{"id":56086,"date":"2015-11-11T11:11:34","date_gmt":"2015-11-11T17:11:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=56086"},"modified":"2015-11-11T11:02:12","modified_gmt":"2015-11-11T17:02:12","slug":"veterans-day-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=56086","title":{"rendered":"Veterans Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our country has chosen this, the anniversary of the end of World War I, to commemorate our veterans.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.newsmax.com\/Newsmax\/files\/4b\/4b766def-f316-4003-9dfc-5af4e972514d.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"459\" height=\"268\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m terrible at finding words to express that kind of thanks, naturally; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=30363\">I took my best stab at it a couple of years ago<\/a>, and I&#8217;m kind of proud of it &#8211; but seriously, how\u00a0<em>do\u00a0<\/em>you thank someone for spending the best years of their life fighting for this country?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.veteranstoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/vietnam.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"439\" height=\"294\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It feels somehow\u00a0mawkish and inadequate to say &#8220;thank you for your service&#8221;; while it&#8217;s sincere enough, it almost feels programmed.<\/p>\n<p>But what else to say? \u00a0So thanks, veterans, for all you did; for spending the best years of your lives doing jobs daunting in their danger&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/media.jrn.com\/images\/25722557-mjs_bomber_16-_mjs-_news_desisti_2441(2).jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"287\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;and grindingly mundane&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7240\/6972244086_40c0f68165_b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"502\" height=\"330\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;and for doing the impossible&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.texasgopvote.com\/sites\/default\/files\/Reagan-D-Day.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"544\" height=\"259\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;and for making it\u00a0impossible for the bad guys to wreak any of their havoc&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bavarian-times.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/border-facilities-moedlareuth-germany-us-army.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"510\" height=\"316\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;thanks to you all.<\/p>\n<p>(By the way &#8211; I suppose one way to observe Veterans Day is to politicize it, as my &#8220;representative&#8221;, Betty McCollum, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/repbettymccollum\/posts\/930003333721699\">does on her Facebook page<\/a>. \u00a0I&#8217;ll demur, thanks).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our country has chosen this, the anniversary of the end of World War I, to commemorate our veterans. 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