Will We Be The Example or Will We Fold?
I wanted to make some comments about Maj. William D. Chesarek Jr. having been awarded the Flying Cross by Queen Elizabeth II, but I wanted to give him a clean billing on his own page. This is his moment in the sun (and justifiably so) without injecting other issues into his time.
Folks, this is the character of the men and women in uniform that are out there risking their lives to fight an enemy that would much rather be attacking us here in the US and in Europe under the cover of anonymity, and our own Constitution when caught.
Much has been said about our “declining popularity” around the world. Apparently the Queen didn’t get the memo. Truth is, the only people who are not happy with us now, are the ones who weren’t happy anyway, and wouldn’t be regardless of what we do. If someone was going to dislike me, I’d rather they did it because I did the right thing, which is what we are doing now. I could care less about what the international community thinks of me, or my country. I don’t care if my critics like me. I am only concerned with doing the right thing each day to protect my family, my country, and my friends and making our country as strong and prosperous as it can be. There is EVERY INDICATION that we ARE doing the right thing, both in Iraq, and Afghanistan.
Men like Major Chesarek are the examples of men that I look up to as examples of “just going out and doing the right thing.” They knew what had to be done, and they went out and did it – regardless of what danger there was to them – because the cause was right. That is the type of person that I always want to be.
I think there are many people in many countries throughout the world who do look up to the United States and its people as examples what to emulate. We are not perfect – no country is – but you don’t look to perfection when you look for a system to model. You look for the best system available, and I believe that system is us.
As long as we continue to produce men like Maj. William Chesarek Jr., SFC Chad M. Stephens, SSgt Kent Padmore and countless others, we WILL be the country that everyone can look up to and admire. But we need to support them. We can’t let those whose ultimate aim is political power and/or the destruction of our republic have their way. We need to stand up to them each time and every time they attack our way of life.
Folks, this is the character of the men and women in uniform that are out there risking their lives to fight an enemy that would much rather be attacking us here in the US and in Europe under the cover of anonymity, and our own Constitution when caught.
Much has been said about our “declining popularity” around the world. Apparently the Queen didn’t get the memo. Truth is, the only people who are not happy with us now, are the ones who weren’t happy anyway, and wouldn’t be regardless of what we do. If someone was going to dislike me, I’d rather they did it because I did the right thing, which is what we are doing now. I could care less about what the international community thinks of me, or my country. I don’t care if my critics like me. I am only concerned with doing the right thing each day to protect my family, my country, and my friends and making our country as strong and prosperous as it can be. There is EVERY INDICATION that we ARE doing the right thing, both in Iraq, and Afghanistan.
Men like Major Chesarek are the examples of men that I look up to as examples of “just going out and doing the right thing.” They knew what had to be done, and they went out and did it – regardless of what danger there was to them – because the cause was right. That is the type of person that I always want to be.
I think there are many people in many countries throughout the world who do look up to the United States and its people as examples what to emulate. We are not perfect – no country is – but you don’t look to perfection when you look for a system to model. You look for the best system available, and I believe that system is us.
As long as we continue to produce men like Maj. William Chesarek Jr., SFC Chad M. Stephens, SSgt Kent Padmore and countless others, we WILL be the country that everyone can look up to and admire. But we need to support them. We can’t let those whose ultimate aim is political power and/or the destruction of our republic have their way. We need to stand up to them each time and every time they attack our way of life.
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