December 24, 2020

It’s a beautiful morning here in West Missouri. It’s sunny, and 15˚F. We had really bad wind the last 30 hours or so. I am very happy to be alive and in relatively good health. I am also thankful that I it’s not 1990.

30 years ago today, we were preparing to leave for the Middle East. We would be part of Operation Desert Shield, the defense of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for a very short time. We’d then move into Northern Saudi Arabia and Southern Iraq as part of Desert Storm.

When you have experienced something like this, you’re very glad to 1) have made it back alive, and 2) to live in relative freedom when you return home. I say it this way, because if the citizens of the USA don’t start working to change/remove/replace our current system of government, we won’t know freedom much longer. The government envisioned by the Founding Fathers no longer exists, and it is time for us to revitalize a third party, the Reform Party. Whether you like Donald Trump or Joe Biden, you’re voting for the same crooked and broken system. This system of quid pro quo in the Congress, as well as the ability of the President to appoint judges that are his cronies; needs to be cast away like last night’s stale beer bottles.

May you have a blessed 2021. If you have loved ones out of country in service, may they return home to you, like I did in 1991 and 2004. Please heed my words; the time is coming when there will be no turning back.

-Jim  

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