Personal Narrative Essay-We Must Fight

We Must Fight When I joined the military, like many other newbies, I had no idea what to expect. I had always had a keen interest in everything war related and it seemed like a god way to run away from the responsibility of college classes. In the beginning, it was all very over whelming and information was thrust upon you in a fast and seemingly unorganized manner. I’ll be honest, at 18 years old, when I called my mom for the first time, I was in tears. In between the sobs I told her that I wanted to come home. I didn’t like what I was going through and I thought I had made a huge mistake. I had been yelled at before but never for no-good reason. I just wanted to go back to the classroom or at least in my dorm room to play Smash Bros. However, …show more content…
My mother can recall conducting nuclear attack drills in her school in Chicago. Apparently the students were to get under their desks and not look out the windows. Being a prior Air Force nuclear weapons specialist, I can assure you that these drills were mainly something to do before you and everyone around you perished. It would have happened one of 2 ways; either instantly, in a flash of flame and debris, or slowly and painfully due to radiation poisoning. President Regan knew this better than I do and the grit he showed in not only confronting the leaders of the Soviet Union, but also the liberals who were ready to give up under the fear of destruction. It almost sickens me to think that some people would rather not stand up for what they themselves believe. They would rather bend the proverbial knee and accept tyrant’s demands. When there are those that would “rather be Red than dead”, (Regan) or “rather live on their knees then die on their feet” (Regan), we as American’s can’t turn a blind eye and allow the more vocal left to have their way. Unfortunately in this day and age, it seems to me that the gate that squeaks the most gets more oil, or in other words, the louder you speak, the more people pay attention. Regan knew this and he knew that there is only so much appeasement that we as a nation …show more content…
This speech is almost always posted on facebook around Veterans Day. Not being a Regan baby, these posts were the first time I was exposed to the speech. It elicited an emotions response that went to my core. It spoke boldly to our enemies and our allies alike. Making sure that both knew where we stood as far as our idealisms. Being president, no one would question whether he had the right to say these words, that he was also a veteran was icing on the cake. While he did not use any true statistics as far as numbers he did bring up what some of the nay-sayers had been elating. He swiftly refuted these claims at their heart and insured that everyone in the nation knew his thoughts on the matter. All told, President Regan used the big three convey insure there was no question of America’s