As a member of the US Military I am truely appaled everytime I see someone burn the flag. For those of you that have not seen this think about what you will read in the following.

Charles M. Province, USMC
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.

While I do not like that people will burn the flag just remember one thing, that there are those of us out there that see it as more than just a fancy piece of cloth hanging from houses schools and other buildings. It represents the country we are out there risking our lives to defend and make safe for you.