May 25, 201511 yr I just wanted to say that everyone have a great Memorial Day today. I would ask that with all of the cookouts, bbq's, ball games, parades and / or any other activities that my BGP Friends may have planned ............to Please take some time to reflect and remember what this day is for. TO All of our Military men and women I wanted to say THANK YOU for what you willingly do so that we all can be Free to say what we want, do and feel what we want in this great country. Remember the Ones that have paid the ultimate price .....their own life for America to remain free .
May 25, 201511 yr We have sent men and women from the armed forces of the United States to other parts of the world throughout the past century to put down oppression. We defeated Fascism. We defeated Communism. We saved Europe in World War I and World War II. We were willing to do it, glad to do it. We went to Korea. We went to Vietnam. All in the interest of preserving the rights of people. And when all those conflicts were over, what did we do? Did we stay and conquer? Did we say, "Okay, we defeated Germany. Now Germany belongs to us? We defeated Japan, so Japan belongs to us"? No. What did we do? We built them up. We gave them democratic systems which they have embraced totally to their soul. And did we ask for any land? No, the only land we ever asked for was enough land to bury our dead. And that is the kind of nation we are. -General Colin Powell
May 25, 201511 yr Author We have sent men and women from the armed forces of the United States to other parts of the world throughout the past century to put down oppression. We defeated Fascism. We defeated Communism. We saved Europe in World War I and World War II. We were willing to do it, glad to do it. We went to Korea. We went to Vietnam. All in the interest of preserving the rights of people. And when all those conflicts were over, what did we do? Did we stay and conquer? Did we say, "Okay, we defeated Germany. Now Germany belongs to us? We defeated Japan, so Japan belongs to us"? No. What did we do? We built them up. We gave them democratic systems which they have embraced totally to their soul. And did we ask for any land? No, the only land we ever asked for was enough land to bury our dead. And that is the kind of nation we are. -General Colin Powell I really like this quote :thumb:, sums it all up perfectly.
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