Why should America try to make Veterans Day 2012 one of the best Veterans Days ever? The answer is simple. America is honoring some of the most patriotic Americans who have ever lived.

Active-duty veterans are doing today what prior active duty veterans were doing yesterday: protecting and defending America.

As they fought and died to achieve independence in the Revolutionary War, as they fought and died in all American wars, may we reflect and think of what they did and where we could be without them.

They were and are not some of the great, but some of the greatest Americans. Their bravery and courage may have an equal, but I doubt a superior.

On how many seas have our sailors been superior? On how many continents have our airmen been superb? On how many battlefields have our soldiers and Marines been superlative?

They were militarized so America could be democratized. They were regimented so many countries could be liberated.

On Veterans Day, think of the over one million who left home and never came. Think of the wounded who never recovered. Think of the millions who suffered and sacrificed, and the many who are still suffering and sacrificing.

Their brave ways saved our American ways. They are the ones that America could not do without.

America! How could America leave them not recognized, not honored, not glorified?

America! On Veterans Day, proudly do what should be done: recognize them, honor them, glorify them.

They are the saviors of our republic. They are the heroes of our America. They are the veterans of our United States of America! T