Memorial Day

 

Memorial Day is a day spent or set aside honoring those who have died while in service to the USA...  We honor those from WWI, WWII, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and all the wars in the Middle East that have taken place in:  Iraq, Iran, Syria, and Afghanistan...

Many of these dead soldiers died senselessly because of mindless politicians who could not make up their minds to win the war or simply feed the beast of war.  Some of these soldiers actually died because of the incompetence of our leaders, like when we finally left Afghanistan.  And, some of these soldiers died under the circumstances of friendly fire, where we killed our own people...

Nevertheless, a dead soldier is a dead soldier and one that their families will never see again...

What is the price that we are willing to pay for our FREEDOMS and for the right to REMEMBER?

As a veteran myself, I can empathize with these soldiers who are being sent somewhere never knowing when or if they are going to return...  controlled by someone of a higher rank who hold their destiny in his/her hands...  doing as we are told whether it makes sense or not...

And, when we do return...  what do we return to?

• back to family
• back to friends
• back to hospitals
• back to rehabilitation
• back to an unaccepting nation
• back to a job
• back to stress

How many of our returning veterans does nation as a whole appreciate and feel the responsibility to take care of these veterans because they fought to maintain the freedoms that we, or most of us, take for granted???

Some of these soldiers we send off to their deaths, can kill others or be killed and yet are not old enough to drink alcohol...

Does that even make sense?

This is what I think about each year that I am fortunately still alive to celebrate and remember Memorial Day...