America, Where Is Your Honor?

It saddens me that something like this video ever even had to be created.

I live in a country defined by it's freedoms, yet I find myself surrounded by people who take those freedoms for granted. People who ridicule and castigate our defenders. People who forget about the wars that got us here. People who look the other way, and ignore the countless lives sacrificed in the name of freedom.

Frankly, it disgusts me. This is not the country our forefathers set out to create. A country full of lies and scandals. Deceit. And disrespect. Where a story about a philandering golfer gets more news coverage than the story of a soldier returning home from war. And tales of the latest celebrity's jaunt in rehab are more popular than the stories of a Marines time in battle.

What is wrong with us, America?  Have you no honor?  Have you no decency?  Have real people's lives come to mean so little to you? 

I don't care if you think the War on Terrorism is dumb.  I don't care if you hate it.  And I certainly do not care what you think of our former President (don't get me started on the current one!).  What I do care about are the men and women who fight to the death to keep our country free from tyranny. 

I care about the hundreds of  lives affected every time a single service member is lost.  I care about the humans.  The individuals.  The people who left every comfort behind for you.  They left their friends, their moms and sisters, brothers and wives, babies, fathers, their beds, hell, even their toilets.  They chose to defend something they believe in. 


What do you believe in, America?


Because if you don't believe in the people who protect your rights, you believe in nothing. 

When you disrespect the members of our military, you disrespect this country.  And if you disrespect this country, I believe you should forfeit your right to live here.  Fortunately for you, those people you're insulting, are defending that very right.  And because they have honor, they'll continue to do that despite your contempt for them.

How hypocritical can you get, that you would criticize and ostracize the very people who make it possible for you to speak your mind.

They didnt' choose to fight in this war.  They chose to protect this country.

When have you ever been so brave?



* stepping off soap box *


When you see a service member, be they 18, 95, or any age in between, respect them.  Respect what they represent.  Respect that without their courage, your country would not be what it is today.  And remember that they gave so much, while you give so little. 

They deserve your admiration and adoration, but if you cannot manage that, at least give them your gratitude.


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