Independence Day

It’s “Independence Day,” a day to remember the difficult aggressively fought battles and the countless hardships many of our ancestors had to endure in order to attain a victory over the British Empire. A day to remember and pay tribute to all the men and women that sacrificed life and limb to ensure our way of life, and the future of this country. Anyone that wears a United States military uniform outside the North American continent is putting his or her life in danger. Even during peacetime the world is a dangerous place for any uniformed military person of the USA. However, peacetime is not the situation we’re dealing with at the present time. Our men and women are stationed in two different countries where hostilities could break out at anytime, in an instant their lives could be adversely affected with injuries, trauma or even death. They are an extension of us, and it is our moral duty to support them not only today on our countries birthday, but every day.


Every so often we say things, and we don’t even know why, we just know it sounded good at the time. We are all guilty of this, but some of us have grown out of it, because we’ve come to realize that our words have weight and we now understand the gravity of the situation at hand. As an example, if you were to say something negative or derogatory about the Jews, or the gays you would find out quickly that this is something you just can’t do, they will make you pay for it somehow, because you could mess them up, or cause them harm, yet we are often encouraged by the left wing and the media to speak out against the military and the Christian Right which is prevalent in the military. They obviously know what they’re doing because they won’t let you say anything negative about them, but they provoke everyone into saying awful things about the right, knowing for certain the damage that will be inflicted upon them. After that, when an explosion, or some other horrific accident kills our men and women, now they are able to point their finger and shout, “you see we told you right from the start that this war is wrong and this proves it, there is nothing worth dying for.” There is nothing worth dying for, so that means that all of these people that gave their lives for this country, lost their lives for nothing. If you believe that, then you have cheated all of these men and women, and their families out of the honor and respect that they have earned, and that they deserve.


The group of countries we think of as the Middle East is in reality the heart and soul of the Muslim people that extends deep into Africa, up into Europe, and takes up a vast portion of Asia. We don’t want these people to be brought up to hate Americans. By being over there, they are able to see us as the humans that we are, that have to deal with the same hardships and struggles as they do. Now they are able to associate a real face to the American image, so instead of the monster that we’re made out to be, maybe now they’ll remember that American soldier that held the door open for a woman that had her arms full of groceries, or the Americans that showed an interest in learning about their language and culture. We have thousands of good will ambassadors over there right now, and it’s not an easy assignment for any of them. Let’s not make their job any harder than it already is, let’s support our troops.