These Stripes Have Been Paid for In Blood

I'm Friends With A Young Man Who had Been Shot In The Chest For A Rally Opposing The Dictator Of Algeria. He Was Just 16. He Couldn't Go To A Christian Church Due To The Fact That It's "Muslim Only" Anything Else Is Penalty Of Death. He Said "We As Americans Are So Lucky" I Told Him, "We are Not Lucky That Our Freedoms Have Been Paid For In Blood, For Hundreds Of Years."