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               A               video               has               circulated               largely               in               leftist               blogs               and               media               of               a               combat               veteran,               Shamar               Thomas,               taken               during               a               recent               protest               in               Times               Square.

In               the               video,               Thomas               reacts               to               the               violence               he               has               seen               perpetuated               against               unarmed               and               peaceful               demonstrators               by               the               NYPD.

Thomas               was               later               interviewed               by               Keith               Olbermann               and               talked               about               the               experience               and               about               the               Occupy               Wall               Street               movement.

The               whole               scene               has               made               me               think               very               deeply               about               patriotism,               and               what               that               means.
               Few               would               argue               that               the               decade               following               the               September               11th               attacks               were               a               dark               era               for               our               country,               and               our               national               discourse.

People               were               shocked               and               terrified               and               looking               to               our               government               for               answers.

Politicians               were               tripping               over               themselves               to               get               to               photo               ops               with               the               flag               and               talk               about               "supporting               our               troops."               Meanwhile,               the               same               politicians               were               sending               young               people               like               Mr.

Thomas               into               Iraq               with               a               big               question               mark               as               to               how               our               country               would               keep               peace               in               a               nation               of               some               27               million               people               (2004,               MIT               Center               for               International               Studies).

Most               shamefully,               while               politicians               embraced               their               shameless               patriotic               jingoism,               they               were               talking               out               both               sides               of               their               mouths,               cutting               veterans               benefits,               and               sending               their               own               children               to               private               schools.

Through               the               course               of               the               Iraq               War,               a               half-dozen               members               of               congress               had               a               child               deployed               to               a               war               zone.

(Joyner,               outside               the               beltway)               In               2004,               the               Bush               Administration               cut               veteran               benefits               as               part               of               the               budget               process.
               The               shocking               betrayal               of               service               members               doesn't               end               there               of               course.

According               to               Go               Army.com,               base               pay               for               a               Private               (E-1)               is               just               over               $17k               annually.

That's               under               eight               dollars               an               hour               to               go               to               dangerous               parts               of               the               world               where               you               risk               being               killed.

(note:               $8               is               based               on               a               forty-hour               work               week,               having               not               been               service               member               myself,               I               have               a               suspicion               that               active               duty               service               members               probably               work               a               few               more               than               forty               hours               a               week.)
               Lastly,               there               is               the               question               of               what               happens               when               young               men               and               women               return               from               war-zones               and               reintegrate               with               society.

Our               government               is               looking               out               for               its               service               members               once               they               get               home,               right?

According               to               The               National               Alliance               for               the               Mentally               Ill,               the               VA               is               spending               3.8               bill.

on               mental               health               treatment,               and               584               mill.

on               substance               abuse               treatment.

In               today's               anemic               economy,               the               rate               of               substance               abuse,               mental               illness,               and               joblessness               are               significantly               higher               than               for               the               general               population               for               "Gulf               Era               II"               veterans.

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               So,               lastly,               back               to               Shamar               Thomas.

In               the               Olbermann               interview               Thomas               spoke               about               being               from               a               military               family.

There               is               a               legacy,               that               is               often               not               talked               about               enough,               of               African-Americans               who               served               this               nation               during               war-time,               and               their               own               country               didn't               fully               recognize               their               rights.

Thomas's               grandfather,               who               served               in               a               segregated               military,               was               one               of               those               people.

Thomas's               father               served               in               the               Vietnam               era,               in               the               decade               after               the               Civil               Rights               movement,               and               other               members               of               Thomas's               family,               and               Thomas               himself,               served               in               the               Middle               East.
               Moving               away               from               this               question               of               race               relations               in               America,               and               back               to               the               broader               question               of               American               patriotism.

There               is               this               question               of               what               motivates               a               person               to               serve               their               country               for               roughly               equivalent               pay               to               what               they               could               likely               make               behind               a               cash               register.

They               are               risking               their               lives               in               most               cases,               knowing               their               country               will               make               them               fight               for               disability               claims,               cut               their               health               benefits,               and               remain               more-or-less               indifferent               to               them               upon               their               return.

To               me               it's               a               rather               profound               question.
               My               own               grandfather,               Donald               Breault,               served               as               infantry               in               the               Philippines               in               WWII.

I               know               very               little               about               his               service.

After               the               war,               he               traded               his               rifle               for               a               kitana,               returned               home               to               Escanaba,               Michigan,               and               went               into               business               and               made               a               life               for               himself.

He               is               said               by               family               to               have               remained               very               tight-lipped               about               his               service               to               his               country.

He               spoke               to               me               about               it,               only               once,               over               a               game               of               chess,               when               I               had               driven               out               from               NY               to               visit               him.

Among               other               things,               he               told               me               that               as               a               young               man,               he               joined               with               aspirations               to               become               a               pilot.

My               grandfather               did               eventually               get               a               pilot's               license               and               fly               planes,               but               that               was               long               after               his               service               ended.

My               grandfather               didn't               brashly               proclaim               his               love-of-country               by               having               his               picture               taken               in               front               of               the               flag,               the               sanctimonious               way               that               politicians               in               this               country               do.

He               just               quietly               lived               it,               refusing               almost               to               the               end               of               his               life               to               go               to               VA               hospitals               for               health               care.

I               see               the               same               honorable               humility               existing               in               Shamar               Thomas               when               he               is               interviewed               and               commenting               about               the               role               he               seems               to               suddenly               be               thrust               into,               because               he               is               speaking               out               against               police               brutality.
               Never               question               that               there               is               some               essential               quality               that               is               unique               to               people               who               make               their               vocation               service               to               others               and               service               to               their               country.






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