Taken from the journal of  dusty

The following passage is from a sermon by John Hagee of the Cornerstone Church in San Antonia.

Something to think about……

I want you to close your eyes and picture in your mind the soldier at Valley Forge, as he holds his musket in his bloody hands. He stands barefoot in the snow, starved from the lack of food, wounded from months of battle and emotionally scarred from the eternity away from his family surrounded by nothing but death and carnage of war. He stands though with fire in his eyes and victory on his breath He looks at us now in anger and disgust and tells us this….

I gave you a birthright of freedom born in the Constitution and now your children graduate too illiterate to read it.

I fought in the snow barefoot to give you the freedom to vote and you stay at home because it rains!

I left my family destitute to give you the freedom of speech and you remain silent on critical issues, because it might be bad for business.

I orphaned my children to give you a government to serve you and it has stolen democracy from the people.

It's the solider, not the reporter who gives you the freedom of the press.

It's the solider, not the poet who gives you the freedom of speech.

It's the soldier, not the campus organizer who allows you to demonstrate.

It's the solider, who salutes the flag, serves the flag, whose coffin is draped with the flag that allows the protester to burn the flag.

When you read this, please stop for a moment and say a pray for our U.S. military in Iraq AND all around the world.

Hooah to every soldier, sailor and pilot and every other service member that served, serving now, and will continue to serve.