Happy Memorial Day

I was honored to be present for the reading of the 1475 names of the heroes that have given their lives for the freedom of the Afghan people from oppression at Camp Eggers Afghanistan.  These men and women served our country and provided safety and security to the Afghan people.

My hat is off today to all families, friends and fellow soldiers that have lost loved ones and friends in service to the greatest cause, individual freedom.  My prayers are with you, thank you for your sacrifice, you WILL NOT BE FORGOTTEN OR LEFT BEHIND.  My family will honor and remember you.

The cause to serve abroad and provide basic security and safety to others that could not otherwise do so for themselves is the most noble cause.   In my opinion, it is our basic responsibility to other nations that do not have this.  We owe this to humanity.  We sit as Americans in our comfortable surroundings and complain about the BS politics and how our money is being given away.  How about you live in a nation where your basic needs cannot be met.

For example.. you could live in a place that in order to provide heat for your family in winter (lows well below 0 degrees F) requires you to walk 6 miles to barter for wood for heat for your house.  In that 6 miles you walked, you had to pay the equivalent of a weeks worth of pay to guarantee your safety in the form of bribes/protection money.  This is the basic requirement for the average Afghan living in Kabul, let alone the outlying areas.

So before you get on Facebook or other places and prosteletize about how our government should be helping those at home before we help those in other parts of the world.  Put yourself in these shoes, understand that this .

We still, and will remain the richest nation  on earth.  Come join me and live in Afghanistan, Iraq, Dubai, Oman, Qatar, etc, etc and see what is like before you comment on how our poor are hungry or suffering.

Without basic security... "men with guns".. this cannot happen without our sons, brothers, husbands willing to put on the uniform and step forward for this basic right.  I love our country, I love what our young men and women do every day out here in Iraq and Afghanistan and am honored to provide service to them.

Happy Memorial Day.  Enjoy, remember and all be blessed.