Veterans Day, 2013

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Due to man's nature I feel we will always be in a never ending cycle of war. I pray I'm wrong.

Unfortunately, you are probably right. From the earliest men throwing rocks at each other, to throwing spears, then arrows leading up to today's weapons of mass destruction we should learn that it doesn't work for very long. As a result, we have to invent bigger and more powerful weapons to help destroy others or to protect ourselves from those that would.

I am a veteran, but I don't think I should be in the same category as those that made the ultimate sacrifice or came back with injuries that they will carry for the rest of their lives. In four years of service, the worse injury that I suffered was being burned by a soldering iron. But then again, we didn't have anyone shooting at us or planting bombs to harm us out in the Yuma desert where I spent most of those years. There was little risk where I served, unlike some others.

Yes, my hat goes off to those real veterans, not only on Veterans Day, but all year long.