I truly, honestly, cannot understand why anybody who likes living in this country would have any objection whatsoever to saying it. That includes religious objections, too. If you don’t like the Pledge, then why are you living here?
It is the duty of every person living in this country, citizen or not, to defend and protect it by any means necessary. The Pledge is merely a small token of that. I have never been in the military, but the Motto at West Point explains very clearly and succinctly what every single person should strive to live for.
“DUTY – HONOR – COUNTRY”
Those words should resonate like a solemn drumbeat in every American’s mind, for all time. They are inextricably linked, both to each other, and to the American Ideal.
If you have never seen Red Skelton explicate the Pledge of Allegiance, you should. He dropped the humor for a few minutes, and in those few minutes, he gave this country a great gift.
