tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8386489377760958906.post185143884697432025..comments2023-05-30T05:13:06.758-05:00Comments on A Life Well Lived Concludes With A Smile, <br> tears, laughs but most of all memories.: No Parades, No Protests. Just Patriotism And Pain.Barry R. Silverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16112859238953049006noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8386489377760958906.post-59580538467858387862011-11-16T09:37:37.120-06:002011-11-16T09:37:37.120-06:00Current,
I feel for the military as well, especial...Current,<br />I feel for the military as well, especially for those that enlisted for the National Guard and wound up in an overseas desert. I make no apologies for "my way of life" but I without reservation object to the absurd way Vet's get their benefits approved, administered and too often cut.<br />Thanks for your contribution to the conversation and your compliment.Barry R. Silverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16112859238953049006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8386489377760958906.post-15771491083702070772011-11-14T11:06:46.160-06:002011-11-14T11:06:46.160-06:00Barry, this is a perfect tribute. I too have no f...Barry, this is a perfect tribute. I too have no firsthand experience of gunfire or even hitting a deer. I am struck with severe anguish when I know that, even though I am a pacifist and never wanted any soldier to go anywhere representing me, it happened anyway. People died to maintain my "way of life", which I would also change if I could. I am not any less responsible for all the deaths on both sides because I did indeed buy the guns and pay the soldiers. The divides are nurtured. One of the most significant divides I see i our country is the one between the soldiers dying and the complete ignorance of the population outside the military of what is happening to these sacrificial soldiers in insane conflicts.Currenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00083928011647029231noreply@blogger.com