"We will never forget..."

...Or will we?? Today is the 7th Anniversary of that Tragic day in American history, a day that some have tried to forget, and many HAVE forgotten. But how could they? What were you doing that day?? I'm sure you remember, we all do. What unity our country exhibited from 9/11/2001 for about, what, 6 months?? Maybe one year? It seemed that for once in a very long time, we really were The United States of America, not just some country with a bunch of individual states, doing there own thing, caring not for what happens elsewhere. But we MUST remember what is going on here...

Islamic Terrorist...that's what. You see, we live in a country where it's ok to worship your God in peace, so long as you don't force your views on anyone. Our country was founded on certain principles, such as "Freedom" and having "Rights" to various civil liberties. We are at war with many Islamic organizations...Al Qaeda, The Taliban, Hezbollah, Hamas, as well as different countries who support Terrorism. Liberals who only care about peace and bringing our troops home know NOTHING about what it means to fight for freedom. Sure, they enjoy their right to free speach, their right to protest, their "right" to sue religious organizations or the government when their so called "Separation of Church and State" is violated...well, enjoy it while you can. How long can we live in this Blessed Nation and sit here while it goes down the toilet? But do Liberals fight? Consider this...I'm convinced that on the path we are taking, the Left will eventually convince enough idiots to support their causes...their "noble" causes of fighting for women's rights (by opposing any group who hates abortion), fighting for gay rights (and exposing innocent children to the "alternative" lifestyle), fighting for "affordable" healthcare for every American (by making the successful Americans pay extra taxes, then giving Illegal Aliens green cards and drivers licenses so they can be considered "citizens"), fighting for a politically correct world (by offending or silencing any group who doesn't agree with their outrageous secular lifestyles).

If we let this irrational thinking take hold of our country, we would most certainly end up turning into a 3rd world nation. 9-11 would just be a joke people would tell to their grandchildren, about when the world freaked out because only 2 buildings collapsed in one day...

This is not the world I wanna live in. I remember those innocent lives which were taken. I wanted to defend and honor those who gave their lives for our country: Not only for 9-11, but all throughout history. I was a "fish" (freshman) in the Corps of Cadets at Texas A&M University at the time. I remember an upperclassman walking up and down the hall saying someone had set off a bomb in New York City, and if any of us wanted to, we could watch the news in his room (which was a big deal, because underclassmen were not allowed to have TVs). I was shocked to see that this happened in the USA, because for 18 years I had thought I was safe. Here is how the Aggies responded, by wearing Red White and Blue shirts at the next football game (and you might think they were passed out, but in reality they were purchased, and the money went to helping the victims).

Unless you have superman vision, there's no way you could see it, but I am actually in the "S" on the field...that was a very powerful moment in my life.

I realized then that nobody was safe anymore, unless we did something about it. So, I went down to the recruiting station and signed up. Here it is, 7 years later, and I have never been deployed...but that's not to say that I haven't wanted to. As soon as I get the opportunity, I am volunteering for the next plane outta here...across the lake and into the giant sandbox. Quite often I am thanked by random people who either see me in uniform, or just know somehow, and it's all I can do to keep from blowing up inside. Not because I'm angry, but because I haven't done anything yet. Seems like I've been in training indefinitely, but when I'm finally done, I'm outta here. When people say "thank you," most of the time I reply by thanking them for the support and telling them how much it means to me, but letting them know that I haven't done my part YET. It's coming, Taliban...oh it's coming Mr. Islamic Terror Jihadist...I hope you're ready to look outside your cave window and see this staring back at ya...don't blink, or you might miss the fireworks!!

Burned some fuel today, and boy did it smell good! Gotta love the smell of Jet-A in the mornin'!! If you need some interesting reading about the different views of McCain and Obama against our War on Terror, you can read about it here.