I was up late tonight, as usual and came acrossa documentary....................

[PanhandleVol]

Titled "Citizen USA". I don't sleep well because of the medications I'm on so I sleep when I can. The documentary was about new citizens of the U.S. and interviewing them just after their swearing in. All I can say is that I feel ashamed. The things these people said about why they became U.S citizens made me feel ashamed that I take so much for granted. I remember one lady from Kosovo said she came to America because "They were my guardian". I thought about all the times I've let politics come between myself and others. How stupid am I. I did not serve for 22 years of my life in defense of this great idea of a place called "The Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave" to think everyone is supposed to agree with me. The very idea is that we can disagree and people fight for that right. So everyday when I feel the pain and have to use a cane to walk most days. When my PTSD and major depression kicks in: I know I earned it. When I lost 12 friends on one day and I survived it may seem it was for nothing. It was not: it was for all of us. Those guys will be forever young to me. Sure we all disagree on something, but I just wish we (myself included) would not so be hateful to one another.......but then again we can in this country. I just need to start with myself.

[Stogie Vol]

Great post.  Thank you.