We remember the trenches of Ypres, the slaughter of the Somme, the mud of Passchendaele, the triumph of Vimy.We will not forget Juno Beach, the Battle of Britain, the slog of Holland, the disaster of Dieppe, the deadly fight against the U Boats, the loss in Hong Kong, or the push into Germany to defeat Hitler's tyrannous Third Reich.
We will remember defying the odds on Hill 132 in Korea and helping to repel the hordes of communist soldiers who tried to envelop the peninsula in statist oppression.
The heroism of the Gulf War, the precision attacks of the Kosovo War, and the continuing fight in Afghanistan against radicalism and subjugation will linger in our hearts and our soldiers will be in our prayers.
We always fight for the same things: freedom, individual rights, the rule of law, and democracy. We will always fight for liberty and the rights of mankind. And we will never forget the price that must be paid to preserve our freedom.
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Speaking of war and the armed forces, the following tidbit is rather a pathetic situation.
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Survey Results reported by Nov 16/09 issue of Time Magazine:
75% of Americans ages 17 to 24 can't enlist in the military mostly because they lack a high school diploma, have a criminal record or are physically unfit.
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God forbid should the USA ever get into a real big war.
Standards will have to be lowered significantly to get enough cannon fodder.
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