A Veteran's Letter to America and Her People

“I have never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.” – Thomas Jefferson.

Dear United States of America,

Over the last decade, I have watched our country’s citizens disrespect our veterans through its political divisiveness and its distain for its fellow citizens. It is this reason that I no longer want to be considered an Army Veteran and forgo the honor associated with it, until our nation moves away from its destructive path. It is with just cause that I outline the reasons that compel the separation of my association. 

For those who served, our reasons are as great and diverse as this land but rooted in a common belief that this country’s ideals and its people are worth death. As an adopted immigrant child - whose ancestors fought in every war going back to our revolution and through the writings of our founders -my heart knew the importance of sacrificing for our people and protecting mankind’s unalienable rights.  Without hesitation, I was prepared to place my life upon the altar of freedom for you, believing that America and her people were the light in a dark world. However, the persistent deplorable acts of her people to plainly show that its people have taken for granted the liberties that define a free people and thereby insulting the soldiers who sacrificed for it.

For too long, I have watched the bi-partisan plague that has infected our government rip through the general population like a deadly virus killing our moral fiber. This virus has been created by tyrannical politicians and spread by their many media aids, who are more concerned with lining their pockets than the success of a free people. They have equally spread the ideas that a difference of opinion means your perceived “enemy” has malicious intent creating an intolerant country ran by fear and hate. While they are to blame for the spread of the virus, you are to blame for failing to kill the virus and allowing it to infect the heart of our country. To justify my accusations, I submit my candid observations. As a society, YOU HAVE:

I. Failed to believe in the inherent greatness of your fellow Americans and treated them in a reprehensible manner.

II. Failed to seek common ground with your political “foes” and simultaneously attacked moderate voices accusing them of aligning with your perceived “enemies.”

III.    Traded tolerance for intolerance based on the narrow-minded idea that political foes have malicious intent seeking to destroy your Liberty.

IV.    Taken the terrible actions of a few and made exaggerated generalizations to discredit all people in a different party.

V.    Failed to keep yourself informed on facts and chosen a lazy method of knowledge by relying on people to reiterate your emotional beliefs. You have been carried away by the emotions of the day whilst you seek so called “facts” to justify these emotions.

VI.    Believed Mr. Hannity and Ms. Maddow in their: perpetual lies, fact spinning, vilifications and fear mongering. Their comparisons of Obama and Trump to Hitler can only be viewed as disgusting ignorant propaganda as any comparison to a man who is responsible for the death of 50M + people mark the act of a tyrant and shows the level of ignorance for which they speak.

VII.    Desperately sought to justify your candidates’ poor actions by focusing on their opponents’ faults, even though your candidate is unfit to lead a free people. To ignore your politicians’ flaws by comparing them to their opponent is the logic used by children and denounced by parents. 

VIII.    Failed to hold politicians accountable, allowing them to ignore, expand and benefit from a corrupt political contribution system. Making them beholden to their donors at the cost of the Liberty and the People’s Voice. 

IX.    Allowed politicians to not lead by example, establishing laws that they exempt themselves from; become wealthy through self-raises despite their constant incompetence and inaction.

X.    Allowed politicians to perpetuate a two-party system than cannot possibly account for the full range of ideas held by mankind.

You are all responsible for our current state of affairs, either through your deliberate or passive actions; by attacking your fellow Americans from a different party or by standing by and watching as others do so. With every one of these actions, you have destroyed the belief that America is worth a great patriots’ life; for those who died... They DID NOT DIE FOR THIS. Your incessant disgraceful actions demonstrate that you are not worth their sacrifice. To add insult to injury you have allowed the Veterans’ Administration to accost, steal, harm, and disgrace our veterans; ignoring the promise of a people to care for them. 

If you truly value those who have sacrificed, then it is time to stand-up for Liberty. With all my heart please:

• Stop viewing every person with a different opinion as the enemy. Take time to fully understand their opinions and actively seek common ground.

• Stop generalizing based on how someone voted in the last election and realize that almost all Americans want everyone to benefit from our unalienable rights.

• Shun and put on notice the tyrannical politicians and their aids. Stop settling for the lesser of two evils. Stop supporting news outlets who are pumping agendas instead of reporting news.

• Refuse to stand by while others treat each other with such discontent. Do not let people disgrace your fellow Americans over a difference of opinion.

With every teardrop that has struck my paper, please heed my words. Please reinstate the meaning of why I served and allow me to proudly say “I am an American Veteran, a defender of Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.”  I will always be a patriot for the true meaning of our nation, but we are a great distance away from that. Please bring us back.

“I have never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.” – Thomas Jefferson.

Sincerely,

Alexander Jefferson

P.S. UnCommon Sense will be a series of letters to the American public that seeks to unite us. We have been trying to publish this letter for over 3 years, but the media has no interest in moderate views.