why he fights

Via Power Line, one Marine tells us his reasons.

I’ll leave it up to you to decide if Sgt. Baker Brooks is ”reciting Republican talking points” or if he’s a ”warmonger” or if he’s hopelessly deluded or if he needs the Democrats in Congress to take him out of harm’s way, because they are so concerned about his welfare. Or if he’s just one of the many Americans who believe we are in a fight for our way of life and who are putting their lives on the line to defend it:

I say that it is the “Right war to Fight” and I mean it with every fiber of my being. America is in this fight now. Much like Israel is locked in war, we are now locked in war. It may be slow and protracted but it will remain.

You may be thinking that this is not the case and that the attacks on American soil were a fluke. I say to you that you are lying to yourself and are in for a rude awakening. Not only are you in for a rude awakening but your self deception will cost our nation dearly in mindset and readiness. You have become tired of fighting. But how can anyone become tired of fighting the right fight? Much like in a foot race you will begin to tire and hurt. You will begin to focus on what is happening to you now. You have lost sight of the goal as you focus on yourself. And the pain that consumes you now has killed your aspirations of winning. You will only be able to win when you keep your eyes on the end goal and you see past the now. But unfortunately our eyes, via the news, have been focused on the now far too long.

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