So You say you're a 'patriot'!
So You say others aren't!
So You wave that flag then go home and go blank, you do know soldiers are still being sent into war don't you!
I could go on
We who served or those serving don't do so for an individual, nor for groups with successful needed organizations and struggling for funding from donations when You feel like contributing a few bucks and you can't do so with all, nor the dedicated volunteers at VA facilities and with the stand downs for the homeless vets and more, nor for flag wavers or flag waving parades or the welcome home ceremonies, attended by the few then out of site out of mind, nor for the many hollow symbols and words from those served especially the representatives of the people, nor for any political ideology. We do so for the Whole Country, right or wrong, especially if ordered into wars of choice, and we serve our brothers and sisters to protect them as they do us!