The USA has, since WW2, been allies and defenders of the free world. My dad and Uncle fought in WW2. My husband and his brother both fought in Vietnam. They did not go because our country was physically under attack. They did not go just because they were “called up.” They went because they were called to protect and serve our country. They gave up a part of their lives and  their sanity in order to fight against the very type of government we now have installed at the White House. A government that is trying to consume and destroy everything within this great United States that matters. Firstly, they are demolishing democracy. Secondly, they want women to go back to being seen but not heard. Finally, they care nothing about giving aid to those in need.

When I think of my family who served in the Navy, my family who gave up a large part of their  physical and mental health in order  to fight for and protect our country and our allies, it breaks my heart. Why? Because everything, everything, everything they fought for, everything they gave, they gave willingly for their country, for our allies, and for our rights and freedoms. It hurts so badly to see and hear the plans the current admin has for this country. In a mere few months, they have severed every tie with our allies. Now, we are only connected to a country that carries a communistic, dictatorship viewpoint, that being Russia. Since the current admin has created this bond, every other country, except El Salvadore, has taken a step back and is disassociating themselves from the U.S.A.

If you follow history, as I do, you will discover that the government of today cares nothing for you. Right now, they are dismantling all programs that give aid to millions of Americans. They are disabling pension funds that people worked for and paid into for 40 or more years, and they are turning our country into a battleground of hatred between those who support this government and those who do not. It is very ugly to see the comments and bashings that folks are giving and receiving on social media. Those who support the current administration and those who do not. They taunt and criticize each other with hatred and lies. Sadly, we are a nation collapsing upon itself. We are a nation that is being fed hate, and that hatred is spewing out everywhere. Our government is no longer of the people, by the people, nor for the people. Our government is a concentration camp waiting to happen.                                                  When I think back on my family, it breaks my heart to remember all they gave. Because now, all they gave has been trampled on. My dad and my uncle left their lives behind as young men only 17 years old… they left their lives behind in order to give their all for our country… for me and you. Even though most of us were not even born yet, they knew that they had to defend democracy for themseves and for future generations. They understood that an evil, conniving government had to be stopped in order for peace and democracy to remain. They left the USA as boys intent on defending not only the U.S., but our allies as well. They left as boys, but they returned as haunted men. Their carefree days of youth had been taken too early, too soon. However, as U.S. Navy men, they were there to fight and defend. They served our nation in order that we, as well as, our allies, could live our lives freely and blessed. My dad and uncle were both haunted by this war. When they returned after victory had been declared, they were no longer boys. The carefree farm boys were now silent and withdrawn men. Their spark had been taken away by the atrocities of war.

My husband and his brother also came back from Vietnam very different than when they set out. They were both Navy men as well. My husband would never really talk about his naval service either. If he mentioned anything, it would be discussing those nights at sea when all around, he was surrounded by millions of stars in the heavens above that sparkled just for him. He never told any other stories. I know, for these reasons, that I can not accept our current  government’s agenda. The madness within their project 25 plan is worrisome, to say the least. It is dangerous and a threat to our democracy. This plan that our current “president and his cabinet of fools” are advocating for, planning out, and secretly creating is an atrocity of the magnitude of Adolf Hitler, Stalin, and our prez’s best friend, Putin. These governments put themselves first, their agendas and their desires first, and the people… well, the people can serve them, and those who refuse… they can just die. We will have no recourse outside of what this new dictatorship demands, for our every ally will no longer stand by a communistic U.S.A. And, truthfully, neither can I.

I pray for our country. I pray for the very survival of our United States of America as we’ve known it. I pray for you and I. I pray that we can overcome the madness permeating our government. I pray that sooner rather than later, we can find a way back to democracy and the freedoms our forefathers fought for in this country, our United States of America.

Blessings,

S.K.E.