A MOTHER ASKED ….

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A mother asked President George W. Bush…
“Why did my son have to die in Iraq?”

A mother asked President Bill Clinton…
“Why did my son have to die in Saudi Arabia?”

A mother asked President George H. W. Bush…
“Why did my son have to die in Kuwait?”

Another mother asked President Lyndon Johnson…
“Why did my son have to die in Vietnam?”

Another mother asked President Harry Truman…
“Why did my son have to die in Korea?”

Another mother asked President Franklin Roosevelt…
“Why did my son have to die on Iwo Jima?”

Another mother asked President Woodrow Wilson…
“Why did my son have to die on a battlefield on a field in France?”

Yet another mother asked President Abe Lincoln…
“Why did my son have to die at Gettysburg?”

Another mother asked President George Washington…
“Why did my son have to die on a frozen field near Valley Forge?”

Then long, long ago, a mother asked…
“Lord…why did my Son have to die on a cross outside of Jerusalem ?”

The answer is always the same ….
“So that others may have life and dwell
in peace, happiness, and freedom.”

This was e-mailed to me by friend Natalie Levitt. The author is unknown, but I thought the magnitude and the simplicity were awesome.