The symbolism of Cory Remsburg

In Obama's State of the Union address, he brought out a wounded soldier, Cory Remsburg, at the end of the speak to exemplify how America does not quit or give up. It was a very symbolic gesture.

Like Cory's ten tours in combat, we have been in Afghanistan much too long, over ten years.

Like Cory's disabling wounds, we have suffered disabling wounds to our freedom. He struggles on his left side, like we struggle to board a plane without being physically violated or questioned based on charges which are kept secret from us.

He is blind in one eye. We are partially blind in both eyes when we think that giving up our freedom, our privacy, and our right to know what the government is doing, will someone make us safer.

He had shrapnel in his brain, which required many surgeries to remove. We will require many painful surgeries to remove the cancer which has infested our highest centers of government.

It is sad indeed to see our leaders take pride in the incredible suffering their unjust wars have caused, both to Americans and to the people in the countries they have invaded.