General Russel Honore: Celebrate Veterans' Day by getting the troops off our streets [View all]

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By Lt. Gen. L. Russel Honoré (Ret.), former commanding officer of the U.S. First Army
For 37 years, three months and three days, I served this nation in uniform. After growing up in the segregated South, I was deployed overseas, and 20 years ago, I led American troops on American soil after Hurricane Katrina and the floods in New Orleans.

I’ve seen the best and the worst of America. Never before, however, have I been as concerned for our democracy as I am this Veterans Day, the day we honor all those who’ve served this country in uniform.

Never before have I been as concerned for our democracy as I am this Veterans Day, the day we honor all those who’ve served this country in uniform.

America is in trouble. From our nation’s capital to Chicago and Portland, Oregon, the president of the United States has deployed U.S. troops on American soil. Meanwhile, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, rather than patrolling our country’s points of entry, is terrorizing civilians across the nation, assaulting and kidnapping people in plain sight.

So today, even as I am honoring my fellow veterans, I’m also sounding the alarm for all my fellow Americans. Our democracy is in peril, and it will take all of us doing our part to protect it."..... (more)