Travis Haley ‘Reflections as an American’ (VIDEO)

1/11/13 | by Max Slowik

Travis Haley getting a little misty around the eyes about his “personal look on his own life as an American and why it is worth fighting for.”

Imma need a hanky myself.

Winding narratives have that effect on me…

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Christopher Todd Dallas:

January 12, 2013 at 9:29 am

I've been there in those nasty places and seen bodies piled over my head. I've rode over stacks so high because there were so many we couldn't drive around.

I've seen the evil men do when there's no restraint or when people practice moral relativism. I'm not the only one who has said, "go spend a year in Iraq, then come back and bitch." For 8 months, all I had was dirt and sand. Not even rocks. If you strayed more than eyesight from your position you die. The desert is as unforgiving as the sea. I didn't see a woman for 7 months.

I lived on Mars. The landscape literally looked like images from the Mars Rover. The photos are on my FaceBook if you would like to take a detour.

Let every whiny ass Liberal and the privileged spend a year in the sandbox or the cold in any one of the countries Travis mentioned. And not in comfort and definitely without any type of safety. Would they still stand by their conviction of reaching for the cell phone rather than the pistol?

There is no better place than the USA. I've been to 13 countries, from the shit holes of Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the Neutral Zone - a place that is technically nowhere - to the rolling green hills of Austria, the forests of Germany and still, the USA is the best.

Where we are now is not what I fought for. Not what cost me 22 years of PTSD and counting.

I'm the last person to put on a tinfoil hat but this road won't stop crumbling.

237 years ago, we fought for our God given right to be free from tyranny and great men. I'll give it my best shot to be positive, it's my responsibility to provide a warm environment for my children. And while I do that, I'll remain vigilant and prepared.

This was not written by Orwell or Churchill but the evolution of a few words from one stanza of a poem written by Rudyard Kipling in 1890 and ending in a finalized phrase in 2006 , "People sleep peacefully in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf."

Bill Moody:

January 14, 2013 at 1:51 pm

Thank you Travis, I will most certainly attempt to follow your lead. You have opened my eyes a lot, and gave me a lot to think about.

Leonard J Stephens:

January 14, 2013 at 6:10 pm

their is suposed to be a march on every state capital building jan 19th 12 noon make your banners and signs and make your voice be heard help suport your and my rights let them know what their trying to do is wrong its still our country and constitution wer geting the blame for somthing that isn't our fault we as americans don't feel safe being unarmed.