A combat veteran friend of mine sent me a link to an article that reveals more US Armed Forces recruiting woes. He added the following: “What don’t those Morons understand about reasons people are willing to join the military and maybe even die if they do?”

My reply:

Andy,

They can’t understand because it conflicts with their worldview. Their heads have lived in a utopian fantasy for so long that reality as it is, doesn’t exist for them.

They love this “Utopia” and are steadily marching towards it. Anything that appears to be an obstacle in their way becomes a target for their attack.

They always forget that in the book, Utopia, everyone had their own personal slave.

Our reasons for volunteering don’t mean anything to them. They can’t fathom obedience to an oath. They equate patriotism with racism and authoritarian government. They call us racists because we believe in a meritocracy. We are the enemy in their minds because so many of us are diametrically opposed to their way of thinking.

We took the oath willingly and it never expires.

Their worldview cannot cope with people who are willing to defend an ideal unto death. They cannot imagine themselves doing it, so they can’t accept our willingness to do it. We understand the price of liberty and are willing to pay in blood.

That is what they don’t get about us. That’s why they think that our opposition to Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity garbage being shoved down the throats of our military is toxic.

They could never imagine what we are capable of, because THEY are not capable of doing what we do and have done.

Our faith in the ideals the Founders created doesn’t expire. Those ideals that are articulated in our Constitution mean so much to us. They help guarantee that our children and grandchildren will have the opportunity to grow and succeed in their lives. That opportunity is our legacy. We don’t guarantee our kids success. Our nation gives them the opportunity to do it. It’s a hard life in the best of times. But we are prepared to die in order to give them that chance.

Our weapon at hand is our vote. Our choices will be made with reason. We understand the need for national security and we will vote for those who support it. We understand how complex foreign policy is. We understand that our nation needs combat ready men and women to back up foreign policy. We’ve been there and have the t-shirt and VA disability rating to prove it.

FJB and all the lunatics who have tried hard to destroy those ideals. We aren’t the threat to democracy. We’re the ones who’ve signed a blank check to defend it.

Hooah!