Words of a Soldier

I just read a wonderful and sad post written by a soldier who has just returned from a 22 1/2 month deployment in Iraq. Of all the words we should listen to about what is going on in Iraq, it should be the words of the men and women who are there fighting it out every day.

We have become a country of media hounds. We take the short cuts to getting information and unfortunately, the main stream media that provides us with the information has a hidden agenda. The politicians that get up and spout empty words have an agenda (on both sides of the political fence). And as Troy says in his post we are more worried about our consumerism than the war against people who want us destroyed and we know more about the lives of Brad, Angelina and Brittany than we do about the men and women fighting for our country.

And how many of us truly remember 9/11? Americans don't like to remember that which hurts them, so we say the right words, but do we really allow ourselves to reexperience the horror of the day, the sadness, the anger, the patriotism? How many of us still display the flag as we did in the days following 9-11?

So please, take the time, read what Troy has to say. Reflect on it and then pass the word on. Perhaps we can turn the ripple he has made with the stone of his words into a wave that will sweep away the untruths and popularity contests and leave behind a country united and with a single purpose.

God bless Troy. God bless all the men and women in the armed services who fight to protect our freedom, our way of life and the freedom of others around the world. And God bless our President who has had to deal with difficult issues and who has not listened to the media and the opinion polls, but who has done what he believes to be in the best interest sof our country.