Pretty well said. I'm as conservative as they come but have been sickened by politicians being so politically correct that can't seem to even name the enemy. I'm tired of wars between the Whitehouse and the CIA putting my family at risk due to whizzing contests over intelligence. I'm really ticked at a couple of Republican's who saw fit to use our troops as pawns in the ports game.
I wish the population would stand up and tell the politicians to knock it off!
We (and I mean you, me and the other parents and relatives) need to write our congress critters and the president. We need to point out to them where are children are serving or have served and what is needed from them. We have clout right now. They don't want any more Cindy Sheehans running around. So let's mobilize! :)
I would add to that list those who have been there and come back.
The percentage of the general population with any connection to the military or useful knowledge of it is smaller now than it has been in generations. The vast majority have so little clue they are nearly unreachable.
The United States has not mobilized for war. A little less than half the population doesn't even think we should be fighting it. There is no political will to do hard things, like prosecute traitors and compromisers of classified data, invade sanctuaries in "sovereign" states, or assassinate fruit-loop national leaders.