Our troops risk death as they defend us from our enemies in war zones and we owe it to them to defend them from their enemies back home. When the wounded troops showed up last Saturday (and nearly doubled our group's size) I was surprised to see them, and angry that they felt the need to come out and defend their brothers and sisters in arms from their fellow citizens. That is our job as citizens and beneficiaries of their sacrifices.
My cancer diagnosis a couple of years ago brought alot of things into focus... our time in this world is limited. And we each have a choice to make regarding how we spend that time. I decided to spend my time doing something - rather than talking about doing something - about the things that are important to me.
Sitting on the sidelines while: lefties protest unopposed as they blame our country for terrorism, the MSM covers only bad news in Iraq and ignores the progress being made, and while both mentioned entities insinuate and outright accuse our troops and our president of being war criminals, is just not an option for me.
I don't know why I'm even responding to you. All you want to do is re-fight an old grudge match, and it doesn't matter to you what you use in that fight. I want people to stop and think, and to decide what is important to them. If a ball game on TV is what's important to them, fine; they should stay home and watch the ballgame. But if the war on terrorists and our soldiers is important to them, they better make some choices about how they are going to show their support. Time is running out for all of us.
Now go kick your dog, Bob.