While checking the comments section I found a link to the veterans day post on this blog that linked to another blog. First, thanks for the link!
http://thisainthell.us/blog/2007/11/11/wreath-laying-at-arlington/
Then I proceeded to read the comments. Most were complementary in nature, as the photos and accompanying storyline were very well done. One fellow though seemed intent on turning it into a bitch fest of sorts. His half ass-ed rhetoric simply did not fulfill the “Cover My Ass” mission that was so readily apparent.
Well guess what? Most veterans of the Viet Nam war know that there were many that wished to serve but could not. By example, I knew people that could not get waivers that would allow them to serve. They had recurrent hepatitis, or were sole surviving sons of veterans killed in action. I suppose that just comes with the territory when you are born and raised on Camp Pendleton in Oceanside. By and far most of those people went on to serve in other ways. They became Policemen, Paramedics, and so on. A few got into trouble with the law, and later turned their lives around. The common thread is that they all, each and every one of them would have served if they would have been allowed to do so.
The complainer just offered up platitudes and half ass-ed excuses. He could have volunteered for the draft, or enlisted as a medic, or any of a myriad of other options. Now, he attempts to rationalize his behavior with excuses, while refusing to actually listen to the words of one that did put his butt on the line. Combat Veteran? No, as he freely admits in an honest way. I tell you what though folks, every single Marine that ever climbed down a cargo net, and every Paratrooper that ever stepped out the door of a perfectly good airplane, put their individual lives on the line. They didn’t have to do that, but they did. Perhaps that is the difference between those that are willing to sacrifice, and those that just sit on their collective asses and whine.
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