This is from Nick Vandergragt Facebook page.
I have never felt so angry and helpless as I feel today. The desire to give up and resign myself to my countries demise at the hands of men who care far more about their individual aspirations than they do about the country they where elected to defend has never been so strong. I have done my best to fight this dark desire, and as the day wore on, my heart got heavier to the point that I finally had to slip off quietly and weep for my country. Other than my family and my faith, there is nothing that means more to me than my country. When at age 18 I took an oath to defend her with all my strength up to and including laying down my life in her defense, I understood what that meant and still feel bound by it all these years later. I am no longer a young man. But the passion for this home of ours burns brighter than ever in my heart. To watch this insignificant little flea chart a course for us for certain disaster, breaks my heart in ways that I cannot describe.
In spite of the darkness that now envelops us, we cannot give in to this attack on who we are. We cannot surrender to people who sing the praises of Canada with their lips, and sow the seeds of it's undoing with their hands. We simply must carry on as Winston Churchill urged the people of London all those years ago and not only raise our voices against these monsters that threaten to devour us, but steel our spines and hearts in the face of this threat. Let me leave you with two quotes. One from the Hunger games movie, and the other from Churchill himself.
"If WE burn, YOU burn with us!"
"Do your worst! And we shall do our best"
Remember. On this battlefield, there are no rusty swords.
God bless you all, and God bless and protect Canada.
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