Our Great Military

        First off, I want to clarify something before I get into this subject. Nobody likes war. Period. It's an awful thing and a product of our sinful human nature. Unfortunately because it's human nature to have conflict, that means that world peace won't happen. Sorry folks, but it just won't. Miss America can dream all she wants, but there will never be complete world peace. With that being said lets get into our topic.
        Lots of people in our country dislike the military and are very opposed to the "War on Terror". People say things like, "We didn't have a reason to go there", "It's not our job to police the world", "The people in the Middle East don't want us there". The people who say these things have forgotten a really big piece of the whole "War on Terror" puzzle. THEY CAME HERE FIRST!!
       On Sept. 11th, 2001 our country was invaded. A group of terrorists came into our country, hijacked 4 of our commercial aircraft, and killed almost 3000 American citizens. I don't know about you, but that sounds like a pretty good reason to fight back. What good is our country if we aren't willing to defend it against those who would destroy it. To anyone who is oppose to having a strong military I say this: When a terrorist comes knocking on your door to say hello, you're going to wish the President hadn't cut the defense budget.
     Now to the people who say that this war has gone on long enough, I am on your side. But the problem isn't with our military but rather our government. The United States of America has a great military. They're the best military in the world, from funding to technology to the quality of our soldiers. The problem is that our government has them so locked up in the political game that they can't even fire a bullet without filling out paperwork. That's ridiculous!! Nothin' like paperwork to discourage a person.
    If the government would stop playing games, let the soldiers get in, do their job, and get out, then we'd have been out of this mess a long time ago. Another part of that is, the troops don't want to be on the ground fighting any more than we want them to be. The troops want to do their job and then come home to their families.
    The point is this. Don't blame the soldiers and don't be mislead by anyone who tells you that they aren't good at their job. We, as a country, need a strong military that is able to fight a threat before it arrives on American soil and to keep our enemies at bay, because the moment we don't is the moment we could lose our freedom to those you would take it from us.

God Bless America