[NFHale]

Proud to be an American?

Yep.

My Country, right or wrong. My Country, first, foremost, always. My Country, that gave me the opportunity to be anything I wanted to be, whether success or failure or all points in between. My Country, that my ancestors fought, bled and died for.

My Country, always.

We’re on a bad course right now; that’s because of a percentage of people that are idiots and tools.

Life’s a wheel. What goes around, comes around, in the life of a person, a people, and a Nation.

But I’m STILL an American, and those people don’t represent me, nor my Country.

Some might say that’s a little too “rah-rah” flag waving... but then again, those people are irrelevant anyway...

[wku man]

Yes, sir...we're not perfect, nor have we ever been. But we're the closest thing to a perfect society and nation that has ever graced God's Green Earth. We've made mistakes in the past, and we've corrected them We're making mistakes now, but we will eventually correct them. It won't be easy; it'll be painful, hard, terrifying, and maybe even bloody, but we will fix our problems one way or another.

Please forgive a variation of the last paragraph from the opening speech in Patton, but one day I will go to meet my Maker. General Patton will be there, and will ask me what I did in the Second American War for Independence. At least I won't have to look him in the eye and say, "Well sir, I shoveled sh!t in the Philippines."

Dawg Soldiers up! Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!