Tuesday, April 13, 2010

SOTW #10 Citizen Soldier- 3 Doors Down



It is very unusual to find such a pro-military song or band that isn't country so these guys are truly great. I thought about this video because of Thursday being the tax day tea party event and how this refrences the revolutionary war, the National Guard did 'fire the shots that started a nation' they also, as we sometimes forget, 'stormed the beaches at Normandy' because they were part of the initial assault on Omaha Beach. Finally with all this military talk I would like to leave you with a poem that echoes how at the end "We are free, because of the brave"... I believe the title of it is It is the Soldier

It is the soldier,
not the President,
who
gives us democracy.

It is the soldier,
not the Congress,
who
takes care of us.

It is the soldier,
not the reporter,
who has given us
Freedom of Press.

It is the soldier,
not the poet,
who has given us
Freedom of Speech.

It is the soldier,
not the campus organizer,
who has given us the
Freedom to Demonstrate.

It is the soldier,
who salutes the flag,
who serves beneath the flag,
and whose
coffin is draped by the flag
that allows the protester to burn the flag.

By Father Dennis O'Brien
Chaplain
United States Marines

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