Please read this, it costs you nothing to do so, because someone paid the ultimate sacrifice. Don’t just tune out or roll your eyes. Enjoy your freedom, but know why you are able to do so.
Warning – Some Graphic Images.
You stay up for 16 hours.
He stays up for days on end.
You take a warm shower to help you wake up.
He goes days or weeks without running water.
You complain of a “headache”, and call in sick.
He gets shot at as others are hit, and keeps moving forward.
You stand along the street, standing on the flag, while you hold signs that says “Thank God for Dead soldiers!”
They give you the right to carry your signs and even to stand on the flag he may die for.
You make sure you’re cell phone is in your pocket. He clutches the cross hanging on his chain next to his dog tags. You talk trash about your “buddies” that aren’t with you.
He knows he may not see some of his buddies again.
You criticize your government, and say that war never solves anything.
He sees the innocent tortured and killed by their own people and remembers why he is fighting.
