• Text smaller   • Text bigger  Today we remember those who have
died fighting for our country. The manner in which we celebrate
this day, and how we think about the sacrifices that have been
made, says something about our future prospects as a people. Do
we disparage the causes that our men fought and died for? If so,
is it possible to honor the memory of those who have fallen?  To
honor the fallen soldier is to honor the possibility of dying
for one’s country. This also means honoring your country and its
armed forces. It is a gift we give ourselves, and a form of
self-protection necessary to national survival. Perhaps this is
not understood, but if Americans were no longer willing to fight
and die for their country, then the country would be at an end.
Some readers may object to this formulation by saying that war
is senseless, that government is evil and countries are
unnecessary. But government is unavoidable and countries exist
by nature. As for the senselessness of war, this idea comes from
the theory