Between breaking the rules outright and living strictly by the letter of law, I’m choosing to bend as a reed. With the ever-increasing expansion of government and it’s imposition upon our lives, the analogy of a reed that bends or a rigid stick that breaks seems very applicable to my life as both a concerned citizen and a soldier. Concerning the latter, I have sworn an oath to support and defend the Constitution of the United States. When opposition arises against the founding principles of our government, I feel that is incumbent upon the men who have chosen to defend our country to do likewise in regards to their freedom granted by way of our Constitution. To stand against the onslaught of radical ideologies that view the work of our founding fathers and their concepts of God-given rights as fundamentally flawed violates no part of the aforementioned oath.
Although service members are directed against openly speaking out against individuals in elected office, we may continue to stand shoulder to shoulder with other freedom loving citizens and oppose those doctrines which seek to silence alternate viewpoints, cripple our prosperity, and limit our freedom. We still have a voice. And as George Washington once stated: “When we assumed the Soldier, we did not lay aside the Citizen.”
The now silent voices need a constitutional defender like Mitt in the White House.
Although service members are directed against openly speaking out against individuals in elected office, we may continue to stand shoulder to shoulder with other freedom loving citizens and oppose those doctrines which seek to silence alternate viewpoints, cripple our prosperity, and limit our freedom. We still have a voice. And as George Washington once stated: “When we assumed the Soldier, we did not lay aside the Citizen.”
The now silent voices need a constitutional defender like Mitt in the White House.
JD
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