[Mama_Bear]

Hi, T Man. Thanks for joining us in honoring our Veterans today. Always nice to see you here. :-)

[dutchess]

This was posted yesterday and was a response to some lib professor who had trashed the military. I think it should be distributed at every antiwar protest or anti military editorials in the newspapers. Sorry if it's already been posted today.

"It is the soldier, not the reporter who has given us the freedom of the press. It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us the freedom of speech. It is the soldier, not the campus organizer, who gives us the freedom to demonstrate. It is the soldier who salutes the flag, who serves beneath the flag, and whose coffin is draped by the flag, who allows the protester to burn the flag." ~Father Dennis Edward O'Brien, Sergeant, USMC