I went into our small town this afternoon, suspecting nothing unusual. The streets were lined with people waving American flags and holding banners. The elementary school had turned the students out, and the cotton mill let the workers go stand beside the road to welcome the local Army Reserve unit back home from over a year in Iraq. They were on busses, with Sheriff’s department cars leading them, sirens wailing.
Not all of them in this unit came back. Six were killed in action and several more are still in hospitals in Europe.
No matter what your feelings about this war or the politics thereof, if you weren’t moved by the scene of welcome and the “Thank You” signs being held by the citizens, well, you’ve got no soul.
Thanks, Guys and Gals!