MY EPIPHANY

While out on my walk this evening, it dawned on me why liberals hate our troops. I could never understand how anyone could treat our troops the way that liberals do, until tonight. It suddenly hit me that they cannot comprehend someone loving this country enough to be willing to risk their life for it. I don't know how you can live in this country and come to such a warped view of it. This country, by far, offers more opportunities for personal success than any of the dicatorships that liberals adore. That is why an Asian man can move here with no more than $50 in his pocket and 20 years later own his own business. It is why you can be on food stamps one year and five years later be in the middle class. Opportunity is here for anyone willing to work for their success. Not that our country is perfect, but I am so proud to be an American. I am so proud that we have men and women who sign up to serve our country, knowing that they could be sent into harms way. I am so proud that our country comes to the aid of other countries when they are devastated by earthquakes, typhoons, hurricanes, mudslides, tornadoes or floods. I am so proud that our country has found cures for some of the worst diseases. I am proud that our country addressed the issues of slavery, women's suffrage, and civil rights in a relatively short time frame. I get chills when I hear our national anthem, & I love to see our flag blowing in the breeze. These are symbols of our people, not our government. If we don't like our government, we can vote them out. We don't have to suffer through a monarchy or a dictatorship, we get to choose our representatives. Our founding fathers were brilliant and I believe divinely guided in the formation of our Republic. So now I understand liberals hatred of our military, but I am still at a loss to understand why they don't just leave the country and find one that they like better (like Cuba or Venezuela) instead of trying to screw ours up. I have a feeling that they wouldn't like being thrown in jail for protesting the government or being murdered for criticizing El Presidente - but hey - lets gripe about the country that lets us protest and block traffic and make up enormous lies about its leaders without any serious repurcussions. Yeah - America is the bad guy in the world. Keeping dangerous terrorists caught killing and maiming our military in Guantanmo Bay - HORRIBLE, but jailing or murdering gays, journalists & political rivals in Cuba - WHO CARES because Castro has national healthcare. Confiscating private businesses in Venezuela so you can steal their profits - BRILLIANT. Freeing women in Afghanistan so they can vote, go to school and walk around without a male relative without fear of being stoned - BRUTAL. Ridding Iraq of a barbarous dictator who made it a habit to rape and torture people, in front of their families, who used poisonous gas (which is a weapon of mass destruction) to murder his own people because they rebelled against him - SHAMEFUL. Inviting the midget dictator of Tehran to one of our Universities while he is supplying weapons to insurgents in Iraq - GENIUS. I am beginning to believe that liberalism IS a mental disorder, because it certainly doesn't make logical sense.