Americans have freedom today. Why are we free when so many countries are under the heel of the dictator, the despot, communism, or religous dictatorships? The short answer is because Americans have been willing to fight and die to preserve our freedoms, and incindently, the freedom of other countries such as most of Europe, and maybe Iraq, and Afghanistan. What has been the price in wars such as the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, the Mexican War, The Spanish-American War, WWI, WWII, Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, and other smaller wars? It is approximately one million American lives, brave men and women who were willing to serve and gave the ultimate sacrifice. This does not even count the many serious injuries, and trauma that our service people have suffered. And don't forget the scrifices by CIA agents who gave their lives for our freedoms.
Now what do you think about people who criticize our armed forces, or who demonstrate against our military, or who dodged the draft, or who support people who say we ourselves have caused terrorist actions against us? It seems that the terrorists don't remember how we helped Afghanistan defeat the invading Russians in the 1980's, or how we liberated Kuwait, or how we have given Iraq a chance to form a new government, religious or not, or that we allow all religions freedom to worship in the USA while some foreign states persecute Christians, Jews, and other religions that they don't like or hate.
It is time for Americans to be awake and realize that our freedoms are still under attack today by radical groups or states and that we will always have to defend our freedoms with blood and sacrifice.
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