yeah, yeah. I don't disagree, but I get sick of all the American bragging done by people who were born after the events that made America what it is today. And the rest of the world is sick of American jerks who never set foot outside their home town, and seek to ride on the coat tails of men who died in military conflicts in the
service of America and the rest of the civilised world.
Beetles emotion might be a little misplaced. We are proud of our nations history, including those accomplished before we were alive and did not personally participate in.
But! Those accomplishments were the result of our country, and our family members, our ancestors! I am proud that my uncle was a foot soldier in the European Theater of Operations, he served as a Sergeant in the Infantry, and was awarded a medal for his bravery. He did not come home until Europe was free of Hitler and the Nazis. Should I not be proud of that?
I am also proud of my Father, who answered the call during the Korean war, and my cousin who slogged through the rice paddies and tunnels in Vietnam.
And, no Father is prouder than I am of my oldest son, currently serving as a Paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne in Afghanistan.
If someone chooses to refer to my pride in my family, and my son as "riding on their coattails", so be it. These sad, nasty and hateful persons will never be truely happy people, they will continue to focus on degrading other people in a sad attempt to feel better about themselves and their sad lives. I suppose they are to be pitied and not debated.
dago
