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I
am America.
My
mountains tall and strong, my valleys lush and vast,
My
plains wide and fruitful, My Rivers rushing to the oceans that embrace my
shores.
I
am the beacon of hope, the bastion of freedom.
I
give safe harbor to all who flee any tyranny.
I
will endure long after those, who seek to destroy me, have departed this earth.
I
have gladly given the blood and lives, of my young and my old,
to
protect the basic human freedoms of my friends and my enemies.
I
will persevere.
I
am an American.
I
am every ethnicity, every religion, and none.
I
am tall and short, male and female, adult and child.
I
am proud of my country and all her accomplishments.
Yes,
I have made mistakes, I acknowledge them, I am contrite.
But
I will not cower before those who seek to destroy that which I have labored and
built.
I
will turn the other cheek, As I have many times before,
But
now only to gauge the distance of my enemies jaw.
I
am bloody, bruised and wounded, But I am not dead.
I
am mad and, once again, in defense of my democracy,
I
will destroy my enemies.
Let
freedom ring!
Lou
"The Pointman" Sorrell
L
3/5, 3d Plt., RVN 1967-1968
Master
Gunnery Sergeant, USMC (retired)