When I first read this post and watched the video, my first thought was "cute kid', the troops showed him as much respect by doing an eyes right for him. Any Vet would know that. But as I've been reading all the other posts I can't beleive some of the crap.
My attitude, if it even matters is GET A LIFE
If you don't like the way the country is ran, run for office and change things, Jesse Venture did
If you got drafted during Vietnam, you must have lived to tell about it, or you moved north to avoid it. That war affected many families in the 60's, including mine. 2 uncles, 4 tours total. We were not allowed to talk when Walter Cronkite was on because he was covering the WAR. We watched in horror when people were trying to get on those birds.
I come from a family full of vets, great uncle is MIA from WWI, grandfathers and uncles served in WWII, drafted during korea, fought in vietnam, dad was in the Airforce, I served during Desert Storm, and yeah, the day I landed at Hunter Army Airfield, I swore my two feet would never leave North America again, and I ment it, ets 6 months later. Cousins serving now.
These bozos protesting Military funerals, don't here much more about them. PGR riders, 90% vets, pretty much put them in their place. When the jerks were here for Sammy's funeral, my boys wanted to get behind them with red, white and blue paint balls and open fire. They got my blessing on that stunt. To bad PGRs and locals ran them off before the kids got there.
Point is, if you don't like the way things are, change it, don't like being a vet, don't tell anybody. Most people don't really give a crap anyway.
Me, I'm proud of my 2 ARCOMs, 3 AAMs, 3 GOOD CONDUCTs, KUWAIT LIBERATION, OVERSEAS, and the others I can't remember. When my little a butt keels over, my boys plan on sending my ashes to Arlington.
My major Military complaint right now is I'm 6 miles from Ft Knox ranges and they're doing live tank fire and shaking the crap out of my house, but deep down I love it, I know those guys are out there to defend me and mine.
I'm sure I'm just as bad as some of the others by ranting like this. Sorry to offend anyone, but that's my opinion and you know what they say about opinions