Will you stand?

A brave man, a soldier, writes words that may prove to be very dangerous in the not-too-distant future.

I am a soldier.  I know what war looks like, what it sounds like, smells like, what it feels like in my soul.

I stand today in the twilight of my nation’s grace, looking into the darkness of impending war.

My sleep is troubled, knowing what awaits, yet the ignorant and the ‘true believers’ sleep easily in their delusions, and I am saddened by it.

 The future he sees is possible. I pray it does not come to pass, but I fear that it will. In that event, if it comes to the gravest extreme, I only hope that many others in our military and in law enforcement will realize what their oath to support and defend the Constitution, from all enemies, both foreign and domestic, really means.

Without going into detail I will say that, even though I do not claim to have served my country in the military, I did at one time take that oath. I consider myself still bound by it. I have not seen war in person, nor do I ever wish to. But if it comes to me, in whatever form it may take, I hope that I will comport myself accordingly.