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THE WORLD BOWS TO PRAY:
HOW IN FRANCE, INNOCENT PEOPLE, WERE MURDERED, AND SHOT DOWN THIS WAY:
         I COULD NOT EVEN WATCH THE NEWS REPORTED ANYMORE TODAY:
         IT HURTS WHEN THE ONLY THING THAT YOU CAN DO IS HUMBLY PRAY:
SIMPLY PRAY, THAT GOD THE ALMIGHTY, WILL BRING JUSTICE TO THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR- THIS HANEOUS CRIME:
PRAY THAT THE WORLD, UNITES IN PEACE, WITH FREEDOM RISING TO ITS BEST, PASSING THIS TERRIBLE HATEFUL, AND DEADLY TEST, AND LET THE EIEFEL TOWER STAND FOR, UNITED PEACE ,IN THE WORLD, GOING ON TO SHINE
        THE WORLD BOWS TO PRAY, FOR-- THOSE HURT, MAIMED, AND KILLED BY THESE COWARDLY TERRORIST THIS WAY:
        IT IS SO SADDENING TO ME , AND HOW I FEEL THIS WAY, THERE IS NOTHING THAT I CAN DO TO DEFEND, THERE IS NOTHING THAT I CAN SAY, MY ONLY RESORT IS TO HUMBLY, HEARTFELLY PRAY:

I WAS IN BEIRUT LEBANNON, IT WAS SUCH OF A SHAME, WHEN TERRORIST BLEW UP THE BUILDING, KILLING CLOSE TO 300--MARINES AND NAVY MEN:
THATS WHY THIS ACT OF TERROR HITS ME SO HARD, AS  IM THINKING OF THE TERRORIST ACT WAY BACK THEN:

ITS SO SICKENING, AND SAD:
THAT THESE TERRORIST ATTACKS,-- TO THIS DAY, ARE STILL SO TERRIBLE, SO EVIL, SO SADISTICK EVIL AND SO BAD:

I --SERVED IN BEIRUT LEBANNON AS A MARINE, IN 1982--TO 1983--THEN RETURNED SIX MONTHS LATTER IN 1984:
WE WERE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF A CIVAL WAR:

AFTER I FINISHED MY FIRST TOUR:
IT WAS SUCH OF A SICKENING FEELING, WE ALL KNEW IT WAS JUST A MATTER OF TIME, THAT SOMETHING BAD WAS GOING TO HAPPEN FOR SURE:

THE BUILDING THAT WAS EXPLODED, FROM A TRUCK PACKED WITH HIGH EXPLOSIVES CRASHED THE GATE, AND WENT RIGHT INTO THE BUILDING -- WITH SUCH GREAT FORCE, CAUSING THE COMPLETE BUILDING TO CRASH TO THE GROUND:
I WAS SO SAD PROFOUND:

I WAS NOT THERE WHEN THE BUILDING BLEW UP-- BUT WAS SENT THERE IN 1984----AFTER THE EXPLOSION, AND RETURNED ONCE MORE:
IT JUST IS A SHAME,AFTER ALL OF THESE YEARS--AND YEARS, THAT THE WORLD IS STILL FIGHTING TERRORISM, AND AT WAR:

THE WORLD BOWS TO PRAY, THAT THESE EXTREME TERRORIST, AND THERE EVIL WAYS:
HAVE SEEN THE VERY LAST OF THERE SICK AND EVIL, SADDISTIC DAYS:

THE WORLD BOWS TO PRAY,
THAT JUSTICE WILL BE DEALT TO THESE EVIL DOERS, AND NEVER AGAIN WILL INNOCENT PEOPLE IN THE WORLD, HAVE TO SUFFER THIS WAY:

14--NOVEMBER--2015:
BY: JOHN D. JUNGERS:


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