In Honor of Our Troops
There's a news story talking about how a certain group of our soldiers decided that it would better to disobey a direct order rather than transport food and water to combat zones. I will not, at this time speak about this for two reasons: We need to pay tribute to the troops who are doing their job and following all orders no matter how dangerous or how strange those orders may seem, and the liberal media will pick up on that story as 'proof' that the troops are in revolt under Bush. This is not the case, and most troops, according to a survey favor Bush over four to one.
Our troops are the world's finest. While it may be true that just about every nation may claim this, and while it also true that some special units may be, at least in drills and maneuvers, better 'on paper', I would still not trade our soldiers for any others.
These volunteers know that, while members of the United States Armed Forces they will be called upon not just by the President or Congress, but also by the international community to fight and 'keep the peace' anywhere in the world. Not many other nations want to do this, and even fewer actually do it.
For America, as proof in our troops, it means more to help people when we can - even when doing so means creating ire amongst the international community, or being told that if we helped country a, why don't we help country b and then claiming a conspiracy because we don't.
No other nation in the world has ever had the military power that we have, and yet we do not conquer nations like the Romans or the Mongols, or even the French or British did. Americans understand what is means to be good or bad, can discern right from wrong, and we wish to spread that which we know is vital for a stable, prosperous future. No one exemplifies this more that the United States Armed Forces.
They fight the fights and right the wrongs all the while people like me can sit on my rear in an office building or at home living out the American Dream (which is alive and well thank you very much -- because of our troops). While I do not like paying taxes any more than most Americans, I will never object to funding our military because without these brave individuals who have, over the course of this nation's life, sacrificed their time, energy, limbs, and life for everyone.
When most nations use the word 'everyone' in the sense I just did they can usually only mean everyone in their country, but the American, it means everyone in the world... nothing less would be an honest answer.
From our revolutionary war which permitted the start of a new form of government thought quaint and to be a curiosity by the more sophisticated elites of Europe - the same nations who have since then emulated our form of government and constitution.
Ever since then we have delivered to the world stability, creativity, ingenuity, as well other more tangible things like our blood and our toil.
Today we have troops covering the face of the earth in almost every time zone. We do this not to rule the world as other nations have done in the past, but to ensure our security and to, when situations permit, advance freedom for the world as a whole. Today we also faced with a difficulty because the world realizes that it is the United States and not anyone else who has the capability to right the wrongs and secure a brighter future for not just America but the entire world. Because these nations are run by the likes of Chirac and others instead of the likes of Churchill and company, the leadership level of the world is in a deficit situation.
The American Soldier has seen and done it all. From the Halls of Montezuma to the Shores of Tripoli is more than a line from the Marine's Hymn, it is a true testament to the will, resolve, and ability of those who do indeed fight to keep our nation safe and free.
The American Soldier watched a fleet sink in Pearl Harbor only to later sink most of the important vessels our enemy could build. The American Soldier stopped the spread of Communism and totalitarianism in both the forgotten war of Korea, and the condemned war in Vietnam. The American Soldier has come home to ticker-tape parades and to be spit upon, but the American Soldier secured both of those activities for all.
The American Soldier is America, with all the contradictions and dynamics this nation has been, is, and will become, and because I love this country I love our soldiers.
Thank you to all who have served, are serving, or will serve in the future!
Our troops are the world's finest. While it may be true that just about every nation may claim this, and while it also true that some special units may be, at least in drills and maneuvers, better 'on paper', I would still not trade our soldiers for any others.
These volunteers know that, while members of the United States Armed Forces they will be called upon not just by the President or Congress, but also by the international community to fight and 'keep the peace' anywhere in the world. Not many other nations want to do this, and even fewer actually do it.
For America, as proof in our troops, it means more to help people when we can - even when doing so means creating ire amongst the international community, or being told that if we helped country a, why don't we help country b and then claiming a conspiracy because we don't.
No other nation in the world has ever had the military power that we have, and yet we do not conquer nations like the Romans or the Mongols, or even the French or British did. Americans understand what is means to be good or bad, can discern right from wrong, and we wish to spread that which we know is vital for a stable, prosperous future. No one exemplifies this more that the United States Armed Forces.
They fight the fights and right the wrongs all the while people like me can sit on my rear in an office building or at home living out the American Dream (which is alive and well thank you very much -- because of our troops). While I do not like paying taxes any more than most Americans, I will never object to funding our military because without these brave individuals who have, over the course of this nation's life, sacrificed their time, energy, limbs, and life for everyone.
When most nations use the word 'everyone' in the sense I just did they can usually only mean everyone in their country, but the American, it means everyone in the world... nothing less would be an honest answer.
From our revolutionary war which permitted the start of a new form of government thought quaint and to be a curiosity by the more sophisticated elites of Europe - the same nations who have since then emulated our form of government and constitution.
Ever since then we have delivered to the world stability, creativity, ingenuity, as well other more tangible things like our blood and our toil.
Today we have troops covering the face of the earth in almost every time zone. We do this not to rule the world as other nations have done in the past, but to ensure our security and to, when situations permit, advance freedom for the world as a whole. Today we also faced with a difficulty because the world realizes that it is the United States and not anyone else who has the capability to right the wrongs and secure a brighter future for not just America but the entire world. Because these nations are run by the likes of Chirac and others instead of the likes of Churchill and company, the leadership level of the world is in a deficit situation.
The American Soldier has seen and done it all. From the Halls of Montezuma to the Shores of Tripoli is more than a line from the Marine's Hymn, it is a true testament to the will, resolve, and ability of those who do indeed fight to keep our nation safe and free.
The American Soldier watched a fleet sink in Pearl Harbor only to later sink most of the important vessels our enemy could build. The American Soldier stopped the spread of Communism and totalitarianism in both the forgotten war of Korea, and the condemned war in Vietnam. The American Soldier has come home to ticker-tape parades and to be spit upon, but the American Soldier secured both of those activities for all.
The American Soldier is America, with all the contradictions and dynamics this nation has been, is, and will become, and because I love this country I love our soldiers.
Thank you to all who have served, are serving, or will serve in the future!
posted by Edward W. Prather at 18:45
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