Honoring Our Veterans

This is from Breitbart. Thank you to all who served.

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[Dano]

GOD bless our troops...

[Bruce]

God bless all our troops, past and present.

[GeorgiaDawg]

Random Thoughts.........

To understand how and what our men and women who serve now and in the past feel
in our hearts about our beautiful country, you must first have a look into the hearts and
our minds...You might say for all who serve that it's not a hard decision in life, but one
that has to be made in times of need and sacrifice..Our love of country, the freedom
and our right to choose all the God given liberties that we so deeply have rooted into
the very fabric that bonds all Americans together..This will never change but will grow
stronger as time passes from one generation to next ....
Not much is asked, maybe a simple nod of the head and a thank you or the feeling that
our America is a better place because we all stood together to defeat any cause to tear
her down...Love and kindness is the best healer of fear and the respect for our fellow
man will always be cherished with tenderness in one's heart.....

God bless all who have served and the one's who gave all for the great cause to honor
our beloved country......

[JoeKidd]

It is the Veteran, not the community organizer, who gives us freedom to assemble.
It is the Veteran, not the reporter, who gives us freedom of the press.
It is the Veteran, not the preacher, who gives us freedom of religion.
It is the Veteran, not the lawyer, who gives us the right to a fair trial.
It is the Veteran, not the politician, who gives us the right to vote.
It is the Veteran, not the poet, who gives us freedom of speech.
It is the Veteran who salutes the Flag.
And it is the Veteran who serves and is buried under the Flag.
To the members of The United States Armed Forces, past, present, and future:
May God Bless you all.

[Horsebutt]

AMEN!

[GeorgiaDawg]

To the Fla Pundit family,
In Honor of our Veterans ... A Poem Worth Reading, please take a few minutes and read..

He was getting old and paunchy and his hair was falling fast,
And he sat around the Legion, telling stories of the past.

Of a war that he once fought in and the deeds that he had done,
In his exploits with his buddies; they were heroes, every one.

And 'tho sometimes to his neighbors, his tales became a joke,
All his buddies listened quietly for they knew where of he spoke.

But we'll hear his tales no longer, for ol' Bob has passed away,
And the world's a little poorer for a Soldier died today.

He won't be mourned by many, just his children and his wife.
For he lived an ordinary, very quiet sort of life.

He held a job and raised a family, going quietly on his way;
And the world won't note his passing, 'tho a Soldier died today.

When politicians leave this earth, their bodies lie in state,
While thousands note their passing, and proclaim that they were great.

Papers tell of their life stories from the time that they were young
But the passing of a Soldier goes unnoticed, and unsung.

Is the greatest contribution to the welfare of our land,
Some jerk who breaks his promise and cons his fellow man?

Or the ordinary fellow who in times of war and strife,
Goes off to serve his country and offers up his life?

The politician's stipend and the style in which he lives,
Are often disproportionate, to the service that he gives.

While the ordinary Soldier, who offered up his all,
Is paid off with a medal and perhaps a pension, small.

It is not the politicians with their compromise and ploys,
Who won for us the freedom that our country now enjoys.

Should you find yourself in danger, with your enemies at hand,
Would you really want some cop-out, with his ever-waffling stand?

Or would you want a Soldier -- his home, his country, his kin,
Just a common Soldier, who would fight until the end.

He was just a common Soldier, and his ranks are growing thin,
But his presence should remind us we may need his like again.

For when countries are in conflict, we find the Soldier's part
Is to clean up all the troubles that the politicians start.

If we cannot do him honor while he's here to hear the praise,
Then at least let's give him homage at the ending of his days.

Perhaps just a simple headline in the paper that might say:
"OUR COUNTRY IS IN MOURNING, A SOLDIER DIED TODAY."

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[JoeKidd]

@GeorgiaDawg: Beautiful poem! Thanks for posting!