Honor is gone

I recently read an op/ed piece by Gerd Schroeder entitled "Whatever Happened to Duty, Honor, Country?" It was very interesting. I have felt the same for years.
I was raised in a very patriotic household. My father was in the Air Force and fought in Vietnam. My grandfather was a Marine and fought in WWII. We were taught to believe in our country. To fight for our country if need be. I had every intention to do just that until I made other decisions. I still get disgusted by the lack of respect most people have for our country, our flag, our president. It makes me physically ill. I would like to believe that after 9/11 something changed in our country for just a little while. Unfortunately, we reverted to the same self righteous greedy Americans we were before the fall. Isn't that just sad? And I also agree with Mr. Schroeder: How can we believe that we can succeed in anything if the people that we look to for advice and guidance are tearing us down instead with their words of betrayal and hurt?
I don't know what the world is coming to, but I don't think I like the look of it. Stand up and be patriotic. It's okay. Maybe it's time we start to look at changing things. We can if we do it together. Kick the illegals out. Stop letting folks come in just to use up our resources and leave. It's time we make a stand!