Why again am I going? Short answer. Because the media does a lousy job of reporting the stories of U.S. servicemembers and what they do. For the most part, the wars being fought by OUR people in Afghanistan and Iraq - their successes, heroism, and valor - is reported by some overpaid, makeup-wearing talking heads, sitting on their fat rear-ends in an air-conditioned hotel. They rely on Iraqi stringers to bring the stuff to them and then call it
reporting. And what we end up with is a short scroll across the bottom
of the TV screen. What we get is crap.
And it seems that as a consequence Americans don't get it. They don't
get that we are at war with an enemy that is overly committed and over-zealous in its desire to destroy our way of life. Pure and plain, they don't get that we are at war with a bunch of evil SOB's that want to kill all of us... no exemptions to the rule.
It seems as though the majority of Americans don't have a clue as to
what it means to be a soldier. They sure as hell seem oblivious to the
values learned and maintained by our Armed Forces: duty, respect,
loyalty, service, honor, integrity, and personal courage. The same values carried over to civilian life by members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW).
Why go again? Why not? Look, the leaders of VFW believe in the organization's mission to assist those who deserve it most. They don't just talk the talk when it comes to providing support to the people who
have and are still serving this nation.
I believe in this mission too. And there's nothing wrong with believing in something.