Simple sentiments...

We are into the third year of a war that could very well last thirty years.

We are also about thirty years into a process known as the 'all-volunteer military'.

One of the volunteers puts it this way...

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Fuck 'the censors'. Fuck 'the press'. Fuck YOU - should you EVER forget that every single flag there represents a volunteer.
A volunteer who willingly stepped between you (and me) and harm -

People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf. -- George Orwell