I am not going to mar this Memorial Day by engaging in some lengthy political rant. I simply have a couple of questions. A total of 1.1 million Americans have been killed in ALL U.S. wars since this country was founded.1 Over 1 million Americans have died due to the COVID pandemic in the last 2 ½ years. Why is it that we commemorate the first and just seem to accept the second as a kind of collateral damage? And how many of the COVID victims died due to people exercising the ‘freedom’ that those in the first group fought so valiantly to defend? Seems kind of ironic. Many Americans fought and died to protect our freedom and that freedom ended up killing a lot of innocent Americans.
Freedom does not mean an abrogation of all responsibility. True freedom comes with an increase in responsibility for yourself, those around you, for your country and for the planet we share.
Let us not take anything for granted and remember all of those who have sacrificed so much, and hope that someday, the country truly lives up to the promise of Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness for all.
Great point. And over 1 million have died, from gun violence also, just since 1968 on our land – Many more injuries. We’re dying from within.