Good read.
The answer is "Yes. They did."
There is no rule in America that all citizens must support a common goal. There is instead a treasured freedom to speak your mind, however vacuous, insipid, or ill-informed. It is not the power of law that is called to reject such bleatings, but the power of common sense, the personal values of the listener who passes by the shameful, embarrassing soapbox.
And they certainly didn't sacrifice life and limb to have tens of millions of illegals violate our sovereign laws to come here, and then be rewarded with amnesty for doing so.
This should be repeated more often.
Having said that, I am completely disgusted with anyone who somehow compares those ultimate sacrifices with their own partisan agenda. To suggest that these brave American soldiers died to prevent freedom of speech that some of us find revolting, or that they died to ensure only fair tax policies, or keeping gay marriage out of our society, or any of the other partisan political values is an abhorrent hijacking of one of the most important and glorious victories this Country has ever achieved. Shame on this author and shame on World Net Daily.