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"One of the elements of Veterans Day—and it ought to be an element of every single day—is for more Americans to realize the meanings of the words ‘service’ and ‘sacrifice,’” says veteran columnist Mike Barnicle as the Morning Joe panel honors American soldiers on Veterans Day. "When you serve the United States in uniform, no matter where it is around the world, you bring America to people who are unfamiliar with the reality of America: This country is free. We are based in freedom. The roots of our country are based in revolution, and in freedom, and in independence. And we bring that gift, and have brought that gift, to many countries throughout the world across the years. If you take the time, just a brief period of time to read about the wars that we have been involved in—especially World War II. We brought more to Europe and the world than anything you could think of. We brought freedom; we brought liberty; we brought release from a holocaust; we brought release from the grip of a strangler, a man who was strangling the word democracy and government, Adolf Hitler. We brought so much, and it remains after we leave. We have had some nightmares. We have had Vietnam. We have had Iraq and Afghanistan. We have had a horrendous withdrawal from Afghanistan; but the spirit of America, the spirit of the sacrifice and the service of so many Americans who go to these countries, who wear our uniform, who go because they are asked to go and told to go and they follow orders; that spirit, that sense of service and sacrifice is eternal.”
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"One of the elements of Veterans Day—and it ought to be an element of every single day—is for more Americans to realize the meanings of the words ‘service’ and ‘sacrifice,’” says veteran columnist Mike Barnicle as the Morning Joe panel honors American soldiers on Veterans Day. "When you serve the United States in uniform, no matter where it is around the world, you bring America to people who are unfamiliar with the reality of America: This country is free. We are based in freedom. The roots of our country are based in revolution, and in freedom, and in independence. And we bring that gift, and have brought that gift, to many countries throughout the world across the years. If you take the time, just a brief period of time to read about the wars that we have been involved in—especially World War II. We brought more to Europe and the world than anything you could think of. We brought freedom; we brought liberty; we brought release from a holocaust; we brought release from the grip of a strangler, a man who was strangling the word democracy and government, Adolf Hitler. We brought so much, and it remains after we leave. We have had some nightmares. We have had Vietnam. We have had Iraq and Afghanistan. We have had a horrendous withdrawal from Afghanistan; but the spirit of America, the spirit of the sacrifice and the service of so many Americans who go to these countries, who wear our uniform, who go because they are asked to go and told to go and they follow orders; that spirit, that sense of service and sacrifice is eternal.”
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