The Stare

This Explains it:

Mark Wills - Don't Laugh At Me http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVjbo8dW9c8

They look at  him with disstain, they do not understand the price he paid, for the freedom they have to hate what he has done....
What is it when you tell people you have fought in a war,that most have no guts to or even know about..., They stare? I am not talking  look with pride in their eyes, I am talking sheer hate, the look where they can't stand to be near me...or people that are like me..we are killers.
Why do they stare? 
Is it that I am a woman? Is it that I have family? Or is it the fact some where inside you  are afraid that I did something that you could not have done? Is it the simple fact that given the option to protect and provide  at what ever cost, you would rather have it done for you...??
You can't look some one in the eye that is in uniform, your scared because you will never know what they give up to be in it. so you  do not have to be.... Don't stare with hate, with out understanding -  at those that have been there, and look different now because of it- scares all over, no arms, no legs...and some times they have everything but they are out of shape...they look like this  because yes...they have other things to do other than work out all the time any more..but they carry the marks of war out side or inside..but .
They are home.some times this is hard for them to think about... but home is  Some where you have always been.safe you have never felt the scares of war... or lost any part of you there...with it..
Have you looked up at night sky and prayed to be under the same one as your family?
Have you walked for miles because you had no choice...no 7-11 run either...
Have you dared ? Dreamed to do something more than anything.. Than Please for the ones that do..and have.Stop Staring...stop not understanding and hating what you can not understand.. just honor what has been done for you.
Do not look at us like we are different...because we do not have something you have any more.. be it part of our flesh or part some where inside... where we can not let go of war- its taken part of all of us in some way...
Do not stare because you are all there...Because of all of us that are no longer all there..
If you do stare - Do on more thing, show them you care, walk up and say thank you..some times if you stare they fell it... and they know its not because you understand...sometimes if you stare they read it like a threat....you may not understand why, but when you have given a  lot to some one and they stare at you and never say - thanks how would you react? .THANK YOU MY BROTHERS AN SISTERS IN ARMS- Thank a Soldier thank their family....heck just be kind and do not stare at them and if you .do stand up - walk over and say something to them...do not make them fell like they do not belong....do something they will thank you for...SALUTE (  yes this means get up... and stand up...because standing before you is the cost of your freedom, do not stare at it....accept it and say thank you- or one day it will have to be you there...paying for what you  take for granted..daily...) Do not mis understand we are grateful when you honor us, its just mis-read when some one stares you down, like you different...and do not belong...or they are afraid..