Veterans Day

Recently I heard of a story of some­one who was anti-war cut­ting a yel­low rib­bon off of a tree because the sup­port of a war dis­gusted him. Set­ting aside the fact that any­one who is anti-war should want to bring troops home, that kind of sen­ti­ment is far too com­mon. The mil­i­tary is per­ceived as evil. I dis­agree with many of the deci­sions that have been made that have wasted young Amer­i­can lives, but I still want those troops to come home.

I’ve known peo­ple to vil­ify any­one who enters the mil­i­tary as men­tally ill and look­ing for an excuse to kill peo­ple. I’ve heard peo­ple say that the only rea­son any­one would enter the armed forces is because they weren’t very bright. Peo­ple can be down­right nasty at times to those who risk every­thing for their freedom.

Cow­ardice is ram­pant. I’m espe­cially grate­ful for the straight­for­ward courage of our veterans.