Reply #90: I could leave [View All]

[northzax]

and I may become an ex-pat again, but not for political reasons. If America is going down, then I'm going down with the ship, swinging. And I have 37 very good reasons to. That's how many ancestors of mine died fighting for the US in various wars, all but one before 1945. What do I say, in the afterlife? Sorry, Uncle Josiah, wintering at Valley Forge was a waste of time. Sorry, Uncle George, that you were brave enough to wade into the cornfield at Antietam, but I'm not strong enough to fight here? And uncle William and Uncle Corham, who died the same day. Sorry, Uncle David, that you died in some frozen forest in the Argonne. or Uncle Charles, that your bomber didn't make it home from Germany. Sorry uncle Jim, that you died in some godforsaken jungle. But I'm not willing to put up with a little annoyance to continue your fight.

yes, 37. in 225 years. And we've never been in a military family, none of them were career military, they simply signed up when they were needed. Several were too young to fight, and lied about their ages. Others were too old, and lied about that too. they left behind their family, their lives, everything, to answer the call, for their own reasons. And I'm not strong enough to deal with Freepers? come on.

Note that I said again I've lived as an ex-pat for a third of my life, and could have a job on three different continents just by asking for it. I choose to live here, and do my part in the long line of people who have fought for what they believed in. They were willing to die, I can put up with a little discomfort.

you've made your choice, for your own reasons, that's fine, but don't pretend that surrender is the honorable choice for everyone.