Samuel Adams
The coming war will be for the heart and soul of America. It will be fought here at home with our enemies pouring over, under and around our walls.
All I can say to Grifter is this; you are now needed here at home, more than ever.
For those who dare to criticize those who have served, to those who would spit on any veteran from any war or conflict, or wag your fat, soft finger finger in their faces, stained by the sweat of combat, the blood of sacrifice, having watched their friends give their all in far off lands, while you, progressive trash, sleep safely in your warm, cozy bed, with your cell phone and twitter dancing you to sleep, as you worry about your next selfie that you will take at Starbucks as you rush off off to buy that new tablet or phone that will rob you of just a a tiny bit more of your ability to think and act for yourself, do not EVER forget who fought for and protected your soft, fat multicolored ass and your selfish way of life.
The gates of hell have been opened by this regime that has turned the White House into the Black House (Thank you, Leo for that one), as the words of Martin Luther King are mocked and choked off by the foul tide of political correctness, excessive diversity and excessive multiculturalism.
The wages of diplomacy and peace are just another form of tyranny and slavery.
Convert, submit or die does not just apply to Islam and those smelly bearded jihadis. CSD is also about DOMESTIC conversion, submission or death. Think about the implications of this and what most likely now lies ahead of us. It will not be easy nor is there voting our way out of this The gates of Mordor have swung wide open and these gates do lie on just the banks of the Potomac.
The comments at the source tell us all we need to know. Read through them. I leave you with this one and thanks for reading PatriotUSA:
"Be ready to fight again. Call out the appeasers and cowards who talk a big game but hide behind "strongly worded letters" as the height of bravery. Laugh at interventionists who want "something done" in all things but have no clue about Objective or End State. Be ready to train your sons and daughters to fight the 9th Crusade. Be ready to defend America against those who offer only three options: convert, submit, or die.
The Global War on Terror is only "over" in the minds of politicians who have no concept of what "Terror" really is and why it hates. This is only the barest of pauses. It is hesitates only because our strategy will not realize the required end state. This war is against an enemy who will only be stopped when we essentially give them their own options back to them."
Hat tip: WRSA
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When the music stops
“I want to be dead with my friends….where the iron sharpens the iron.”-Every Time I Die
On May 23, 2013, POTUS Obama declared the GWOT “over.” Just like that. Done. Finished. It felt to my brothers and I, that our purpose in life had just disappeared.
Of course, we knew that there are still things going on in the shadows of foreign policy. Smelly, bearded extremists are still getting shot in the face in far-off lands. But, to the majority of us who had spent our entire adult lives finding, fixing, and finishing, our jobs were apparently over. We had sacrificed marriages, seeing our kids grow up, watching our parents grow old, witnessed our brothers deaths, and lost limbs for a conflict that we didn’t start, but were damn sure going to finish. We had been involved so long that it became us. Sure, some of us got out and made strides in veteran’s advocacy, tactical efficiency and efficacy, community growth, technological advancements, and improving quality of life for the layperson at home (i.e. the Perfect Push-Up). This writing is not for them. This is talking about the guy that has cut his teeth and dodged bullets since he was 18 years old and now has to try to find a place in this world….a world without the GWOT.
A friend of mine once said, “PTSD is the realization that you will never be this cool again.” He was referring to being on deployment, toting guns, and generally being a hard-ass. He was kind of correct. Once you wash the dirt and grit off and put on a clean shirt, you’re out of place in the civilian world. No one gets your jokes. Everyone wonders why you’re so insensitive to the plights of celebrities and pro-ball players. People view you as a victim, someone that somehow got duped into joining the military and marching off to fight, only to come home with less friends and more nightmares. You go to work at your job thinking that whatever you do today will never matter as much as what you did over there. You will never work as hard in this cubicle, office, ambulance, bank, or courthouse, as you did in the killing fields. You have this little voice in the back of your head whispering, “You will never feel more alive. It doesn’t get any better than those days.” Sadly enough, a lot of veterans are heeding this voice and going home and killing themselves, either with a gun or with heroin and Hennessy. The suicide rate is an epidemic and the VA is a joke. Personally, in my non-solicited and ultimately meaningless opinion, I think this is largely due to the fact that a guy went over and put in work, to come home to a government that doesn’t support him, and a public that doesn’t appreciate him. We live in a society that puts more effort and emphasis on Justin-fucking-Bieber than their neighbor who lost his legs in Ramadi. It doesn’t feel good when the media is more ablaze in memoriam for a celebrity that OD’d on the shitter than Chris Kyle or more recently, Aaron Torian. It stings a little when the Commander in Chief makes more phone calls to his travel agent and “brave” basketball players than to the widows of the fallen. Bottom line: empty thanks and the obvious look of pity don’t do much for a guy that feels lost at home without his brothers or people that REALLY care. But, I digress.
The last troops in Iraq left with little fanfare. Under the guidance of an apologetic administration, they left that country with their ears back and their tails tucked. To the guys at home at the time, they could no longer point at the TV and say, “I was there.” Afghanistan seems to be heading the same direction. One big-ass circle. The Taliban are seizing ground again, poised to take power, and the troops (from MY vantage point) are just hanging out in the FOB’s eating Burger King and biding their time, and why shouldn’t they? Our strategy in this country has been telescoped so far that the enemy knows when we’re going home! Why go out and put foot to ass when the shot-clock is down to the final second? No one is truly invested in the war. Again, my opinion. Hell, a staggering amount of troops here were 9-10 years old on 9/11/2001! It wasn’t even a “real” event to them, but rather an occurrence, handed down to them by parents and teachers and history books. They have no clue why they’re here. The commands don’t seem to give a fuck about more than eye pro and glow belts. Karaoke night is priority numero uno. The ROE’s have been so neutered that they’ve become a detriment to the troops. Everyone is concerned about packing their shit and shipping out.
But, there are those of us that still feel we have more to contribute. There are those of us who aren’t meant for a desk. There are men in this world still willing to go out there, for whatever reason, and skull-fuck the enemies of the USA. But, is there really a place for us any more?
Some of us went back into the military, but are hitting the roadblocks associated with a large military drawdown. Some of us tried serving our communities, I myself became a paramedic, but grew bored rather quickly. Some of us went the PMC route, which is perfect to an extent. I get to tote guns and hang with the boys and count racks of cash. But, that world is dying down as well. My question is: “where do we go when the world no longer needs us?” What happens when the reason you got out of bed every morning for 12-13 years, isn’t there anymore? Especially when you know that the whole game was mishandled. It’s hard as fuck sitting back and watching the talking heads talk about the “mistakes” and the “futility” and asking “was it worth it?” when you have had to bury more friends than most people know their entire lives. It’s very sobering to think to yourself, “MY war is over.”
Maybe it’s the way it goes. Maybe, those of us that still have more to give, are destined to sit on porch in a rocking chair or a bar stool at the VFW and talk about the “good ol’ days” with our buddies. My fear is maybe we’re going the way of Gran Tourino. As much of a badass as Clint Eastwood’s character was in that movie, he was still a sad, bitter, old man. Another movie reference is the grocery store scene in “The Hurt Locker” (regardless of the movie, that scene was powerful).
My
other fear is that the world will bury what we’ve done. The history
books will refer to our endeavors the way I learned about Vietnam. The
story I was told by my teachers was wildly different than the stories my
father shared. His wasn’t stories of mistakes, his was a story of
brotherhood and sacrifice. Thus is the divide in my generation. My
brothers and I tell stories with passion and pride, and my non-serving
peers think: what a waste of a life. It may have been a waste, time will
tell, but it was a glorious waste. I “wasted” my life seeing the very
best of a generation of MEN stand up and go do what was asked of them. I
“wasted” my life in third-world shit-holes, knowing my brothers cared
more about me than the girl at home. I “wasted” my life watching guys
risk and give their lives for one another. I would not ask to “waste” my
life any other way. I will also do it as long as I can. My only
question, echoed by thousands of GWOT vets is: “what now?”
-Grifter
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