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Share One of These to Let the President Know You Haven't Forgotten 01/13/2014 In 2009, President Obama threatened those who criticized Obamacare: “If you misrepresent what’s in this plan, we will call you out.” But as Obamacare unfolded in 2013, it was clear the President and his Administration were the only ones misrepresenting the law. Now, Mr. President, we’re calling you out. In our original visual fact check below, we’ve highlighted some of those faulty promises. Did one broken promise affect you more than another? Be sure to share it with your friends on Facebook. Let’s keep the President accountable as more of Obamacare reveals itself in 2014. In addition to the new taxes and fees that took effect January 1, Americans are still dealing with all of these problems. For a plan that keeps you at the center of health care, check this out. Read the Morning Bell and more en español every day at Heritage Libertad. Quick Hits: Watch the Navy SEAL from "Lone Survivor" set this journalist straight on what it means to protect America. Bad news in the December jobs report. Even “The Daily Show” found these Obamacare ads outrageous. Worried about the exploding cost of higher education? Of course you are. Take a look at this. “Promise zones” vs. "enterprise zones”: What are they and how will they work? The federal government needs to respect state marriage laws. That isn't what this looks like. Print  |  Comments  |  Forward  |  Donate

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General David Petraeus About Our Military Today!

In spite of any human weakness, his perspective is on the mark!

            I remember the day I found out I got into West Point.  My mom actually showed up in the hallway of my high school and waited for me to get out of class.  She was bawling her eyes out and apologizing that she had opened up my admission letter.  She wasn't crying because it had been her dream for me to go there.  She was crying because she knew how hard I'd worked to get in, how much I wanted to attend, and how much I wanted to be an infantry officer.

            I was going to get that opportunity.  That same day two of my teachers took me aside and essentially told me the following:

             "David, you're a smart guy.  You don't have to join the military.  You should go to college, instead."

            I could easily write a theme defending West Point and the military as I did that day, explaining that USMA is an elite institution, that separate from that it is actually statistically much harder to enlist in the military than it is to get admitted to college, that serving the nation is a challenge that all able-bodied men should at least consider for a host of reasons, but I won't.

            What I will say is that when a 16 year-old kid is being told that attending West Point is going to be bad for his future then there is a dangerous disconnect in America, and entirely too many Americans have no idea what kind of burdens our military is bearing.

            In World War II, 11.2% of the nation served in four (4) years.

            During the Vietnam era, 4.3% served in twelve (12) years.

            Since 2001, only 0.45% of our population has served in the Global War on Terror.

            These are unbelievable statistics.  Over time, fewer and fewer people have shouldered more and more of the burden and it is only getting worse.

            Our troops were sent to war in Iraq by a Congress consisting of 10% veterans with only one person having a child in the military. Taxes did not increase to pay for the war.  War bonds were not sold.  Gas was not regulated.  In fact, the average citizen was asked to sacrifice nothing, and has sacrificed nothing unless they have chosen to out of the goodness of their hearts.

            The only people who have sacrificed are the veterans and their families.  The volunteers.  The people who swore an oath to defend this nation.  You stand there, deployment after deployment and fight on.  You've lost relationships, spent years of your lives in extreme conditions, years apart from kids you'll never get back, and beaten your body in a way that even professional athletes don't understand.
            Then you come home to a nation that doesn't understand.  They don't understand suffering.  They don't understand sacrifice. They don't understand why we fight for them.  They don't understand that bad people exist.  They look at you like you're a machine - like something is wrong with you.  You are the misguided one - not them.

            When you get out, you sit in the college classrooms with political science teachers that discount your opinions on Iraq and Afghanistan because YOU WERE THERE and can't understand the macro issues they gathered from books, because of your bias.

            You watch TV shows where every vet has PTSD and the violent strain at that.  Your Congress is debating your benefits, your retirement, and your pay, while they ask you to do more. But the amazing thing about you is that you all know this.  You know your country will never pay back what you've given up.  You know that the populace at large will never truly understand or appreciate what you have done for them.  Hell, you know that in some circles, you will be thought as less than normal for having worn the uniform.  But you do it anyway.

            You do what the greatest men and women of this country have done since 1775.  YOU SERVED.  Just that decision alone makes you part of an elite group.

            "Never in the field of human conflict has so much been owed by so many to so few."  -Winston Churchill-  Thank you to the 11.2% and 4.3% who have served and thanks to the 0.45% who continue to serve our Nation.


  General David Petraeus
  West Point Class 1974


"Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a difference in the world.  But the U.S. ARMED FORCES don't have that problem."  President Ronald Reagan

              "We sleep safe in our beds at night because rough men are ready to visit violence on those who seek to do us harm."   George Orwell