The cure for the evils of
democracy is more democracy!
H. L. Mencken, Notes on Democracy, 1926
As the nation turns it attention to
the summer season this Memorial Day, it is time again for The Madison
Conservative to repost an earlier blog about a subject near and dear to us. We
must honor those who have made the ultimate sacrifice in defense of democracy,
to protect the citizens and ideals of the United States of America. There are
many ways to honor our fallen heroes, but perhaps the greatest way to do so is
to help provide for their fellow surviving soldiers, seamen, airmen and
marines.
To that point, here is the re-post:
http://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/
At
a time when the body politic is abuzz over peripheral issue nonsense it is
perhaps a fitting time to turn our attention to a matter of true national
importance.
To
wit:
There
are many worthy charities that need to be supported by the public at large.
There is currently running a series of commercials promoting the cause of the
Wounded Warrior Project. The one that created the impetus for this blog post
featured Trace Adkins.
http://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/
The
charity is focused solely on helping returning disabled veterans and their
families cope with the adjustments inherent with a disability coupled with the
stresses related to the rigors of war inflicted upon the mind and body of our
returning veterans.
The
website address is being repeated throughout this blog to show support and
solidarity with their intended mission.
That
being said, and speaking as a United States Navy veteran, the fact that this
organization was created out of a need to fill a void should be an
embarrassment upon the military bureaucracy specifically entrusted with the
care of our veterans, and should be an outrage to the electorate at large.
It
is a disgrace that in the United Sates of America our veterans need to have an
organization outside of the military ask for funds to help with their
transition back to civilian life, to say nothing of asking for financial
support to aid in their adaptive needs for a war inflicted disability.
http://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/
There
is constant dialogue throughout the nation that we must “support the troops
even if we disagree with the mission”, one of the hard learned lessons at the
expense of our Vietnam War veterans: a true national disgrace whose wounds we
are hopefully beginning to heal by acknowledging the treatment of those
particular veterans and doing all we can to guarantee that such treatment of
our military is never repeated.
It
is crucial to understand that there is absolutely not one infinitesimal bit of
daylight between the Madison Conservative and the wonderful folks at the
Wounded Warrior Project.
The
issue here is that there should never be a need for the private sector to
provide anything of substantive necessity for our veterans and their needs when
they return from battle. The men and women of our all voluntary military
provide the protection and safety that allows us to become enraptured with the
absurdities of any number of inconsequential matters, such as the current
national political electoral theater.
The
members of our armed forces choose to fill the role of protector, and their
families bear the emotional and financial burdens of that decision. They should
never be placed in the position of having to ask any private enterprise
for help in providing whatever support – physical, emotional or financial – the
veteran and their family may need as they acclimate back to a civilian life
while coping with a injury suffered in defense of American liberty and
freedom.
http://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/
If
we break the explicit and implicit social contract with our soldiers, seamen,
marines and airmen, America
will no longer be the home of the brave and land of the free.
We
will be too busy having telethons to raise money for guns, and asking
corporations to help with a ‘buy a bullet’ campaign.
The
Wounded Warrior Project is truly a charity that speaks to our higher ideals;
but it should fall onto the American people through the military bureaucracy to
insure that no veteran should ever need to ask a private entity for help.
We
as a people are better than that.
http://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/
