[Brooks4Prez]

True story: soldiers were returning from Vietnam. At the airport, protesters were hurling insults at them. They asked their Captain for permission to break ranks and fight the protesters. The Captain said, "No...you were over there fighting to protect their right to yell at you." I hate war, but I despise also yelling at soldiers. With that said, that Captain knows what freedom is, knows what real patriotism is. Is it possible to love a country not even knowing what its core principles are and mean?

I think that you have the right as an American to believe or not believe whatever you want, but you should also be willing to fight for that right and defend that freedom. I don't like to see our country's young men and women go to war, but I believe it is sometimes necessary. The soldiers who serve our country didn't ask to be sent into the middle of the desert to see their fellow countrymen die, they simply gave their service to defend and protect our nation and fulfill all of the duties that go with that service. The Captain got it right I guess.