B.C. by Mastroianni and Hart for November 11, 2019

Freedom isn’t free.Thank you to those who have paid the price for all of us.

Goodbye Rhodesia you are sorely missed

I guess he has to cover his eyes in order to see, the future that is.

Thank you to all veterans. I wish more attention is given to Korean veterans. It is always the forgotten “police action”.

The sunset is “bleeding?”

Thank you to all who served!

We don’t really observe Veteran’s Day here in India, but it’s a fact that tens of thousands of Indian soldiers lost their lives in the two world wars, fighting under the British. A thankful salute to them!

The change in the attitude of the American people is amazing. It was not that long ago that a veteran returning home from Viet Nam was despised, spit upon and ostracized from society. No matter what your feelings about that war it was not the individual that risked his life or the one who gave his life that was the problem.

Politicians start wars and expect soldiers to finish them. Those who call the shots are not the ones getting shot at.

I..just..don’t..get..it

Freedom always comes at a price. If you cannot accept that, leave those who can alone.

To those who serve and for those who have fallen, thank you

Hero:

one who swears an oath and maintains it, regardless of contrary conditions.

one who honors responsibility to family, friends, and country, when to do otherwise would be easier.

one who acts to preserve the life of another with no regard for personal safety

one who speaks for the defenseless, when public pressures dictate silence.

(Author unknown)

God Bless Our Military and Veterans. You have and do sacrifice so much for us.

In Flanders fields the poppies blow

Between the crosses, row on row,

That mark our place; and in the sky

The larks, still bravely singing, fly

Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago

We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,

Loved and were loved, and now we lie

In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:

To you from failing hands we throw

The torch; be yours to hold it high.

If ye break faith with us who die

We shall not sleep, though poppies grow

In Flanders fields.

We dare not look in that crystal ball lest we die of fright and horror.

One of the things that bothered me, and sorry I do nor remember the numbers, was how few people actually knew an active military member.

Salute

Yesterday was Remembrance Sunday here in the UK. This is part of the service. ‘FREEDOM’ It is the Soldier, not the reporter Who has given us the freedom of the press. It is the Soldier, not the poet Who has given us the freedom of speech. It is the Soldier, not the peace camp organiser Who has given us the freedom to demonstrate. It is the Soldier, who serves beneath the Flag whose coffin is draped by the Flag who allows the protester to burn the Flag It is the Soldier, not the politician Who has given his blood his body his life The Soldier, who has given these freedoms.

Happy Vets day to all of my Brothers-in-Arms.

“Freedom is not that which is without restraint, for such invariably infringes upon the freedom of others.”

Thank you dear Veterans for keeping us safe and free!!!!

“Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends” (John 15:13)

❤️

Many of them have paid the price…once, but their parents pay it everyday, and unfortunately will never be able to forget. I know a couple.

War sucks, and should never be entered into unless as a last resort. Thank you to the guys that fought there, but Vietnam is one of those.

Only in Camelot.

“I don’t want YOU to die for our country. I want our enemies to die for our country.”

I am glad for all veterans who served with honor.

Freedom always has to be fought for again and again by those who don’t like it for others and want to cut, curtail and suppress it.

11.11. is NOT Veterans Day. It is Armistice Day. It is NOT about those who survived. It is about those who did not and who never became veterans.

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.At the going down of the sun and in the morningWe will remember them.

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/57322/for-the-fallen

Nope, I don’t ‘get’ the point of this strip, either.