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A mother 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 has to die near Valley Forge?"
Then long, long ago, a mother asked... "Heavenly Father,
why did my
Son has to die on a cross outside of Jerusalem?"
The answers to all these are similar --
"So that others may have life and dwell in peace, happiness and
freedom."