While reading the Air Force reply to Professor Kirstein, I came across this quote, suggested by the Cadets as an appropriate response to the entire episode. It certainly strikes me as a fitting tribute to the men and women who have given us the freedoms we now enjoy. I certainly hope some of the dissenters who feel stifled will stop and reflect on the part about flag burning. But I know they won't.

"It is the soldier, not the reporter who has given us the freedom of the press. It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us the freedom of speech. It is the soldier, not the campus organizer, who gives us the freedom to demonstrate. It is the soldier who salutes the flag, who serves beneath the flag, and whose coffin is draped by the flag, who allows the protester to burn the flag." ~Father Dennis Edward O'Brien, Sergeant, USMC

Thank you for keeping us safe.