Commander-in-chief must have heart

Symbols or ideals? Preserving our history, or changing our future?

As we near our presidential elections, I thank the stars that there are people who actually seem to listen to every speech, read every written word, delve into the past, put all that information into a big pot and simmer it down into digestible, understandable sips.

After all, we’ll be voting for our children’s new boss, and we want that person to think of our children as living, breathing people, not numbers of troops to be manipulated on the game board of international politics.

Naïve? Maybe so, but the commander-in-chief I want in office works in the best interest of all of us, while making sure that our flesh and blood is not squandered for no good reason.

My son signed on the dotted line with the Marines knowing full well that his life, his future for a time, would become the property of the United States of America. He wouldn’t have signed without having the faith that he would be used in the best interests of the Corps and, by extension, our country.

If he has that kind of faith, then so must I. I pray it’s well-placed.

Tiffany
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Swing by Palmetto's Wal-Mart today to support your troops with a soldiers' snack pack from Manatee's Operation Troop Support
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Around the military:

U.S. Sailors on board the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) watch flares light up the sky during a firework display on the ship. MC2 Jennifer S. Kimball

U.S. Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division watch as a weapons cache is destroyed in Hor Al Bosh, Iraq, July 2, 2008. DoD photo by Spc. Daniel Herrera, U.S. Army. (Released)


U.S. Army Spc. Jose Rojas (right) and an Iraqi soldier provide security for other soldiers in his platoon during an air assault mission conducted by the 3rd Battalion, 187 Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division in Mahmudiyah, Iraq, on July 3, 2008. DoD photo by Spc. Richard Del Vecchio, U.S. Army. (Released)


PACIFIC OCEAN (June 27, 2008) Sailors scrub the hangar bay during a scrubbing exercise (SCRUBEX) aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). A SCRUBEX is conducted on the flight deck and hangar bay to clean the non-skid deck surface after the air wing departs. Stennis is transiting from San Diego to her homeport of Bremerton, Wash. after a rigorous two-month work-up period. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jonathen E. Davis (Released)

U.S. Air Force Capt. Marshall Fiscus talks with an interpreter about a patient's condition during a village medical outreach at the Joybar village in Afghanistan April 19, 2008. Fiscus is the chief medical officer assigned to a provincial reconstruction team out of Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, and is deployed from Geilenkirchen, Germany. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Andy Dunaway/Released)