@SoldiersWhisper Don't seem to build a whole lot more men like him in this Century of Narcissism. Still, some see bravery, and follow it's course, even yet.
The failure of journalists on Joe Biden's senility was worse than the White House's efforts to hide it, in this sense: the White House and Democrats were trying to hide the unhide-able. Their only hope was that journalists would play it down. Boy did they.
The Man We Must Remember
America has always loved its warriors. But somewhere along the way, we forgot to honor the ones who bled long before the battlefield.
We celebrate the polished. The flawless. The destined. But the soul of this country was never forged by perfect men. It was forged by those who were broken and came back harder.
Ulysses S. Grant was not born into greatness. He clawed his way through failure. Through poverty. Through obscurity. Through the humiliation of being cast out of the very institution he would one day save.
He tasted rock bottom so many times he must have made peace with the dirt. And yet, when his nation called, he answered. Not with fanfare, but with resolve. Quiet. Relentless. Unyielding.
He didnโt just win battles. He won trust. He brought simplicity to chaos and steadiness to the storm. He didnโt ask for the spotlight. He took the burden. And when the war was over, he showed the kind of mercy that only the strong can afford.
He lifted up a shattered South without bitterness. He protected the newly free at the height of their danger. He governed with a heart still open, even after years of blood.
And when life took everything... his money, his health, his strength.... he gave more. He wrote until his hand trembled and his throat burned with cancer. Not for glory. For love. So his family could live.
This is not just a man. This is the American spirit, personified.
Not invincible. But indomitable.
In another time, we might forget him. We might pick someone shinier. Someone who never fell. But not now. Not in this hour.
Because this is an hour that demands men who have fallen, and stood back up.
If we are to celebrate 250 years of @USArmy history, let us honor not just the uniforms worn, but the souls who bore them. Let us remember that what makes a leader truly great is not the absence of failure, but the courage to face it, transcend it, and serve anyway.
Ulysses S. Grant did that. Quietly. Unshakably. For all of us.
And we need his example now more than ever.
I think illegal aliens should get due process. The process is this: you capture them, you confirm that they are here illegally, you expel them from the country.
Thatโs it. Thatโs the whole process. No other process is โdueโ these people.