We military veterans took an oath to defend our Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic — an oath without an expiration date. We meant it when we took the oath and we still mean it today.
All of these unconstitutional and undeclared wars in the name of national security do nothing to make us safer and that we are in fact, in more danger because of them.
Our meddling, nation building, and policing of the world do nothing more than incite hatred while bankrupting our country.
In the fictitious name of spreading freedom, we are losing our own at home.
Veterans more than anyone else are fully aware of the fact that if our leaders are truly concerned about our national security, they will secure our perimeter here at home and send us to protect our own borders not the borders of Iraq or Afghanistan.
These same Veterans are still willing to die for their sovereign country today. We are willing to die to defend our Constitution, our freedom, and all of the things that have made this country great. We are not, however, willing to kill and incite hatred through American Imperialism or to line the pockets of war profiteers.
The general feeling among many veterans is “Save your dumb culture war until after we’ve figured out how to make the government obey the Constitution,” and that we should “Lead by example”, and “Friends with all nations, entangling alliances with none”.
Think about it. If we were really defending "Freedom", we would be fighting our own government here at home.
I leave you with two quotes to ponder...
"Morality is doing what’s right regardless of what you’re told. Obedience is doing what is told regardless of what is right." ~ H.L. Mencken
"To die for an idea; it is unquestionably noble. But how much nobler it would be if men died for ideas that were true!" ~ H.L. Mencken
