THAT'S why they are trying to destroy us.
Posted on 07/24/2021 3:28:54 AM PDT by Kaslin
In 1776 56 men signed the Declaration of Independence and thus began a war with Britain. When the war was concluded in 1783, American casualties numbered 25,000 dead and 25,000 wounded. Those 50,000 casualties paid the price so that a new nation, founded on the ideas of freedom and liberty, could take its place among the nations of the world.
Eighty-five years later the United States was at war with itself and eventually 360,000 Union soldiers gave their lives to extend that promise of freedom and end slavery. Seventy-five years later 405,000 Americans would die in an effort to save freedom from tyranny on two continents.
Over the course of almost 250 years, approximately 1 million American men gave their lives in defense of freedom, the vast majority of whom were volunteers. While their individual reasons for enlisting were likely as varied as their life stories, all made the decision that the nation was worth fighting for and indeed dying for if necessary.
Over the lifespan of our nation those million men sacrificed their lives and tens of millions of others put theirs on the line to defend the ideals set out in the Declaration of Independence and codified in the Constitution. And despite the current crop of leftist brass leading the Pentagon, most servicemen and veterans are and have been extraordinary patriots. But here’s the thing: America has been so incredibly successful in fostering peace around the world, been so extraordinarily successful in crafting the prosperity at home that relatively few modern-day Americans ever have to bother putting on the uniform in the first place, never mind actually fighting in a war in which they are asked to risk their lives.
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The left needs their death camps before they understand just how precious America is.
THAT'S why they are trying to destroy us.
The elites do, for sure. However, the useful idiots really believe that something better can arise from the ashes and they will be rewarded for participation in America’s destruction.
They will be rewarded, just not what they think they will be due.
Really? US participation in WW1 was in defense of freedom? The Philippine Insurrection, the Bosnian business and then 79 day war with Serbia plus forever wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Whose freedom? Whose interests?
The left HATES America!
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Mr. Coyner writes a good article that I 95% approve of. The 5% I don’t approve of is that he left out 258,000 Confederate Soldiers being killed.
My Great Grandfather, his brother and his brother’s son met at my grandfathers house for Sunday lunch and then rode off to the Civil War. Only my great grandpa survived. If he had not, I wouldn’t be typing this email. Yes the confederates who were fighting to hold onto slavery were wrong. But, my grandfather like the vast majority (probably) of Confederate soldiers never saw a slave much less owned one.
Like we are today, most of them were fighting what they saw as an abusive Federal Government. Does that ring any bells to any of us today????
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