Any Day After Veteran's Day

It doesn't hurt for Americans to remember an American veteran, even if it's not on good old Armistice Day. Any time of the year, actually.











For me, those that served during WW I, WW II, Korea and Vietnam stand out head and shoulders

above the wars that followed. I think a lot of it has to do with those that served in combat during these

wars had been my heroes and mentors and family.

I know there are many people who loathe and detest the military and are ungrateful for the veterans

service. Now some veterans might say "you're free to your opinion but I fought for your right to express it"

Others might tell you where to shove it.

The men that I knew, who served during the WWI and WWII and friends that served during Korea that raised and mentored me had a lot more class than I have seen from the Vietnam era. However, some of those who went to 'Nam had far more class than those of my generation down. One thing that stands out about the younger generation is that they seem to demand respect, rather than command respect. There is a difference.

It is a peculiar thing.

The soldier could not fight had it not been for those on the home front producing the war materiel and those that delivered said war materiel to fight with. Without the home front, the soldier would have to rely on sticks and stones. Advanced weapons are not developed by the military but by civilians. And their development can dictate the military strategy and, if accurately applied, in conjunction with all other contributing factors, the course if not the outcome of war.

People forget how big an operation of war, can truly be. How many people, organized for the operation, can contribute to the overall success. Not just the soldier on the front line.

I should point out that if the US should ever go to war, again, as it had gone during WWII, before, because of all the divisions and intense hatred spewed by the likes of those protesting in the streets, I am confident that the US will fail, miserably.

A lot of that has to do with how the kids were raised and how half the nation thinks.

It's kind of tragic that America's Achilles Heel just so happens to be it's freedoms, practiced by those

who lack the wisdom and discipline to govern themselves, to keep it.

Anyway......

A nation that forsakes itself, no longer lasts.