Why we are there.
Posted on 10 November 2006
On this Veterans Day, my thoughts go to those that are serving in our military. I think of my two nephew’s that are both in the Air Force. My sister-in-law’s son Denny who is serving in Japan, and my brother’s son Travis who is at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs Colorado.
Of course I am concerned about the war in the middle east, but i am more concerned by the actions of those that are now in power in congress who, mistakenly, think that if we get out we will be ok. They forgot what happened in the late 70′s when president Carter thought that Khomeini was a religious man and would be better than the Shah of Iran. From that decision sprang the hostages in Iran and all of the turmoil that we see in the middle east now.
I read an article from who is the managing editor at The Spectrum at the University at Buffalo. It defines why we are there, to help the people of Iraq and Afganistan out of the clutches of people that hate freedom and to give them a chance for a better future.
To those family and friends that are currently in the military and served in the military, I thank you. There are those that will hate you and protest what you have done, but rest assured that they would be the first to run to you for protection when, not if, we are attacked. Your service to our country is valued by myself and my family.
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