For you it is red, white and blue; firecrackers,
cookouts and American beer. How easy it
must be to assume that by saying “God Bless
Our Troops” you are patriotic. I have an
entirely different view of the 4th of July.
Every boom is an IED, every pop a ******
round. If your God was present when my
brain was shattered he did not show up to
see me through my recovery. You presume
that every soldier is a Christian like you.
I was an American soldier. I’ve bled and
killed in service for this country. I left behind
pieces of myself in faraway lands. It was my
choice. Do not use me to support your moral
propaganda. I am a veteran. I am not your
political stage-prop.
Feb 28, 2012
Feb 28, 2012 at 7:57 PM UTC
For you it is red, white and blue; firecrackers,
cookouts and American beer. How easy it
must be to assume that by saying “God Bless
Our Troops” you are patriotic. I have an
entirely different view of the 4th of July.
Every boom is an IED, every pop a ******
round. If your God was present when my
brain was shattered he did not show up to
see me through my recovery. You presume
that every soldier is a Christian like you.
I was an American soldier. I’ve bled and
killed in service for this country. I left behind
pieces of myself in faraway lands. It was my
choice. Do not use me to support your moral
propaganda. I am a veteran. I am not your
political stage-prop.
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