Vent yourself on The "GOVERNMENT", not the VETS & those that care for them!
"Duties are not performed for duties' sake, but because their neglect would make the man uncomfortable. A man performs but one duty -- the duty of contenting his spirit, the duty of making himself agreeable to himself "
Mark Twain
Band of Brothers "BUDDIES"
When the bands have stopped, the politics forgotten, support fades away, sweat turns to blood and the battle rages,
they fight for each other...Period!!!
Until you've walked the shadow of death in their boots, how dare anyone judge them or their actions in combat!
They need no one, for they have each other and their numbers are many!!
As with all wars, the Vet is the brunt of dissenter anger. Why should the war in Iraq be any different? They have been called baby killers, invaders and much worse. They are much like the police, pigs until needed, then its officer. I am a vet and ex-cop, I know the hate first hand. One thing you can be sure of, when you need either, they'll be there...No matter the politics! The will do it because of duty and honour! Just think where "you" would be without them and their devotion to duty.
"Honour is . . . what no man can give ye, and no one can take away. Honour is a man's gift to himself."
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"Our own heart, and not other men's opinions, forms our true honour."
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
When time has run its course, honourable men will triumph."
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"It is not our purpose to become each other; it is to recognize each other, to learn to see the other and honour him for what he is."
Hermann Hesse
"No person was ever honoured for what he received. Honour has been the reward for what he gave."
