Each year on this day, we honor the work and lives of our veterans. There will be ceremonies and parades in cities and towns across the nation.
What is the best way for us to honor our veterans? How can we best show our gratitude?
You can offer a veteran a word of support and encouragement. Buy them a meal, listen to their concerns, and maybe take them out for a day at the golf course or gun range.
You can just be a friend or a loved one who cares.
You can lobby your state legislature and members of Congress to allow veterans (and civilians) to access treatments for PTSD and anxiety such as ketamine, MDMA, or psilocybin. These therapies have shown great promise in treating many of the mental health needs of veterans, and they cannot be accessed under current VA regulations.
Speaking of the VA, you can fight to streamline the red tape and allow for greater choices for veterans in the healthcare space. This would save time and money and provide better care.
You can support Defend the Guard legislation to keep our National Guard stateside unless a formal war is declared by Congress.
And then there’s the greatest way to honor our veterans:
By ending war. The best way to honor those who have been sent into war is to end the wars. Bring the troops home. Signal a change in our foreign policy away from war and towards diplomacy and peace. Three generations now have been part of the War on Terror for over two decades. It’s time for us to move onto a different path that doesn’t send good men and women to fight in wars that aren’t required for the security of our nation and its people.
On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, we ended the First World War. It’s on this day that we honor the work and sacrifice of our veterans. May we seek to end wars and celebrate peace as they did on this day in 1918.
Peace, Love, and Liberty,
Chase Oliver
2024 Libertarian Candidate for President