i had a particular connection to band of brothers. my father served in the second world war and was in many of the places where airborne ended up. incoming! and what he felt was real about it was the emotions were utterly true. it was a bunch of ordinary guys who by way of training and volunteerism and sacrifice both saved the world and were forever changed by what they did. a lot of those veterans were still alive. we got to meet them, we got to talk to them. i ve seen my friends, my men being killed.
i didn t get a military funeral. as you i would hope acknowledge an earned entitlement. we have had millions of people serve this country. when we put them in the ground, this is a country expressing deep gratitude for the freedoms we enjoy in this land, these people whether they were like you and went to vietnam and didn t see hostile fire, that s beside the point. they set aside their entire lives in order to go out there and serve their country and it had an effect. it had a great effect. my father-in-law served in the second world war. he earned a bronze star. he didn t see really a lot of hostile fire. but, yet, his generation dying a thousand a day, 365,000 a year. yes, it is expensive. we only have less than 1% of the american public that has ever sacrificed at all by serving in their armed forces. we need to really revere this service. because it keeps us all free. i would say that whether
i didn t get a military funeral. as you i would hope acknowledge an earned entitlement. we have had millions of people serve this country. when we put them in the ground, this is a country expressing deep gratitude for the freedoms we enjoy in this land, these people whether they were like you and went to vietnam and didn t see hostile fire, that s beside the point. they set aside their entire lives in order to go out there and serve their country and it had an effect. it had a great effect. my father-in-law served in the second world war. he earned a bronze star. he didn t see really a lot of hostile fire. but, yet, his generation dying a thousand a day, 365,000 a year. yes, it is expensive. we only have less than 1% of the american public that has ever sacrificed at all by serving in their armed forces. we need to really revere this service. because it keeps us all free. i would say that whether
i didn t get a military funeral. as you i would hope acknowledge an earned entitlement. we have had millions of when we put them in the ground, this is a country expressing deep gratitude for the freedoms we enjoy in this land, these people whether they were like you and went to vietnam and didn t see hostile fire, that s beside the point. they set aside their entire lives in order to go out there and serve their country and it had an effect. it had a great effect. my father-in-law served in the second world war. he earned a bronze star. he didn t see really a lot of hostile fire. but, yet, his generation dying a thousand a day, 365,000 a year. yes, it is expensive. we only have less than 1% of the american public that has ever sacrificed at all by serving in their armed forces. we need to really revere this service. because it keeps us all free. i would say that whether
who served in the second world war. something largely unknown. i would hope it s not largely unknown. he served at sea for a long time in the military and mainly if my memory tells me right. can i move on for a moment and ask you to reflect on what s going on in the middle east, particularly in a place like libya. you yourself had experience of leadership of nato forces in a domestic civil conflict situation. bosnia and kosovo. how does this libyan situation come to any kind of resolution? well, you ve got to ask yourself what is the political objective which lies behind security council resolution 1973. my interpretation, the words are not there. it s more of a holding pattern, but my interpretation that it must be a search for stability.