Blessing for the troops

[Aequitas]

I want you to close your eyes and picture in your mind the soldier at
> >Valley Forge, as he holds his musket in his bloody hands. He stands
> >barefoot in the snow, starved from lack of food, wounded from months of
> >battle and emotionally scarred from the eternity away from his family
> >surrounded by nothing but death and carnage of war. He stands though,
with
> >fire in his eyes and victory on his breath He looks at us now in anger
and
> >disgust and tells us this...
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> >I gave you a birthright of freedom born in the Constitution and now your
> >children graduate too illiterate to read it.
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> >I fought in the snow barefoot to give you the freedom to vote and you
stay
> >at home because it rains!
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> >I left my family destitute to give you the freedom of speech and you
remain
> >silent on critical issues, because it might be bad for business.
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> >I orphaned my children to give you a government to serve you and it has
> >stolen democracy from the people.
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> >It's the soldier, not the reporter who gives you the freedom of the
press.
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> >It's the soldier, not the poet who gives you the freedom of speech.
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> >It's the soldier, not the campus organizer who allows you to demonstrate.
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> >It's the soldier, who salutes the flag, serves the flag, whose coffin is
> >draped with the flag that allows the protester to burn the flag!!!
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> >"Lord, hold our troops in your loving hands. Protect them as they
protect
> >us. Bless them and their families for the selfless acts they perform for
us
> >in our time of need. Amen."
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