I am concerned about the way we glorify this day and I'm wondering what our Framers would say. Don't get me wrong, I believe a strong military is not only constitutional, but a necessary deterrent to foreign aggression. I support military action when congressionally declared and when our lives and liberties are in immediate danger.
But the question I am asking this morning is . . . Which of our liberties is at risk in the hundreds of places we are currently deploying our children and our dollars? Are we counting the cost?
I know many in our military are good, moral and faithful, but I have to ask . . . which of our liberties, for which our founders fought, is at risk? What freedom are they fighting for?
What do we have to show for our sons returning with PTSD in the thousands and the high suicide rates?
How much of our paychecks are we willing to pay to support these types of military actions?
What is directly threatening us that is worth the life of even one our sons or daughters?
And I know these questions are tough but I think they deserve our consideration . . .
*Will Christ turn a blind eye to the thousands of civilians we have killed in Iraq?
*Will Christ turn a blind eye to the thousands of civilians we have killed in Iraq?
*Can I refer to myself as "Pro-Life" while supporting our military intervention overseas?
*Why do we sacrifice our sons overseas while ignoring the greater threat to our liberties here at home in the form of the Patriot Act, Indefinite Detention, CISPA, Agenda 21, food laws, Internet and Free Speech, Health Care . . . ?
*Where are the greatest threats to our Life, Liberty and Pursuit of Happiness coming?
Washington or Kabul? Congress or Mosul? Until my unalienable rights are directly under attack - I can't afford more money for foreign intervention nor am I willing to put my sons lives at risk.
I am counting the cost.
I am equipping my sons to fight against a much more dangerous enemy . . . nice articulate people in Washington, many of whom are believers, who have progressive and destructive ideas about our Constitution and our economy. Don’t get me wrong. I want a powerful military like you do, but not one that goes overseas looking for monsters to destroy.
" . . . she goes not abroad in search of monsters to destroy.
She is the well-wisher to the freedom and independence of all.
She is the champion and vindicator only of her own.
She will commend the general cause by the countenance of her voice,
and the benignant sympathy of her example."
She is the well-wisher to the freedom and independence of all.
She is the champion and vindicator only of her own.
She will commend the general cause by the countenance of her voice,
and the benignant sympathy of her example."
- John Quincy Adams
I care about our sons and daughters who are sacrificing in the military. That is why I want to bring them home.
