Then vote. I don't care who you vote for, write in a candidate if none on the ballot suit you, but vote.
All of us veterans swore an oath to support and defend the Constitution of the United States of America when we first enlisted. One of the provisions of that document (and one of the things we support and defend) is a citizen's right to vote.
You really wanna thank a veteran for their service? Use the right that every one of them worked hard to give to you and vote. It doesn't matter who you vote for, it just matters that you use that right we have fought for to allow you.
I disagree.
Caring about veterans, for most people I've met, is little more than observing and practicing the latest trending fashion, which without fail waxes and wanes with the times. In the eyes of many Americans, some years we veterans are the good guys—other years we're villains; still other times we're "meh". Mostly, to them, we're invisible—unless acknowledging our service makes them feel good about
themselves.
The honorable veteran's true calling and duty is coming to the defense of Americans and America regardless of what politicians command or claim to be "American"—not being a shill whore for a corrupt system our Founding Fathers would have rebelled against in an instant.
Lucky for our citizenry this is America and not ancient Sparta. Veteran's honor these days is little more than watered down Kool-Aid most veterans quaff to feel good about selling out. You want to talk oaths and pacts taken but never honored? Every unborn American child murdered in abortion clinics died without a single veteran racing to their rescue. Sure, there's a code of honor and an obligation to defend; problem is lots of veterans toss it into the trash the second after they ETS or it becomes moot or academic, same fucking thing.
Truth of the matter is we (veterans) have not fought to defend basic American rights in a very, very long time. What we have done, over the past three decades, is murder enemies of our military and political leaders like the good little mercenaries we were. But that's alright, that's okay; we paid our money and we took our chances and we're still here to complain about it. That's not necessarily a good thing . . . for all of us.
You want to shill for big politics and the most corrupt government in American history, and I'm talking both sides of the aisle and even the building the aisle runs through, then go right ahead. Wave your little flag on election day all you like but you'd better damn well hurry up and turn a blind eye every time you hear a news story about muggings, car jackings, robberies, child abductions and every other crime because you sure as hell aren't out there on the streets protecting fellow Americans from "domestic" enemies, now are you? How about the crimes of "elected" politicians? Were you out there trying stop those "domestic" enemies? Nope. You were too busy trying to convince your fellow Americans to vote them into office.
Yeah, sure, get out there and vote everybody—hurry up—cast your vote so the political grinding machine can continue to chop people up and spit them out for a few more glorious fucking years.
Hook, line and sinker . . .