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It's said we become stronger in the face of adversity, as the journey back requires a degree of self-reflection that encourages healing. In the two decades after September 11, however, the US has learnt nothing about itself.
I was raised as a military brat - a special category of American youth imbued from an early age with the pride in being part of a collective united by a sense of duty to country and the selflessness of sacrifice when it came to fulfilling that duty. There was no concept of entitlement - everything that came your way was either earned or suffered, based on your actions or the actions of others in your group.
The military brat lived a life where at least one parent, but sometimes both, wore the uniform of one of the branches of the armed forces of the United States of America. In my case, it was my father, who served as an officer in the US Air Force. We moved every year and a half, on average, which meant, from the time I was born until I graduated high school, we packed up our belongings and started a new life somewhere else no fewer than 11 times, and I attended three different high schools: one in Hawaii, one in Turkey, and one in Germany. We learnt to love our country not from some inflated sense of worth, but rather from seeing it as others saw it - the good, the bad, and the ugly, but mainly the good.
Comment: The American progressives really don't like Larry Elder.
Maybe that explains why the Newsom recall election is showing all the signs of being rigged to high heaven. Conservative voters are reporting being told they already voted; ballots are misprinting; non-residents received ballots; and other voters received multiple ballots.
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