Reilly, that’s a helluva question. Sometimes i wonder at the sheer nastiness of the hard left, and wonder if that’s one of their strategies — to make the country not worth defending. I guess i’d answer your question by saying maybe it’s a numbers game, maybe as long as there’s enough good folks in it, it’s a good country. But you’re right — ingratitude is harsh, very harsh — and must be a real challenge for 21st century American soldiers to overlook, even tho it emanates from a funamentally confused and/or compromised minority.

PS — i dunno why i said 21st century — it goes back to Vietnam — and really, Korea, too.