America fought Socialism Communism Dictats and all sorts of Authoritarians, now those have risen internally in form of Democrats Progs Left Libs etc, and their form of growing mandated colossal Government in general. Unless the US radically downsizes its Govt breadth and depth, and ends its authoritarian force, renews within its whole people the notion of Independence and outright Freedom from such Govt, taxation, regulation, politic and politicians, it's doomed to join the set of all failed countries in history. 100-year-old WWII vet breaks down, says this isn’t the ‘country we fought for’ https://nypost.com/2022/07/03/100-year-old-wwii-vet-breaks-down-says-this-is... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcnQJd_XRQQ The silver star holder says serving his country in WWII was the most important thing he ever did. The silver star holder says serving his country in WWII was the most important thing he ever did. Combat veteran and his wife help others fight PTSD Jack Carr reveals the military inspiration behind his work Steelers' Alejandro Villanueva reveals why he honors Army Sgt. 1st Class Alwyn Cashe Much of what American soldiers fought for in World War II has “gone down the drain,” according to U.S. Marine Carl Spurlin Dekel, who celebrated his 100th birthday last week. Dekel says serving his country in WWII was the most important thing he ever did, according to Fox 13. The veteran and Silver Star holder says he wouldn’t hesitate to put his life on the line again, but regrets that the U.S. has slipped away from what he remembers. “People don’t realize what they have,” Dekel told the outlet. “The things we did and the things we fought for and the boys that died for it, it’s all gone down the drain.” “We haven’t got the country we had when I was raised, not at all,” he says. “Nobody will have the fun I had. Nobody will have the opportunity I had. It’s just not the same and that’s not what our boys, that’s not what they died for.” Dekel’s statements came the same day the U.S. lost the last surviving Medal of Honor recipient from WWII. Hershel “Woody” Williams died Wednesday at 98 years old, surrounded by his family at a hospital named after him in his home state of West Virginia. The silver star holderThe silver star holder says serving his country in WWII was the most important thing he ever did. FOX 13 Williams, also a U.S. Marine, received his medal for heroism from former President Harry Truman during the battle of Iwo Jima in 1945. America’s 63 living Medal of Honor recipients honored Williams in a statement to Fox News Digital. “Friends and family of Woody Williams knew him as a West Virginia farmer’s son and the youngest of 11 children who dutifully supported his family after his father died,” they wrote in a statement through the Congressional Medal of Honor Society. “Fellow Marines knew him as the corporal who volunteered for a mission on Iwo Jima to clear a lane through enemy pillboxes that were destroying American tanks.” “Veterans in West Virginia knew him as their advocate through his work as a Veterans Service Representative. Gold Star families knew Woody through his work raising money for scholarships and other programs through the Woody Williams Foundation,” they continued. “We, his fellow Medal of Honor Recipients, knew him as our friend and one of our heroes. We will miss him greatly.” Williams echoed Dekel’s sentiment of loss during an interview on Memorial Day, remarking to local media that he hoped to see a resurgence of patriotism in the U.S. “I’ve been at this probably 25 to 30 times, but I believe today we had more honor wreaths than we’ve ever had before, and that’s encouraging,” Williams told WSAZ during a veterans’ event. “It gives me encouragement that we’re coming back and that we will again be that United States of America that had so much patriotism and love of country.”