Soldiers

Land of the free and home of the brave. People use to be proud to be Americans. Now we have become cowardice, selfish, lazy, mindless, little pansies. People who say that they hate America are no patriots to our country and if you hate it so much then you can leave! People say that this country is evil and power hungry. This is NOT true, it is not the country itself as the land but the people that we ourselves elected to be in charge of this country that are evil and power hungry. People say that the war needs to stop and that the bloodthirsty soldiers should be stopped. Well I have news for you people that think this way. You decided to vote for precious Obama. I respect him as the president but I do not agree with him in any way. He said he would pull our soldiers out yet he is sending out more soldiers.
Soldiers do what they do to protect this once great country. From the Revolution, the Civil War, World War I, World War II, Vietnam, the Gulf War, people have joined to fight to protect their homes, their families, their sense of doing what they can to preserve this country for the better. Every time they go out to the field to fight they put their own life at danger just so that we can have our freedom. They give us our lives, the chance just to sit on our couches and use our computers, our televisions, our cell phones, our I-pods or MP3s. These soldiers leave everything to go and fight against an enemy threatening to take away what we have created and what we have become.
The soldiers on the other side, in this case the terrorists are also doing their job. I do not feel that the taking of any life should be condoned. We are not God so how do we even pretend to think we have the right to decide who lives and dies. Some of the soldiers are not terrorists, and like our soldiers are just doing their job. Some have families that they are trying to protect; parents, sibling, spouses, children, their own faith and lives.
They do their job to protect their country and we are lucky to have so many that still have the belief that America is beautiful and is the place of life and opportunity. I challange you to get up the next time you see one of the people in any of the services and shake their hand. Thank them and tell them that you appreciate their sacrifice and their dedication. The ones you meet have been fortunate enough to live where as some of their friends, family, loved ones have not made it back and never will. Think about what you would see through their eyes and you will see.
Thank you to all the armed forces who made it possible for us to live in the land of the free and the home of the brave. God Bless America and its soldiers.