Armistice / Veterans Day

Here's an email from my dad this morning. It sums up my feelings pretty well as well.

Veterans Day, or as I remember it, Armistice Day, is upon us. The older I get, the more respect I have for the guys and gals who actually went to war throughout our country's history. But at the same time I have less and less respect for those who put them at war, especially when the war really didn't have hardly anything to do with defending our country. I'm an internationalist at trying to live and trade with foreign countries, but am becoming more of an isolationist at using our military might to solve, change, or otherwise dictate what happens in other countries. It seems to be arrogance on our part. We're so great, so lets forcibly export that greatness to others. Anyway, that's why I'm blue on this Armistice Day.