3. The same people who spend days on a beach trying to coax a whale that beached itself back to the ocean, also support assisted suicide for human beings.
4. We worry greatly about the treatment of enemy personnel who wore no uniform but we were able to capture. We want everyone, from the President down, held responsible if a Koran falls on the floor in Gitmo.Then we think Fidel is okay even though he sent his men to torture U.S. POWs in Vietnam.
5. God is not allowed on public property, but we must make way for the Satanist in all public places.
6. Wearing a Christian cross or a Star of David is banned or discouraged. But a Muslim can show up in full regalia in the name of inclusiveness and diversity.
7. Americans took to the streets to demand we not bomb the communists in Cambodia. But when they took over and murdered hundreds of thousands of their own people, it was our fault.
8. We think those who cannot read should pass in school anyway. But those who were already educated and our allies should be put, by the communists, into re-education.
9. We could not support the Contras but Jimmy Carter, but we could support the Sandinistas.
10. We spend months and years covering any miscue by soldiers or marines in the press. But you cannot get the awarding of our highest medals for valor on the news.
11. You may vacuum a fully formed infant out of the mother, but killing baby seals is off-limits.
12. A man can be arrested for walking into the ladies room. But a female reporter must be given access to the mens locker-room.
13. All smoking should be banned except those smoking narcotics, and that should be legalized.
14. We should raise taxes on those who work so those who dont wont have to.
15. Fat people are victims of Burger King and can sue. But Burger King will be sued if they wont sell them a Whopper.
16. Murdering and robbing are understood but killing an intruder in your own home must be punished.
17. Soldiers in a war are considered murderers by some in our country. But we must protect the rights of those who wish to murder them.
18. Missing dogs and children are pictured on lamp-posts and milk cartons. But missing soldiers are ignored.
19. Sen. John Kerry and Congressman Jack Murtha are war heroes. But Swift Boat veterans and POWs are bums, regardless of what awards they received.
20. One Hollywood star can make common cause with the enemy in his camp. But another star is pandering if he visits our wounded troops.
Gaining Clarity
I think I understand now.
There is a strange set of values at work in our country today.
Maj. Mark A. Smith, U.S. Army (ret.),served in Vietnam and Cambodia. He also was a Prisoner of War.
