don't say I gave my life for my country..

Maybe it's semantics, but it is important to me..

 

No one willingly "gives up their life" for their country. They fight for their country. They sacrifice for their country. They stand up and put themselves at risk for their country. They willingly submit to the stupidity of the system for their country. And far too often, they do die for their country.

 

But they don't "lay down their lives for their country. At least, I hope not. I hope they go down fighting, tooth and nail, doing everything in their power to survive. I think it may have been General Patton who said that every soldier's duty, is to do his best not to die for his country, but to make the enemy die for his.

 

That said, soldiers do die. And they do put themselves in harm's way for their country, their way of life, and their friends and their futures.

 

For that, and for them, we are deeply indebted, and thankful..

Done