A Veteran’s Thoughts

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I think about my brothers who fought in Vietnam and I know they are probably turning in their graves. We fought and lost and now I see why. Some of the same weak lawmakers in this country are so busy thinking about themselves they forget the people they represent. It is the same thing a lot of them did back during the Vietnam War. They ran to places like Canada and left the poor of this country to fight in the war that their rich fathers started and hid until it was safe for them to come home and get the pardon they did not deserve. The men who died should be leading the free world today.

Another thing that troubles me. America allows people who have lost their own country to come here and bring their distractions with them. Here they gain the rich lifestyle they tried to have in their own country by opening liquor stores, selling drugs, keeping their feet on the necks of the poor. They have people here thinking that is the way to survive. But we will never survive in these United States of America if we always sacrifice so others can be.

Once again, on Independence Day, I remember the 58,000 soldiers who gave their lives in Vietnam. God Bless America.


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