The Patriot's Mission of Service to our Armed Forces

The Patriot Post's advocacy for individual liberty, the restoration of constitutional limits on government and the judiciary, and the promotion of free enterprise, national defense and traditional American values, have made it the most widely subscribed Internet-based publication in America.

Of these areas of advocacy, none is more vital than a strong national defense capability.

Throughout history, the burden of keeping the flame of liberty bright has fallen on the shoulders of a few men and women. As Founding Patriot Samuel Adams once noted, "It does not take a majority to prevail...but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men." That is true today with Operations Enduring and Iraqi Freedom.

John Adams noted, "National defense is one of the cardinal duties of a statesman." Indeed, it is the supreme constitutional duty of our President to make provisions for a strong national defense.

If history is a good indication, then the best way to secure peace is through strength. Our Founders understood this. George Washington, in his First Annual Message in 1790, said, "To be prepared for war, is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace." Thomas Jefferson concurred: "Whatever enables us to go to war, secures our peace."

Si vis pacem para bellum.

But each generation of Americans have been besieged with those who opposed a strong military. At no times in our history has such opposition been more dangerous than in times of war. As James Madison wrote in 1787, "America united with a handful of troops, or without a single soldier, exhibits a more forbidding posture to foreign ambition than America disunited, with a hundred thousand veterans ready for combat."

Ronald Reagan certainly understood the principle of "peace through strength" — which is why there no longer exists a Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

Unfortunately, Bill Clinton did not — and neither does Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, Ted Kennedy, or any of the other traitorous protagonists in Congress.

Today, America's uniformed Patriots are confronting a formidable enemy around the world — a terrorists acting as surrogate warriors the borderless nation of Islamic Fascists, Jihadistan. And today, as in times of war past, there is no shortage of armchair policy makers and opinionists who are undermining support for our Armed Forces in time of war.

To that end, The Patriot Post, under the able leadership of many veterans now serving with our National Advisory Committee and staff, has become one of the nation's leading advocates for our Armed Forces and their mission — not only by providing millions of Americans with the right perspective on that mission and the demanding tasks our military personnel have carried out with pride, but through outstanding resources like our Armed Forces Support and Defend tribute pages.

Additionally, our Operation Shield of Strength outreach to uniformed Patriots on the front line, and their family support groups, has backed the distribution of almost 1.4 million Shields of Strength dog tags. We have also supported other special services to military personnel and their families.

All sales proceeds from The Patriot Shop not only support our mission of service to our Armed Forces, but most of the items sold through The Patriot Shop promote the five service branches.

Thank you for visiting The Patriot Shop and please tell your family and friends about our offering of official military insignia products — the most extensive collection of insignia products available anywhere.

Semper Vigilo, Fortis, Paratus et Fidelis!

Mark Alexander
Executive Editor, The Patriot Post

Lee Henry
Manager, PatriotShop.US