Attention: TDR Forum Junkies 
This was written by a Dr. in Texas and is very good, please read.
I was just reading Yahoo news and the San Antonio Express newspaper. You know
what upsets me? People with absolutely nothing to do with their lives, so
they complain on how the U. S. is treating the prisoners or "Detainees" from
Afghanistan.
Do you know why they are complaining? They see a picture on the news or the
internet and they see someone who is shackled and blindfolded and walking
with two armed guards behind razor wire. This picture tells them they are
treated unfairly.
Here is what I see... .
I see a thin, sickly looking person who under severe mental duress from being
bombed, was cleaned up, given a haircut to prevent infestation of parasites,
and given new clothes and shoes to wear. I see a person who is given three
nutrious meals per day and a bed to sleep in in a tropical climate, not the
cold desert floor of Afghanistan, eating worms, bugs, and goat. I see a
person who will be able to get relief from their pains and illnesses without
paying a dime for medical expenses. They will get rest, educated, and their
mental stress levels will have dropped tremendously because they were taken
out of a combat area and will not be shot at again.
I see these people blindfolded and shackled behind razor wire. I have the
intellectual ability to understand why they are this way. For those that do
not have this ability, let me explain it to you. They are blindfolded to
protect OUR U. S. SOLDIERS from further harm. These people can not plan to
destroy something if they can not see it. They are shackled because these
same people have proven they will easily give up their lives to kill just ONE
AMERICAN. We are protecting their life as well as our own. The razor wire is
a mental deterrant, just like the little alarm company warning signs most of
you out there have on your home, but don't have the actual alarm system. You
would think many times over before actually trying to cross that razor wire.
For all of you people out there thinking how bad these poor detainees have it
under such strict guard, you need to do a lot more thinking about other
things in your life. I was born on September 11th, 1966, and every birthday I
have from now on will never be a happy one. Why, do you ask? Because as I am
out somewhere trying to have a nice dinner, someone will have a candle or a
ribbon or something, crying about the anniversary of a national tragedy. And
then I will think, about how insignificant my one little birthday actually is
compared to everything else that had happened on that one day.
It boggles my mind that there are actually people out there in this world, in
leadership positions, head of companies that actually think that we are doing
something wrong when it comes to protecting our nation and our people. These
same people will be the first ones to complain about something that happens
to them when they are vacationing outside this country. They will ask why the
U. S. does not do anything about their misfortune. These are the same people
that complain about taxes and how bad their lives actually are.
If you receive this email, please pass it on to everyone in your address
book. I am not afraid or ashamed to speak my peace. I am an American, my
father fought for this country, and was willing to die for it. I am a New
Yorker, born and raised only miles from New York City. I know the people, the
city, and both are changed forever. I am a doctor, I understand the pain,
suffering, and anguish they have.
May God look down upon us and feel our sorrow and pain. For only He can
relieve it for us. For only He can stop the brutality that this world holds.
Dr. Steven Tomaselli
Uvalde, Texas
United States of America
I was just reading Yahoo news and the San Antonio Express newspaper. You know
what upsets me? People with absolutely nothing to do with their lives, so
they complain on how the U. S. is treating the prisoners or "Detainees" from
Afghanistan.
Do you know why they are complaining? They see a picture on the news or the
internet and they see someone who is shackled and blindfolded and walking
with two armed guards behind razor wire. This picture tells them they are
treated unfairly.
Here is what I see... .
I see a thin, sickly looking person who under severe mental duress from being
bombed, was cleaned up, given a haircut to prevent infestation of parasites,
and given new clothes and shoes to wear. I see a person who is given three
nutrious meals per day and a bed to sleep in in a tropical climate, not the
cold desert floor of Afghanistan, eating worms, bugs, and goat. I see a
person who will be able to get relief from their pains and illnesses without
paying a dime for medical expenses. They will get rest, educated, and their
mental stress levels will have dropped tremendously because they were taken
out of a combat area and will not be shot at again.
I see these people blindfolded and shackled behind razor wire. I have the
intellectual ability to understand why they are this way. For those that do
not have this ability, let me explain it to you. They are blindfolded to
protect OUR U. S. SOLDIERS from further harm. These people can not plan to
destroy something if they can not see it. They are shackled because these
same people have proven they will easily give up their lives to kill just ONE
AMERICAN. We are protecting their life as well as our own. The razor wire is
a mental deterrant, just like the little alarm company warning signs most of
you out there have on your home, but don't have the actual alarm system. You
would think many times over before actually trying to cross that razor wire.
For all of you people out there thinking how bad these poor detainees have it
under such strict guard, you need to do a lot more thinking about other
things in your life. I was born on September 11th, 1966, and every birthday I
have from now on will never be a happy one. Why, do you ask? Because as I am
out somewhere trying to have a nice dinner, someone will have a candle or a
ribbon or something, crying about the anniversary of a national tragedy. And
then I will think, about how insignificant my one little birthday actually is
compared to everything else that had happened on that one day.
It boggles my mind that there are actually people out there in this world, in
leadership positions, head of companies that actually think that we are doing
something wrong when it comes to protecting our nation and our people. These
same people will be the first ones to complain about something that happens
to them when they are vacationing outside this country. They will ask why the
U. S. does not do anything about their misfortune. These are the same people
that complain about taxes and how bad their lives actually are.
If you receive this email, please pass it on to everyone in your address
book. I am not afraid or ashamed to speak my peace. I am an American, my
father fought for this country, and was willing to die for it. I am a New
Yorker, born and raised only miles from New York City. I know the people, the
city, and both are changed forever. I am a doctor, I understand the pain,
suffering, and anguish they have.
May God look down upon us and feel our sorrow and pain. For only He can
relieve it for us. For only He can stop the brutality that this world holds.
Dr. Steven Tomaselli
Uvalde, Texas
United States of America
