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I live to remember. I have not forgotten that America is still at war in Iraq and Afghanistan, that our finest citizens have volunteered to put themselves in harm’s way in the name of freedom. The media overall have done a grave disservice to our warriors and their families, who have been asked to sacrifice so much. The war is now barely covered by the media.

A visit to one of these quiet memorials is a tribute to those who made history by wearing our nation’s uniform and taking up arms to preserve our liberty and free tens of millions of others from tyranny. In words written on stone markers, these places tell the story of whom we are as a people. Those now in uniform deserve our thanks, for no nation has ever had a better military force than the one we have today. And no accolade to those presently in our country’s service is greater than honoring the veterans who preceded them on Memorial Day.

137 U.S. troops have died in Afghanistan since the first of the year, making the first five months of 2010 the deadliest January-through-May period of any year of the almost nine-year-long war.

We sleep soundly in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm. ~ Winston Churchill

“Sometimes not firing can be tough,” Raddatz writes. “Pilots say it’s hard to watch their fellow soldiers on the ground taking fire.” But that’s what they do, under orders from top American commanders.

There is nothing in the constitution that guarantees a citizen a right to serve in the armed forces. You can’t be too tall, can’t be too short, can’t be overweight. Unit cohesion is critical to combat effectiveness.

But since when has this congress or president cared about what the public thinks.

‘There is a difference between tolerance and surrender’ Rick Barber AL U.S. Congressional Candidate

Some compromise. The law is to be repealed but only goes into effect after the DOD report comes out. Why even bother with the report then? Another case of the Dems rushing ahead for political gain.

Over the weekend Obama addressed West Point graduates and reiterated his touchy feely foreign policy as a ‘new world order’.