Every Memorial Day, every Veterans Day the same thought crosses my mind when I see

[1monster]

all the tributes and the "Thank you for your service" posts, posters, PSAs, etc.

This cartoon expresses my thoughts and feelings exactly.

[southernyankeebelle]

1. Yes I think this poster says it all.

[Ernesto]

3. pretty much!............. nt

[sarisataka]

2. Every vet

hopes that no one will have to follow in his/her boots and would completely agree with the sentiment

[WHEN CRABS ROAR]

4. They didn't give their lives, their lives were taken.

[mercymechap]

5. Amen and Amen to that.

Still, those who died serving our country, those who are currently serving our country and those who served our country all deserve our respect. May God Bless them all.

[snappyturtle]

6. Thank you. nt

[pasto76]

7. send us the absolute last resort

and we would all appreciate it.

[premium]

8. This vet agrees. nt.

[ReRe]

9. I flew Old Glory all weekend...

... but I turned the channel real quick last night when I surfed past PBS with Colin Powell. All that concert did was glorify the MIC, not our fallen soldiers. Could. Not. Watch. It. I did turn over to the Documentary Channel and caught an excellent recollection of the battle of Iwo Jima. Showed footage of battle scenes and a fly-over of the length of the 8-mile Island replete with the bomb indentations in the earth, the flag pole with Old Glory, and best of all, old WWII Vets reading letters home and recollections of their time there. An old soldier said that before they boarded their ships back home, they all walked past the graves of their fallen buddies, and on one of the graves someone had left this sign saying: "Tell the People back home that we gave all of our tomorrows so they could have their todays."

[Egalitarian Thug]

10. We still have 23,000 troops in Kuwait...

and on and on and on...

We are exactly what we were given the chance to avoid becoming 226 years ago. We've been warned too many times to count by the very people we claim to revere (including Paul), but the truth seems to be that we are just as ignorant, short-sighted, mean-spirited, and easily deluded as the parasite class believes (knows?) us to be.

[Aristus]

11. I agree. The paroxysm of worshipful adoration always makes me vaguely uneasy.

Why is it that more people don't consider the potential for lives lost before we go to war against some country we think can't or won't defend itself?

[DevonRex]

12. Yes. But do tell the loved ones they left behind that

you know they sacrificed, too, even though you may not know how they feel. They've gone through a lifetime of loss that can never be replaced.

[grilled onions]

13. AN Illustration of Combat Boots

I can see it now. From grandfather, to son,to grandson as each left behind their boots...but the real sad part would be to see a pair of toddler shoes sitting there with a question mark "Will he be next?" How often do the soldiers leave behind a part of themselves from parents to wives,girlfriends but mostly those little guys(and girls) who have to grow up knowing just how big a sacrifice it is to give "your all" for your country. Sadder yet when many of these feel it their duty to repeat in the steps of their father to honor them by enlisting. We need to break this cycle. We need to find ways of stopping the wars we are in. Stopping all the ways they are creating to generate new wars. We need to find solutions other than war. We need to find peace and keep it as long as possible. Why is it it's easier to start a war then try and keep peace?

[SCVDem]

14. Agree, and also

I am left wondering where the poppies have gone.

I guess with the passing of the WWI vets we no longer need to remember them. I needed to find older vets who even remember what the importance of that poppy was, In Flanders Field.

The sequester eliminated the services at the WWI Memorial and it was only three women who set a wreath.

This is pathetic!

Semper Fi!