There really isn't anything I can add to the quality writing exhibited around the blogs today. I came of military age while the Viet Nam war was winding down and the draft switched over to a lottery system. My number was high enough that they didn't get to me that year, and because no one in my family or group of friends had a history of enlisting, it simply never occurred to me. I had one friend who went to the Air Force Academy, but that just seemed different. So while I'm not a veteran, I have deep respect for those of you who are. You allow me to sit here and write this.
Read
Lawyer with a Gun, who reproduces the great truths, so well stated by Father Dennis E. O'Brien, USMC:
It is the soldier, not the reporter, who has given us freedom of the press.
It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us freedom of speech.
It is the soldier, not the organizer, who gave us the freedom to demonstrate
It is the soldier, who salutes the flag, who serves beneath the flag.
And whose coffin is draped by the flag, who allows the protester to burn the flag.
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