Dear Diary:

I can’t stand it any more! This Saddam guy and this war. It’s bringing nothing but agony and pain. There must be some other way we can resolve this. Innocent people are dieing because of it and who knows maybe I’m next. I live where no one trusts anyone we all think someone is out to get you. The only sane people in this town are me, my boyfriend Mark and my best friend Nancy. We understand that Saddam might not be able to be stopped but people must try. We must find a way to stop this war before everyone on earth is killed and there is nothing left. We can’t live the rest of out lives in fear. What about the little kids what will happen to them? They will grow up in a scared and helpless world. Maybe they won’t grow up at all. Maybe they all get killed. Maybe they commit suicide. I don’t know but I know we must stop this war! Before it is too late. It may already be too late. I hope not. I need a life. The whole world needs a real life. Not the one we are living right now in fear. Every damn day we say to our selves, “are we going to die or live?” That’s how we are living and we must find peace with Iraq. There are so many what ifs so we must, must find peace with Iraq. That’s all I have to say for tonight. Goodbye.

Elizabeth McMann