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2008 Soap Box Archives Memorial Day 2008 Last night in Washington D.C., I was honored to perform at an event that was attended by supporters of our military and among those attending was a group of heroes, men and women who had been wounded in battle. To be in the company of these exceptional young men and women is a humbling experience. There is no bitterness, no grumbling and no attempts to elicit pity. They are simply proud young Americans who heard and answered their countries call and have no regrets about doing so. Two young men came by to get an autograph and one of them pointed to his buddy and said, "He saved my life." I asked he young man what he had done to save his friends life and he said, "I was just doing my job, sir." That's the attitude of all these young heroes. They're just doing their jobs, even when it's in the face of enemy fire. Their motto is no man left behind and they mean it with all their hearts. Young men and women have been doing their jobs for over two hundred years, keeping America safe from our enemies, many of them paying the ultimate price. When I hear some wind bag politician trying to make political points at the expense of these heroes, when I see some bloated pundit on television sitting in the safety of an air conditioned studio spouting off about mistakes we've made in Iraq, it makes my hat become about two sizes too small. When I hear Harry Reid saying that we're losing the war, it makes me understand just what kind of men he and his ilk are. They're the kind of people who will stoop to anything to further their political gains at the expense of brave men and women whose boots they're not worthy to tie. Our military has never lost a war. Our losses have been at the hands of cowardly politicians who don't have the guts to stay the course. This country has paid a terrible price for our freedom and if you visit any military cemetery and consider that every name on every tombstone is a father, mother, son or daughter who left home and family and gave their life for the country they love, it comes home to you just how terrible that price was. Every citizen of this nation owes an unpayable debt of gratitude to every man and women who has ever worn the uniform whether in wartime or peacetime. They deserve our support, our prayers and our allegiance. So on this Memorial Day, from all of us here at The CDB, we send along our very best wishes, our strongest salute and our heartfelt thanks for making it possible for us to live our lives with the absolute assurance that there are heroes out there in the dangerous parts of the world defending our children our grandchildren and our way of life. Remember them. What do you think? Pray for our troops God Bless America Charlie Daniels May 23 , 2008
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