Best
Explanation I Have Ever Heard
Cindy Sheehan asked President Bush, "Why did my son have to die in Iraq?"
Another mother asked President Kennedy, "Why did my son have to die in Viet
Nam?"
Another mother asked President Truman, "Why did my son have to die in Korea?
Another mother asked President F D Roosevelt, "Why did my son have to die at
Iwo Jima?"
Another mother asked President W. Wilson, "Why did my son have to die on the
battlefield of France?"
Yet another mother asked President Lincoln, "Why did my son have to die at
Gettysburg?"
And yet another mother asked President G. Washington, "Why did my son have to
die 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 answers to all these are similar -- "that others may have life and dwell in
peace, happiness and freedom."
