matis said:
Until the day comes when the lion will lie down with the lamb, we will depend on our military. If we had any sense and any decency at all, we would deeply respect our American military and their families and be grateful to them forever.
I couldn't have said it better.I wasn't born until 1970, but my dad was in the Navy and a few of my uncles had been to 'Nam. As I grew older, they helped me understand what war was as best they could to a kid. When I finally had to do a report on 'Nam, I was disgusted the way our soldiers were treated when they came back. Spitting on the gun does not stop the finger from pulling the trigger.
When I graduated and saw my own war, I found what brotherhood meant. Not to the same degree, but enough. I was called names. Not to the same degree, but enough. I lost brothers. Not to the same degree, but enough.
When will politicians say, "We will help you as we always have. Not to the same degree, but enough." So when Dads, Moms, Wifes, Husbands, Sons and Daughters learn about loss, it's not to the same degree, but enough.
Enough is enough. Please forgive me as I'm tearing as I write this and my emotions are strung again. I have lost again (while I feel for his family, it wasn't this fallen brother, specifically). To the same degree, and more than enough.