Today's Hero

I have a new hero today. My hero has been oppressed for several decades by a dictator regime. Then my hero's country has been occupied for the past three years by the country that deposed the dictator. After the occupiers the terrorists set up shop. My hero has had to put up with torture, genocide, bombings, and I don't know what else! After all this and my hero STILL made it to the poling place to vote for a government to represent it. Yes, my hero is the Iraqi people. Under threat of poling places being bombed and violence, they still made it out in record numbers to place their vote. AND they couldn't drive due to a ban on car travel today. They had to walk, bicycle, crawl or whatever to the poling place. After all the difficulties and hardships they have endured they still placed their vote.

As an American I feel humbled by these people who have been through so much and are still not out of hard times. We have had it so good for so long in America that it makes me wonder how we would react under similar circumstances? What would it take to get us to the polls to vote? Free capuccino and a scone might help! Think about it...