MCP wrote:
> http://www.glennsacks.com/the_betrayal_of.htm
>
> By Glenn Sacks
>       When Gary, a San Diego-based US Navy SEAL, was deployed in
Afghanistan
> in the wake of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, he
never
> dreamed that his service to his country would cost him his little
son.
> Gary's son was not taken from him by a terrorist or a kidnapper. This
> 17-year Navy veteran with an unblemished military and civilian record
was
> effectively stripped of his right to be a father by a California
court.

[...]

>       "Sometimes I wonder what I risked my life [in Afghanistan] for.
I went
> to fight for freedom but what freedom and what rights mean anything
if a man
> doesn't have the right to be a father to his own child?"

Good question, Gary.

This man put it all on the line for his country, and in return, his
country wrecked his world.  Now he's rightly questioning whether he
should have fought for a country that does this.

"It's their country.  Let them defend it."
              - Nick Danger



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