Every American should read the recent article in the New York Times depicted with a photograph of a hand covered in blood holding a bullet. This story should make many Americans feel ashamed for creating such divisiveness in the nation.

  Whether it is John Kerry spewing his words from his mouth that takes the veil off of his true nature and that of many leftist liberals, or the average "Joe", speaking against the Iraq War and President Bush, should be absolutely shut up or leave the country.

  It rings true that "the emptiest barrels make the most noise." When one reads about what our men and women are enduring in Iraq and Afghanistan, unless he is a complete moron with heart of stone, he would have to be overcome with emotion. Personally, it gravitates me to my kness to pray for these soldiers and their families.

  Imagine a soldier living his daily life at war. He goes through his day hoping and praying that it won't be his last day of life on this earth. He hopes that he won't feel a sniper's bullet, the size of a human finger, slice through a part of his body. What does he feel when he hears or reads news from back home in the States? He hears all of the bickering and the snide comments coming out of the Democratic Party. He hears that it is a waste of time and effort doing what it is he does in the war. So many want him and his fellow soldiers to abruptly leave the battlefront and not complete the mission he believes in. He sees all the death of his fellow comrades-in-arms as dying for nothing. This soldier hear about how his entire military organization is being pegged as rotten because of a few bad apples in the bunch. The soldier thinks that it is all so ironic because he is not fighting for the Republican or Democratic Parties. He is fighting for the American citizens and the American way of life. The blood being spilled in the ultimate sacrifice is red. It is red whether Democrat or Republican.

  The bravery and courage of these brothers, sisters, fathers, mothers, husbands, wives, uncles, aunts, and in-laws, surpasses anything that anyone person can phanthom. How does one dare speak ill of these soldiers? "I support the troops but not the war," is the most used statement today by so many. This is the most asinine statement being made out here. Those that use it should know that it doesn't wash. You either support the troops or you don't, it is that simple. To say otherwise is absolute garbage!

  What these divisionists fail to see is that when he speakes against the war and the soldiers, the terrorists hear this. They read the papers and they hear the news from CNN International and Al Jazeera. They exploit this and do everything to influence America's electionsand her resolve. They know who the retreatists are. They know that if they step up the violence, it will send the Democrats into a frenzy with wanting to run away from the fight. It is our soldiers that suffer because of this in the fall out.

  As Americans, we have it too good in this country. We are self-centered people that want to live out lives with ease and in comfort. We want to sleep in security. We want to be entertained in our stadiums, movie houses, and eat in restaurants in safety and security. We want to swipe our credit and debit cards at the shopping malls in security. We want to shop at the supermarkets for food, of which we are blessed with in abundance and throw away tons of it per year. We want to do this in security. Do we want to worry about being blown up or shot up while we carry on every day? What group of people can we suppose allows for this safety and security?

  Folks, let us get off our cell phones, pull away from our blackberries. Let's take pause from the television, the video games. Let's take our eyes off of our bank statements, annual reports, dividend reports, and the bottom lines. Open a history book and recall or learn what is has cost so many for us to do whatever it is we do every day.

  The U.S. faces an evil force that is bent on destroying all we take for granted. If we could only get the atmosphere of cooperation and support back that was present in the country after 9/11. It is ironic that so many don't realize or acknowledge that we haven't had another 9/11 or something worse. This is due to President Bush and the troops relentlessness to take the fight to the terrorists and keep them at bay away from the Homeland. The biggest tragedy is the loss of the "united" in United States.

  Whatever the viewpoint, we as a people, could never repay the men and women in the Armed Forces for what they have done today and all off the yesterdays past. These efforts have prevented the U.S. Homeland from becoming an Iraq or an Afghanistan. A frightful scenario during which ordinary citizens would have to take up arms to defend everything they hold dear. How sad that it may take something devastating like this for unity to return among us.

  We are a nation of citizens producing extraordinary men and women that are selfless and giving individuals. During a time which The United States faces the most perilous time of its existence, these people leave family, friends, children, and jobs to keep "Ole Glory" flying, representing ideals that are envied all over the world. In the face of this, our opinions are negligible. Can we love and honor the soldiers? All these men and women ask of us, is for our unconditional support and for our patience to let them accomplish the goals for which they believe in.

  God bless every man and woman in the United States Armed Forces. Bless those families with loved ones lost and those awaiting a loved ones safe return. Bless President W. Bush and his Cabinet. May God continue to bless the U.S.A.