked thier futures wilh unbridled debt to enrich a few.
Where have all the Bravehearts gone?????????????????
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cluelessfl (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 182 comments)
on Wednesday, March 22, 2006 at 5:21:21 PM
