You know one of the first things you learn is that respect and that pride for the flag and it just is always giving me goosebumps thinking about. He says it’s amazing the strength the flag gives you and to those that see it.
A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.
One of the great attractions of patriotism – it fulfills our worst wishes. In the person of our nation we are able, vicariously, to bully and cheat. Bully and cheat, what’s more, with a feeling that we are profoundly virtuous.