Sunday, November 11, 2012, is Veteran's Day. Have you
thanked a veteran for their sacrifice to protect our country and our rights
against foreign countries who might want to destroy our way of life? They give
up time with their families they can never make up. They give up their innocence
when they go into battle and see atrocities they might never have seen
otherwise that leaves many of them with PTSD issues, depression, drug and/or
alcohol issues, or all of them. Many are
not able to cope with these issues or don't know where to go for help. They
lose their families due to the issues they suffer from because of what they
have witnessed. How many former soldiers have come home just to die later from
exposure to chemicals in the air where they fought? Too many. How many are
jumpy all the time? I can think of a few that I wouldn't want to walk up on
without warning them I was coming. How
many have come back missing limbs or paralyzed and wondering how they would now
support themselves and their families, how they will get along in society? How
many have suffered from indignation upon arriving home from the Middle East or,
in the past, Vietnam? How many times have our reservist soldiers gone into
disaster zones within our own borders to keep the peace so that you don't have
to worry about violence from those who would loot or destroy what you have left
after a flood or fires?
We need to thank our veterans for their service to our
nation. So- Thank you veterans and current members of the military. God bless
you.
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