Posted on 06/03/2018 11:35:52 AM PDT by sodpoodle
TAKE A KNEE by Stanislaus Drew
Take a little trip to Valley Forge in January. If you dont know where that is, just Google it from the sidelines. Hold a musket ball in your fingers and imagine it piercing your flesh and breaking a bone or two. There wont be a doctor or trainer to assist you until after the battle, so just wait your turn. Take your cleats and socks off to get a real experience. Then take a knee.
Then, take one at the beach in Normandy where man after American man stormed the beach, even as the one in front of him was shot to pieces the very sea stained with American blood. The only blockers most had were the dead bodies in front of them, riddled with bullets from enemy fire.
Take a knee in the sweat-soaked jungles of Vietnam, from Khe San to Saigon Anywhere will do. Americans died in all those jungles. There was no playbook that told them what was next, but they knew what flag they represented. When they came home, they were protested as well..and spit on for reasons only cowards know.
Take another knee in the blood-drenched sands of Fallujah in 110-degree heat..Wear your Kevlar helmet and battle dress Your number wont be printed on it unless your number is up! Youll need to stay hydrated but there wont be anyone to squirt Gatorade into your mouth. Youre on your own.
Theres a lot of places to take a knee. Americans have given their lives all over the world. When you use the banner under which they fought as a source for your displeasure, you dishonor the memories of those who bled for the very freedoms you have. Thats what the red stripes mean. It represents the blood of those who spilled a sea of it defending your liberty. While youre on your knee, pray for those that came before you, not on a manicured lawn striped and printed with numbers to announce every inch of ground taken but on nameless hills and bloodied beaches and sweltering forests and bitter cold mountains every inch marked by an American life lost serving that flag you protest. No cheerleaders, no announcers, no coaches, no fans just American men and women delivering the real fight against those who chose to harm us blazing a path so you would have the right to take a knee.
You havent an inkling what it took to get you where you are but your protest is duly noted. Not only is it disgraceful to a nation of real heroes, it serves the purpose of pointing to your ingratitude for those who chose to defend you under that banner that will still wave long after your jersey is retired
If you really feel the need to take a knee, come with me to church on Sunday and well both kneel before Almighty God. Well thank him for preserving this country for as long as He has. Well beg forgiveness for our ingratitude for all He has provided us. Well appeal to Him for understanding and wisdom. Well pray for liberty and justice for all because He is the one who provides those things.
But there will be no protest. There will only be gratitude for His provision and a plea for His continued grace and mercy on the land of the free and the home of the brave. It goes like this
GOD BLESS AMERICA!
I would have your post read over the P.A. systems of every NFL stadium just prior to the playing of our National Anthem.
Thousands of Americans would have tears in their eyes, while a few kneeling scumbags would wonder what those words even meant.
These are the “heroes” who do a dance when they manage to gain two yards, and no one is shooting at them. Wow.
Amen !
That is the best comment and suggestion to date. Thank you!!!
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