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Roy Bourgeois grew up in Louisiana and graduated with a degree in geology. During this time, Vietnam was in the making. This became the turning point in Bourgeois’s life. He would spend four years of his life in the military, wanting to make a career out of it. Bourgeois feels the raging war forced him to look at the United States foreign policies. Through this, he began to feel as though Americans were intruders that bombard others countries trying to make peace knowing little to nothing about their culture. Less than five percent of Americans have a passport. The only way Americans are aware of what is taking place in other countries is through the media, which in some cases are a false view of the real world. A few years later Bourgeois became a catholic priest. Through this, he would learn about an