The time American pride drowned a dad and his daughter

A few months ago, I was watching cable news late at night. I saw an alert appear on the screen. The blonde lady speaking to me looked really tense. She shared that there were reports of an impending invasion. I thought to myself, “An invasion, how could this be?”

Those kinds of things don’t happen in the United States. She said it was a caravan of hundreds, maybe thousands of people from tiny countries thousands of miles away. They were coming, and no one was stopping them. It was late at night. I fell asleep listening to this alarming news.

A couple of weeks passed and the drumbeat continued. The invasion was almost near. There seemed to be nothing we could do to stop them. Each night that I tuned in, the pretty blonde news lady kept saying phrases like “criminals” and “diseases.” I didn’t understand because America has the strongest military in the world and we can usually stop scary moments like these.

The alerts became a daily occurrence. I felt like we were about to enter into war with someone, but who? Usually, it’s easy to explain our enemies. They are people that think the opposite of us and want to end our way of life. They believe in a different God and often want to limit the rights we hold precious.