Last Tuesday, Election Day, we encouraged our readers to vote “as payment of a debt of honor” to our country’s Founding Fathers and the millions of Americans who fought and died to keep this country free.
Today we should all take a moment to specially honor those American servicemen and women – our “veterans.” And if you know any veterans, or any Americans currently serving in the military, it wouldn’t be a bad time to say “Thank You.”
Because this is a political blog, however, we want to offer the following “political” quote that seems even more applicable today than ever before:
“But this Veterans Day, I believe we should do more than sing the praises of the bravery and patriotism that our veterans have embodied in the past. We should take this opportunity to re-evaluate how we are treating our veterans in the present.”
Congressman Nick Lampson (D. Texas)
And that, folks, means providing them with top-notch and continuing medical care, educational opportunities and jobs.
2 comments so far
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Thanks for the post. Your concluding statement is one that I could not possibly agree with more!!!
The phrase “we support our troops” goes well beyond hanging a flag or slapping a sticker on ones car. It goes beyond using that same phrase as a political weapon. We have to do better!!
I echo what Anon at 12:54 PM wrote. Especially today with the ability to save the lives of soldiers who in previous wars would have been mortally wounded, the need for the financial resources to help these veterans lead meaningful lives is more acute than ever before.
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