Brian Jopek on Nostr: On the way to see my folks today I stopped at the cemetery where my oldest son, Ryan, ...

On the way to see my folks today I stopped at the cemetery where my oldest son, Ryan, is buried. He died in Iraq in 2006 during a bullshit war I also was nearly KIA in two years before when I was deployed to northern Iraq. Unfortunately, in addition to dealing every day with the grief of the loss will be the added pain that, as of 12 noon eastern time on 20 January, 2025, the oath to the U.S. Constitution my boy took to uphold and defend that document … will have been for absolutely nothing.