Today is a rather significant day is it not? It's been five years since America was the recipient of an attack that has killed more civilians than any other terror attack in our short but significant history. I know that a majority of people out there can remember exactly where they were and what they were doing when this happened. I myself was a member of the armed services and stationed in Colorado Springs, a place where, funny enough is on the top ten list of nuclear targets. This is a list which the US government has ranked specific significant targets that would be likely to be targeted during a nuclear war. Now, I wasn't worried about the idea of nuclear war, nor was I worried about a terror attack, unlike my family who tirelessly tried to get in touch with me that entire morning. Now I will spare you the exact details of that morning, which incidently are insignificant, but the fact that I sit here looking back on everything that has happened since that time. I thought I would be out of college and fighting the good fight overseas, but my voluntary separation from the military put that on the back burner, at least for the moment because that thought is still strong in my mind. I feel as if there is still a lot that I owe this country that has given me so much, and I must do everything I can to give back. I know that this post is a lot more intro-spective and non-sarcastic, but on this day there is no purpose to comments such as those.
I may not support Bush, but unfortunately he is our president, and as such, we must support his decisions, if not 100%. I support the troops in the field because they need as much support as the American public can give. Otherwise we will have a very unmotivated fighting force and one driven to personal self destruction as many of those were in Vietnam. So what am I saying? I'm saying that no matter what is going on the country right now, one must understand that even though you are an individual, you are still part of a greater whole, the American society. Support the fighting men and women, support the government, go out and vote, and take a part in the society of which you live. Otherwise, you don't have to live here, it's just that simple. To quote the late JFK, "Ask not what you're country can do for you, but what you can do for your country."