a 26-year veteran of the Armed Forces take on the current mosque controversy.

[Shallah Kali]

from Reddit:

My father is a 26-year veteran of the Armed Forces. This is his take on the current mosque controversy.
submitted by mauxfaux
http://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/daxf3/my_father_is_a_26year_veteran_of_the_armed_forces/

My dad spent 26 years in the Armed Services as part of Strategic Air Command. He's become a bit of a poet in his golden years. Today he sent me this:

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In Arlington we lay to rest

our bravest and our very best.

We send our children off to war

defending what we soon ignore.

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“You’re free to worship,” so we say.

“But if you’re muslim, go away.”

Is this what they were dying for:

Intolerance, and nothing more?

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Must one be christian to obtain

the liberties that we proclaim?

These soldiers died for liberty.

They didn’t die for bigotry.

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So look upon this hallowed field,

not only crosses are revealed.

For you’ll see stars and crescents too.

They also sacrificed for you.

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In Arlington we lay to rest

our bravest and our very best.

They knew what they were dying for.

It’s something that we can’t ignore.

* Joe G., Sr. Master Sgt, Ret. USAF

EDIT: I've always been proud of my old man.

EDIT #2: Wow, I wake up this morning to see this on the front page! I'm humbled, as I'm sure my father is.

Nothing would honor my father and the service his veteran brothers and sisters more than to share this poem with whomever you wish. All I ask is that you at least provide the same level of attribution that I did.

LINK to Source: http://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/daxf3/my_father_is_a_26year_veteran_of_the_armed_forces/

[jobycom]

1. Hell. If I could rec that a hundred times, I'd still be clicking. nt

[aquamarina]

2. Beautifully stated.

[Joe Chi Minh]

3. K&R

[driver8]

4. This is beautiful...

I would recommend it one hundred times if I could, too.

[Swamp Rat]

5. Thank you Joe G., Sr.

:thumbsup:

[sarge43]

6. Proud to share the Blue with SMSgt Joe G.

We took our oath to the Constitution that begins "We the People ..."

:patriot:

[DavidDvorkin]

7. This is excellent.

[Shanti Mama]

8. Please thank you dad for us

He is everything that the armed forces should be. Bravo to him!

[Shallah Kali]

10. It is not my Father, it is reddit poster mauxfaux's Dad

if you have a reddit account please post in the thread attached to his Father's poem or message him there. thank yuou

[tblue37]

9. k & r

[unhappycamper]

11. K&R n/t

[Scurrilous]

12. K & R

:thumbsup: