Ok.
Your reply to me makes sense and it made me cry - damn you.
I wept with soldiers returning from Nam who were spat upon - what the hell has happened.
(OK enough of self pity)
Moving forward, fighting to the death for people who love and UNDERSTAND who the USA actually is.
Thank you for your service.
My Dad lost an arm in WWII and he was considered a hero. To me he was “Captain Hook” we always played Peter Pan, I was a kid. As an adult I knew what he sacrificed, and he was willing.
I have family in special forces, Air Force and the Navy, I know what they give. I love them for it, yet weep they do not receive the same appreciation my Dad, uncles and fatherIL received.
The service today is not less important.
Thank you for your service, I salute you.
I am so very sorry you and other like you do not receive the honor and respect you deserve.
I apologize for America.
I'm sorry, didn't mean to make you cry.
I wept with soldiers returning from Nam who were spat upon - what the hell has happened.
I have theories about that too; but I think CS Lewis got it right: talking about "men without chests."
(OK enough of self pity)
It's not just self-pity; the rest of your post shows me some genuine empathy -- and since when did it become "unmanly" to feel remorse/sadness over something bad?
Moving forward, fighting to the death for people who love and UNDERSTAND who the USA actually is.
Thank you for your service.
You're welcome.
My Dad lost an arm in WWII and he was considered a hero. To me he was “Captain Hook” we always played Peter Pan, I was a kid. As an adult I knew what he sacrificed, and he was willing. I have family in special forces, Air Force and the Navy, I know what they give. I love them for it, yet weep they do not receive the same appreciation my Dad, uncles and fatherIL received.
I think that they were perhaps a better quality man than we are today; it is intuitively obvious that the organization that produces the strongest/best individuals is the family; the family has been under attack from government for how long now?
The service today is not less important.
Thank you for your service, I salute you.
I am so very sorry you and other like you do not receive the honor and respect you deserve.
It's ok; I'm [was] one of those REMFs mentioned above. My job was detainee ops, think prison guard with more than a touch of overpaid-scarecrow/underpaid-babysitter. (The really horrible thing about that job is that even if your shift went perfectly you could beat yourself up for the times you caught yourself staring int space or letting the mind wander, etc.)
I apologize for America.
Apology accepted? [Can I do that? Can you apologize on behalf of the country?]
In any case, I think the only way to restore America is to do justice.
Also God says this:
2 Chronicles 7:14 -- Then if my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sins and restore their land.