Two Years Later, This War Is Not Lost

Friends,
As you may know, today is Patriots’ Day, the anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, the first battles of the American Revolutionary War. Today as we remember our proud heritage as Americans, we are grateful for those first Patriots who years ago were willing to give their lives for the cause of freedom. We are eternally grateful to those brave soldiers for the privilege to call ourselves Americans and for the opportunity to live, work and raise our families in the type of freedom others around the world can only dream of.

For this reason, I remind you that two years ago today, rather than honoring the service and sacrifice to those who have given their lives to defeat the threat of terrorism and bring freedom to the Iraqi people, Democrat Senator Harry Reid, the majority leader of the United States Senate, declared the War in Iraq lost. You can click here to view the video.

Harry Reid calls the war lost and the troop surge a failure. Well Senator Reid, I beg to differ. Today on Patriots’ Day, I am grateful to our brave men and women in uniform. They are aren’t kids who didn’t do well in school and “got stuck” in Iraq as President Obama once said, or “poor kids from Mississippi, Texas and Alabama who couldn't get a decent job” as the New York Times would like to think. Instead, they are members of the most well trained, educated and elite fighting force the world as ever seen.

Colonel Oliver North reminds us that initially the United States Military was outnumbered nearly three to one by Saddam Hussein's military, yet it took U.S. troops just three weeks to liberate Baghdad. No military force in history has accomplished that much so fast with so few casualties.

Today while we honor those who fought freedom’s first battle, we remember the men and women who continue that fight today. We support their cause and continue to express our gratitude for their sacrifice.

Warmest Regards,

Jim Greer