As I've mentioned I have spent a lot of time outside of the US since my senior trip, and the change of America's perception and standing by the rest of world is astounding.
Between Korea and Vietnam...e.g.the baby boom generation, the country had enough folks born in that demographic, to lose sight of the fact that the freedom they had to refuse service in war was given to them by the dead warriors proceeding them.
This fact was not lost on our enemies and the term paper tiger came to describe the US throughout the world. Vietnam validated that claim. We showed the world that 50,000 lives meant nothing and when we wore our uniforms we were spit on when we got back...(although I suspect most like me didn't take kindly to that..)
To me it's not only the Kurds, but every group we promised support for the last 50 years, and then to have our politicians on both sides have cut their throats, as well as cutting the throats of our kids heritage and our nation.
I've watched much of American politics from outside the country through the years and I'm damn proud to be an American wherever I am. Being an old Montana boy and hunter since I can remember I look at the US today as either the wolves surrounding the sheep in the dead of winter and picking their next lunch or a country of sheep willingly going up the slaughter chute.
Neither scenario will play out, in my opinion, if we maintain and straighten our military but to do that the folks in this Country can't listen to there favorite political echo chamber and the latest explanation of what was actually meant.
It's time to grow up, to think for ones selves and recognize our county is in deadly peril by a multitude of foreign enemies....