" God Bless Our Troops!"

On November 11th. we will celebrate another Veterans' Day , a day set aside to honor those who put their civilian life aside to devote a portion of their lives to the service of our country. My Dad served as did all of my uncles , my grandfathers , and great uncles . I served as well as several of my cousins. I never thought this was a terrible sacrifice for myself , nor did my father or his brothers . I was brought up believing we lived in the greatest nation on God's earth , and it was a privilege to take the time to wear it's uniform. Two days ago a lunatic gunman set it upon himself to ruthlessly slaughter un-armed members of our service personnel as they were preparing to begin their assignment to Afghanistan to fight terrorism. What has changed in our national conscience to bring about this type of violent behavior towards those who's job is to defend and protect our republic? When a sitting president begins his term by apologizing to the world for actions that were taken by his predecessor to protect our citizens and our allies , he must share some of the responsibility for these types of attacks. During my time of service the war in Viet Nam was found to be an unpopular cause by the "Hippies" and those who new little to nothing about what was actually happening "in country". When soldiers and marines returned home most were treated as criminals and psychotics , few were treated as heroes. The people at that time were told we fought in an unjust war that was a civil matter of the citizens of Viet Nam and we served no legitimate purpose there. Most of those who served then returned home to obscurity , no bands playing or cheering crowds . Today we are in danger of repeating this same type of treatment as the media trys to explain away this attack on our fine men and women as the result of post traumatic stress syndrome ,yet this lunatic never served in a foreign assignment. This is an insidious attempt to smear the purpose of our troops deployment against a real threat to our nation. In reality this was a terrorist attack at a government installation by an individual who was dedicated to a militant Muslim policy of Jihad against the United States.This nations first priority is the protection of it's citizens , everything else is secondary. Someone needs to explain this to our Chief Executive , as he seems to believe social programs take precedence over national security. This week as you read your newspaper , watch television news , or have a free exchange of ideas with someone else ; remember these things all became yours at a cost , an American soldier , sailor , or marine paid for these rights with their blood. When someone demeans those who serve they vilify the finest people our nation have produced. We need to identify our enemies and destroy them , not try to pacify those who give them a safe haven , either at home or abroad!Mr. President stop sitting on your hands and support our troops , that is your job!!