diluzio91
05-31-2010, 01:01 AM
Sorry if this offends anyone... but i just wanted to post this in a few places. If it does feel free to delete this.
A memorial day message:
Memorial day is a day to remember those who have given their lives for their country, and those who are sacrificing today to keep this country safe from those who would harm it.
Many people today are protesting the war. There have been cases of military men returning home to see their families, only to be greeted with boos and jeers as they step off the plane wearing their uniforms. You call this protest, you call this the right to free speech. You have never had to fight for your country. You have never known the fear experienced by those in the military. You have never known the feeling as a bullet flies past your head. You have never known the pain of watching a friend, a brother in arms being killed in front of you. You know nothing of the fear that these men face every day.
So before you pick up your signs, and go and jeer at the brave men who fight every day so you don’t have to. Remember. The reason you have the right to pick up those signs is because of the brave men and women who have sacrificed themselves in the military. So the next time you think to yourself “the war should be ended” ask yourself. Why do I want the war to end? Is it so a loved one can come home? Is it so the lives of the soldiers that bravely face dangers every day can come home safe? Or is it because war is wrong. Because innocent civilians in Iraq and Iran might be harmed when someone takes an AK-47 and begins blasting rounds towards the brave Americans risking life and limb to free those innocent civilians from tyranny? Because I have some bad news for you. War is the way that the world works. You can try to pursue diplomatic resolutions, but there will always be those who are willing to fight, and go to war for their beliefs. If you are not willing to fight for the things you believe in, then why do you believe in them.
No amount of kissing up to other countries will regain their respect. To regain their respect we do not need a leader who apologizes for past presidents, who feels that we are an “arrogant” country. Americans seem arrogant because we are proud.
Americans risk their lives to defend people across the globe. We don’t ask for money, because that would go against what we stand for. We don’t ask for thanks, because we don’t always get it. We leave with the knowledge that we have changed the world for the better. We leave, knowing that we have made a difference. This country has lost itself.
The flag is taken for granted, and few people do things because it is the American way. We try to copy European policies, made for another country and another way of life. We put in place government policies that we fought against for decades, because some snake oil salesman says that they will make our country a better place.
If you believe in the true spirit of America. That spirit that helped us declare our independence from foreign rule. The spirit that makes us strive to better ourselves, and to sacrifice for our country. The spirit that made us industrious, and asked only that we lend our labor and skill to the cause of forwarding this country. Then remember. Remember the true America. The America that we used to be willing to fight for tooth and nail. Remember those who did just that. Remember America.
Remember.
A memorial day message:
Memorial day is a day to remember those who have given their lives for their country, and those who are sacrificing today to keep this country safe from those who would harm it.
Many people today are protesting the war. There have been cases of military men returning home to see their families, only to be greeted with boos and jeers as they step off the plane wearing their uniforms. You call this protest, you call this the right to free speech. You have never had to fight for your country. You have never known the fear experienced by those in the military. You have never known the feeling as a bullet flies past your head. You have never known the pain of watching a friend, a brother in arms being killed in front of you. You know nothing of the fear that these men face every day.
So before you pick up your signs, and go and jeer at the brave men who fight every day so you don’t have to. Remember. The reason you have the right to pick up those signs is because of the brave men and women who have sacrificed themselves in the military. So the next time you think to yourself “the war should be ended” ask yourself. Why do I want the war to end? Is it so a loved one can come home? Is it so the lives of the soldiers that bravely face dangers every day can come home safe? Or is it because war is wrong. Because innocent civilians in Iraq and Iran might be harmed when someone takes an AK-47 and begins blasting rounds towards the brave Americans risking life and limb to free those innocent civilians from tyranny? Because I have some bad news for you. War is the way that the world works. You can try to pursue diplomatic resolutions, but there will always be those who are willing to fight, and go to war for their beliefs. If you are not willing to fight for the things you believe in, then why do you believe in them.
No amount of kissing up to other countries will regain their respect. To regain their respect we do not need a leader who apologizes for past presidents, who feels that we are an “arrogant” country. Americans seem arrogant because we are proud.
Americans risk their lives to defend people across the globe. We don’t ask for money, because that would go against what we stand for. We don’t ask for thanks, because we don’t always get it. We leave with the knowledge that we have changed the world for the better. We leave, knowing that we have made a difference. This country has lost itself.
The flag is taken for granted, and few people do things because it is the American way. We try to copy European policies, made for another country and another way of life. We put in place government policies that we fought against for decades, because some snake oil salesman says that they will make our country a better place.
If you believe in the true spirit of America. That spirit that helped us declare our independence from foreign rule. The spirit that makes us strive to better ourselves, and to sacrifice for our country. The spirit that made us industrious, and asked only that we lend our labor and skill to the cause of forwarding this country. Then remember. Remember the true America. The America that we used to be willing to fight for tooth and nail. Remember those who did just that. Remember America.
Remember.