'We haven't got the country we had when I was raised': 100-year-old veteran worried about America
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- On his 100th birthday, Marine and World War II veteran Carl Dekle said he loves his country and that's why he's worried about the future of America. During an emotional interview, he said he worries future generations won't have the same opportunities he had, despite having to fight and watch his fellow countrymen die on the front lines. Watch and read more about Dekle's service and his 100th birthday celebration in Plant City, Florida: www.fox13news....
**Note: this story has been updated to reflect the correct spelling of the subject's name, Carl Dekle.
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I'm only 44, and I think it's insane how much the country has gone down hill just in my lifetime.
not to sound like a coot, but...
North America started really going downhill when they stopped manufacturing their own products. With pride. Even in the last 20 years or so the quality of clothing has really tanked. I don't mean styles - I just mean how well they're made. Anyway, that's just one example. I'm sure you can think of a lot of others.
@@cautionTosser excellent point!
31 and it's not the same country I had as a young child 9/11 was a huge turning point.
Low key admitting we shouldn't have fought the Germans.
Exactly right
We sold out our people a long time ago. He was referring to a time when you can buy your own home, go to college, and raise a family with a regular paying job and not have to become a debt slave. The America he remembers was truly the American dream. Idk what we are living in now. Everyone at each other's throats, alot of folks are living paycheck to paycheck. We are all blaming each other
cultural marxism . in other words woke, green, progressive, globalist..............
Hear hear. The America we are living in now is a wreck. I fear for the future of our country as well. I know I ain’t the only one.
He was one of the few that could have prevented our current situation being a white male.
@@kbeebe6513 😐🤦♂️
@@kbeebe6513 not this bullshit again
He just passed away five days ago on 8/9/2022. Rest In Peace, sir! Thank you for your service to this country; I hope that one day we can make you proud!!
Really? Another hero gone……. May he Rest In Peace
That's a shame, he was a treasure to the nation and the world.
May he Rest In Peace, I hope everyone received his message with much humility and compassion. His Message will forever be with me as it should with all Americans.
God appointed him to deliver one last message, to fight one more fight, and he did. God bless you, sir.
Dang it
“My spirit will rise from the grave and the world will see I was right”
He was, he really was.
This time together bros
@@seppailmarinen5357as fast as the new one steps up im the first one in line to join
“That’s not what our boys died for” was deeply upsetting to hear
thats literally what they died for though
they literally fought against the only ones trying to prevent this from happening
@@cocacoladog10 yeah, the nazis certainly wouldn’t have let this happen. But they also did horrendous things to a lot of people. And threatened the freedoms of the free people of the west. But yes i suppose they died for freedom and this is what freedom wrought.
@@charliecooper6586 what did they do that was so horrendous?
put tribal people in camps with cinemas, swimming pools, football fields, bakeries?
@@charliecooper6586 what things?
@@charliecooper6586 Germany fought for unification and a better future for all Germanic peoples. They didn't care about the USA, they considered it a multiracial garbage dump. They considered Russia the main threat to Europe, because it wanted to unite all the Slavic peoples and for centuries created the threat of the destruction and enslavement of the Germanic peoples. Perhaps Lenin's birth was a great happiness, because if it had not been for the Bolshevik revolution, Russia would have won the WWI and it would have been a disaster for Europe.
Those tears are genuine, he isn't crying for himself, he isn't talking about how sad his life is, he's worried for our country! For us! God bless this man, truly, the greatest generation.
@the real princess daddy What is your problem?
You know dear in the roaring twenties they talked about how horrible it was and how terrible the kids of this horrible generation will be. Greed had taken over. That all leads to the solution to that problem in a collapse which creates men like this. We may have to go through hard times going forward, but it'll create people like this and people like this will bring back good times.
@@awkwardbound569 a good for nothing clown, nothing important to see here
@@awkwardbound569 Just saw his channel, he's either a troll or someone that desesperate for getting negative reactions from others
@@awkwardbound569 dude you can click on his icon and go an see what his videos are and see that he's just a sociopath that's trying to get attention with controversy. Just don't feed the trolls
As a teenager who’s grown up in this society, I feel what this man says 100%. Rest in peace, and thank you for your service and for all the sacrifices you’ve made.
Fellow teenager here, and I agree.
Another fellow teenager here I agree that society is doomed.
also a teenager and I agree
Retired teenager here 100% agree too
Another teenager here, and i want to fix society. It really pisses me off to see how ungrateful and spoiled everyone is
There's a book called "The Unknown Warriors" that was published in 2012. It's basically filled with hundreds of British WW2 vets saying the exact same thing this man is saying, but they get very specific.
I’ll have to check it out.
@@silvermine2033 I found out about it from a video Zoomer Historian recently made.
Just ask Patton: "we defeated the wrong enemy" before they killed him.
"Oi, you got a permit for that butterknife?"
The website of the banned TH-cam channel "American Renaissance" reported on this a few days ago.
I can only imagine what this man has done and has seen. Hell seeing a guy like this break down makes me worried for myself as well. Thank you sir. Wherever you are.
I bet he wants to go back to segregation era...
@@mverick5444 Whenever somebody puts "..." at the end of a sentence they know is going to cause controversy, I just know that they're a troll.
@@NSAhitLIST ok. But no need to get belligerent either.
@@mverick5444 that's good
@@blitzkriegedvanhauten5261 what's good?
I’m 65 and this man caused me to break down because I know he’s telling the truth. I would’ve never believed that this country could be this corrupt, but it is. I just don’t know if we can recover this time.
Remember when republicans cancelled (hahaha it’s funny when they refuse to believe they’re part of cancel culture too) the Dixie chicks back in 03 when they spoke out against Bush’s war in Iraq? They blacklisted them and sent them death threats because they used their first amendment rights.
Now mainstream republicans denounce the war themselves even though in those days “to be a patriot meant to support your nation and to support the president and to support the war and to hate those that the president says to hate” but those same people now call that mentality “sheep” - so if those were the good old days, then being sheep was the good old days?
No we can't . It's over.
It takes blood to recover . Not enough people will spill blood to defend the Republic. The liberal is willing to kill to destroy the Republic.
That's because you're weak
I'm not exactly sure when but this country has been ran on organized crime for a while. Clintons come to mind.
This is my view and opinion...
Recovery is possible... It could heppen 2 ways:
Massive series political reforms that would take a long time to implement
OR
A massive physical conflict where alot of lives must be lost for any significant changes to happen.
From the way I see, it seems that Americans are itching for a fight to throw or vent their rage and frustrations out.
This hero has probably seen the worst things a human being can imagine. He’s been trained to have will of steel.
Yet we see him here at his breaking point on the verge of crying because he sees the country he and his fellow soldiers fought for go down the drain.
*That hits different man.*
Hero? Bro, he just was a pawn for the government. Nothing heroic about that
@@Jack-zj1ug how dare you.
@@Jack-zj1ug It’s simple when you are typing this and wasn’t around during his time.
@@Jack-zj1ug don’t ever say that he is more of a hero than most of the population of the world right now he is no pawn of a government he fought for what was right, and just. You are disgrace for saying that.
@@Littlekoji-df1cf Ignore the troll. I'd bet everything I have that he doesn't 1/16 of the courage this man has TODAY, let alone 80 years ago.
Breaks my heart to see a fellow vet, especially one who fought through our bloodiest overseas campaign, feel this way about our country at the end of his life. Tears me up inside.
But of course fox paste this on this site and tries to claim they are the solution. They are the problem.
My grandfather who fought for the soviets in ww2 felt the same in the 1990s.
All empires fall at some point
USA is the perfect example of "Freedom without Responsibility is the perfect Recipe for disaster"
neoliberalism has destroyed this country
Time to get off our asses and dust off our nazi-killing guns.
This man truly has a heart. He never looks down on others and it really struck me when he was genuinely concerned for all of us living these times. A truly selfless person.
he is a white supremacist and we should cancel him. take a look at what he says and how he wants back an america that is predominantly white. how can he get away with this ?
If someone calls you woke for being honest they really need to grow up🤣
@Barfieman362 the 30s and 50s may have had problems, but they were still better than to on societal level, and that's saying something. I mean even with POC being treated unfairly with segregation, they still had a sense of community, pride and belonging. Now no one really seem to have any sense of belonging anymore. We are are all equal now.....equally miserable.
@@Whitetiger187 if they were treated unfairly they could leave to their own homes. No one forced them to stay
America fought on the wrong side
My heart goes out to all Americans who haven't yet realised what this man has.
Yet you keep voting for them. Liberal democracy is a failure. Bella Ciao 🥀
@@_Washing_Machine_ wrong. Liberalism is. Those like you who have no clue.
@@_Washing_Machine_ you are completely right. People who never take responsibility will never be better people in life.
The outcome of WW2 is in fact the reason why the present day world is in this current state. Who really gained everything from that outcome? 🤔 And what have they been using those gains for, purposes of BENEvolence or MALEVolence? Think about it....
A traitor?
I mean I get it, he was a 19 year old kid at the time but yeah we fought for the interests of communism in WW2. We joined the wrong side.
You were a great man. Everyone will appreciate you, from the day you were born to the end of our world. Thank you for the service.
No, not everyone. Not those we committed genocide on or enslaved or stole their land.
@@USA-GreedyMenOfNoIntegrity Humans have enslaved, killed, and stolen land from each other since the beginning of time. Every single country. Get over your fake guilt and narcissistic compassion already.
When he said "I'm so sorry." that just stabbed me through the heart. Man. That hit deep.
@A.H. was right 96%of soldiers like him would not have fought if they knew they were going to make everyone equal. only way I can word that, they didn't want that.
@@rodneystanger1651 yeah we know that but they were warned by Lindbergh, Ford etc. They probably heard the other side of the story (remember the 1939 rally at the Madison Square Garden for example?) but national loyalty was a thing back then and everything has been moving so rapily so it's not easy to either blame them or excuse them.
Yeah everyone his age SHOULD be sorry, they're responsible for this
@@jeremias-serus L
@@SuperRat420 Maybe his children a little more directly than him
when an 100 year old marine starts crying because he is worried about his country, that means that the country really needs to change
Edit: k let me explain, even when so much good things happened to get us here, he has experienced things that we don't, just as we have done the same, he has seen beauty in the small things, and what he sees now, is an place full of people who neglect those small things, that neglect the true meaning of life and instead go for the worst things, his vision is different from what we all think and see
Too many saggy pants chimpanzees running around loose :(
*Marine
mans crying because poc arent segregated anymore and lgbtq is accepted in our society. basically hes complaining about the world being more open minded
@@Ryan-Petre its true tho u cant deny that
@Barfieman362 Obviously if you re-contextualize it then it's going to have different implications. All that matters is that, in this context, it's valid.
The man found comfort in knowing he was going to die soon so he won’t see the country decline further. This is truly sad.
I feel sort of the same. I also have a prayer but none of yo will like it.
@@yupok318 why wouldn't we like it
Sometimes you have to deconstruct in order to Construct .
@@bioshawna 🤐
He's lucky ! Imagine possibly having 50+ years left in this hell hole.
Nothing must hurt more than realizing the hell you and your buddies bled through was all playing into the hands of people who hate you.
Who are these people?
@@sunnerdown416-cf1jmthe deep state
They wear tiny hats, love usury, and they've been kicked out of 109 nations.
@@sunnerdown416-cf1jmjeed
@@sunnerdown416-cf1jm jews like Jeffrey Epstein, George Soros, Klaus Schwab and Larry Fink who owns black rock to name a few
My dad was born in 1960 and has had a pretty good life so far. He still works and is very healthy but has told me multiple times “I don’t know what’s gonna happen in these coming years and personally I’m not worried about it for myself, but I wonder what kind of world I’m going to be leaving for you and your brothers.”
If you want an idea, look up The Great Reset.
That’s part of the problem. He’s a boomer that has had everything handed to him. Selfish. Of course he’s not worried for himself and he isn’t worried enough to do anything to help the next generations. It may be cliche but boomers have run this country into the ground.
@@krayziejerry ah yeah let the capitalists take over. Privatize everything. It totally won't collapse right?
Your dad working at 62 is a sign that workers aren't paid enough and our elderly are not being taken care of.
@@krayziejerry zu vill own nothing an zu vill be happy
I work with elderly people and I hear this man's advice come from all of them. Appreciate what you have. Be grateful for it. Savor the moments of your life and get as much enjoyment from them as you can. They always tell me that they don't regret the things they've done anywhere near as much as they regret the things they didn't do. The time they wasted on things that seem stupid and insignificant now but which seemed important then. One of them told me, "when you're my age, you're not going to look back at your life and say to yourself, 'Damn! I wish I had worked more!'"
Thats why you should always have a reason for everything you do.
I'm enjoying everything that I have now since I realize that life is beautiful.
@Gashapon Greg totally agree. So do the elderly people I work with
@Gashapon Greg you aren't contributing anything to society pan handling
@Gashapon Greg if you can work to provide for yourself as a healthy grown man you should.
"We fought the wrong enemy." General Patton
same general that slapped his soldiers for having PTSD
@@Thanos_2017 rat
@@patriot9487fool
@@patriot9487lil hat tribe**
@@Thanos_2017 even the Germans and Russians defended Pattons actions if that Soldier acted the same way in their military he'd have been unalived.
"Nobody will have the fun I had." What gets me is that more than anything he's sad for us. He just wants us to have the country he grew up with.
When he said that I thought “nobody can shoot the Japanese like I did anymore! 😢”
Obviously not what he meant, but still a funny thought
@devonwilliams2423 That wouldn't be funny if you've ever experienced combat.
@@devonwilliams2423 Please stop...
What fun did he have that we can’t have today?
The guys a marine, especially back then, it was far from fun, it was way more chaotic. You couldn't avoid violence back then, today you can
“That’s not what our boys died for”
Hit me deep
Edit: Damn ty for the likes btw
Yes this is Exactly what those tools died for.
Live with it
@@raywilliams9041 buddy chose violence 🤡
@@raywilliams9041 you’re a sad person
@@raywilliams9041 wow so edgy 🥶
@@raywilliams9041 "Live with it" is like you are telling some person with no legs to walk. Moron.
What a sharp man for his age. A thousand blessings for this man in his final years.
What America is now is exactly what he fought for. He just didn't realize it. If he did, he never would have fought.
Actually if you watch the whole interview, he said he would fight for America again if he was young
Man this breaks my heart seeing this man crying like this. He’s a hero, damn near a 100 years old and the way this country has become breaks his heart and brings him to tears. Damn.
He saw more than anyone ever should’ve. God bless our veterans, for they’re the most underserved community in our country, and they deserve the world
If Germany had won we wouldnt have these problems that we are facing today.
@@FIJISloth exactly. Even communist China wouldn’t exist, since it was a German general responsible for putting Mao on the Long March. The Germans were an ally to be made, not an enemy to tear down. Even General Patton realized this, and the US murdered him for it
A hero, you say? The state the US is in now is precisely because of people like him, men of a nation gulled by people who have more power and reach than the average person could even comprehend, especially back then.
@@MNAHN-T.GOF-NN I have no idea what you’re talking about. This guy is a WWII vet and went up against Hitler for Christ sakes. That was one of the craziest wars ever. So yeah, he is a HERO.
Serving Active Duty in the Army for almost 10 years now. I wish I could meet this man. My heart aches. And he tells the truth
thank you for your service to Israel, zogbot
I'm sure there's a way you can contact him probably through the people that have this channel if you wanted to email him or send him a video of you communicating to him
❤️
neoliberalism has destroyed this country
Did you enjoy your ten years of oppressing innocent Iraqi children?
I only wish that the interview was longer. I’d love to hear more of what this man has to say.
Same
He started rambling about gay marriage and the equal rights amendment so they cut it.
@@Ipipeyourmom
Sauce?
neoliberalism has destroyed this country
@@trackingthecoreofstuffandm2310 up to socialism to fix it
Unless everyone strives to treat each other better, we’ll keep crying with this man, bless his heart. Bless the ones we lost.
No. Those at the top monopolize power, the media, the banks. Through bribery and blackmail they control our leaders. They pin us all again each other to hide their deeds. We think on a micro scale, get mad at a micro scale, protest at a micro scale.
now teabagging in games is now assault shows how sensitive people can get
@@thatexitsignuser Back in his time, men were encouraged to respect other people.
And they got the belt, if they didn't.
@@eksbocks9438 it’s because this country is gone too soft and because of black people and people that are not white they have made this country s**t
@@thatexitsignuser Shut up
That's exactly the problem. Sensitive or not, we have to respect each other
"I've lived a good life"😢 this whole speech was way too powerful...
That's all anyone can hope for is to live a good life.
Some people delude themselves into a mindset where they are a good person, but they become very self-centred and can't objectively see their major flaws. Often through religion.
@@hannesRSAtouch grass
@@hannesRSAYou can’t be serious. Him and his generation are the reason you’re speaking english and your bedsheets don’t have swastikas on em. Get real dawg
@@hannesRSA bro u stink 💀
This man knows UGLY. That's why he recognizes the beautiful little things. God bless you soldier. 🙏♥️ EDIT: I am NOT saying that this man is ugly. I am saying he has seen ugly, seen the ugly things in this world...War, Men killing each other, men dying. I would never disrespect a man that comes from what I consider the greatest generation ever. Please don't misunderstand my comment guys.
That's neither honorable and neither respectful to say he's ugly....
@@frenchman6803 Lol. Idk if you are joking, but it's funny either way.
@@frenchman6803 Dude, Fox isn't saying the solider is ugly, they're saying this man has gone through so much horrible things in his life, he appreciates the small simple or happy things of today.
@@frenchman6803 I see they have gotten to u but I gotta say …..bruh!!!!!!!! Come in read and comprehend what the texts says
Sorry, my English is not perfect so I didn't understand, after read it again I understood my error
I don't know what affected me more -- his tears or his words at the end. That beautiful smile speaks to the quality of this man's heart and soul. God bless you, sir.
Patton was right about WW2.
"That beautiful smile speaks to the quality of this man's heart and soul." - ...and to the quality of his dentures. ;-)
Kidding! I agree. :-)
What was he like in his 20s and 30s? Everything is beautiful and you appreciate life when you get older. What did he do in his 20s and 30s?
He was fighting in the Pacific theater of WWII in his 20s. Surviving that would definitely make you appreciate life.
@@MalachiHealey yes he was
This man saw death in the eyes, brothers killed, and many other horrors so did many other brave people. We are quite literally disrespectful of those who fought and died. And my generation broke him. This is not the way we need to make a change urgently I don’t know if it’s already too late but I want to live in the beautiful America this man is talking about
You meannn the racist, backwards one. Cool cool cool
It may not be too late but depending how things go from here we may need yet another war to get back to the America he’s describing.
Yeah we should go back to when some almost dead dude has the moat nostalgia for!
@@Mr.Obongo have fun with your war. Hope you live.
@@Mr.Obongo The time for voting is over. To restore the United States we need to start a revolution.
America has a dark future! I’m only 41 and this country is getting worse and worse every year! This old man speaks the truth.
Well, you haven't lived in Mexico, I did during the recession (to survive because I lost my job and ran out of unemployment) and trust me, America is way better that most countries.
Im 18 years old as of june this year and man does the general state of our country leave me with little to no hope, yet we still have good people so with that.. there’s atleast some hope. God bless
a dark future stems from a dark past. most of you boomer and older will never realize the truth of the small hat demons that our ancestors warned us of countless times.
the two-party system has collapsed ! its time to ban the democrats and go one party republican it is the only way we can secure our sacred traditions and future !
Loool don't worry dude we have lived through much darker times , you Americans will not get any worse than that .
"We haven't got the country I had when I was raised, not at all". That broke my heart
Ikr that whole segregation thing what a shame
@@arnoldjack7956does it look better now? If it was pp wouldnt complain so much i guess
@@arnoldjack7956actually black marriage rates, child upbringing, less crime, education & many other positive factors - were all better before too....even during & despite segregation.
@@arnoldjack7956 America was way better under segregation
@@mariagabriel4647 cite your sources
I feel him on the “nobody will have the opportunities I had.” God bless him
Yeah, we will have better ones.
@@miketoyo496 keep lying to yourself chump
how much is a house nowdays?
can you define what is woman?
can i speak freely without being arrested or canceled?
is goverment ruling or big corpos?
BUT ATLEAST WE ARENT SPEAKING GERMAN RIGHT?
@@ottovonweaboo6355 man, you are sick. Only therapy can help you.
@@ottovonweaboo6355 I think you have a point...but to your point - Wir sprechen kein Deutsch
@@ottovonweaboo6355 But now you get to choose your gender and pronouns bro!
Brought tears to my eyes. The beauty of the simple things like green grass. The lives that he saw come to a tragic end. The sadness in his own eyes. And his final wish to us to go and live everyday to the fullest...enjoy every day that you possibly can. Words I heard my grandmother say all the time. She was born in 1918. For what it's worth, I'm praying for a better, happier, peaceful world.
Soon brother soon
A new heaven and a new earth
Mine too. Somethig needs to inpire people to be better.
We Empaths feel his anger pain and sadness. We’re great to have this man speak to us.
Soon this country will be brought to it's knees and there will be more tears from you people.
My grandmother was born in 1894. She said much the same thing. Here parents took her west to Kansas where they homesteaded. She want to Kansas State University (then the Kansas School of Agriculture) and become the first woman to graduate for that institution. She became a teacher. She lived through the depression and the dust bowl. My mother was 7 years old when the dust bowl got started. My grandparents could have given up, but they didn't. They kept working and struggling and continued to try to help build a better country and a better tomorrow. My dad reached his 18th birthday just a few months before Pearl Harbour was bombed. He enlisted in the Navy soon thereafter. He became a medical corpsman on a great big battleship. After the war he went to college on the GI Bill. Then came Korea, and he was recalled to active duty. He then served on a tiny little destroyer escort, again as a medical corpsman. His education was interrupted, but he didn't complain. He served, then went back to college and earned an MD. I came along when he was in medical school. It was difficult raising a child while trying to get through medical school with only the GI Bill and the money my mother and he could earn from his part time job, but they made it. They were in extreme poverty the whole time through. We lived in the projects in St. Louis while he struggled to work and get through school all with a baby in tow, but he persevered, and succeeded. My parents set an excellent example for me, and to honour their efforts I worked as hard as I could on my studies in order that I could get into the best university I could. I went to one of the very best, and with my parents' effort in mind, I became the only woman in ROTC at the time. I graduated with honours, and served as I'd been trained to do. Then, like my father, my mother, and my grandparents, I returned to school and worked my way through a PhD, this time at one of the world's best universities. I had my baby, and I raised him in the tradition of my family, taking delight in the day, and the little serendipitys which grace us every day. When his country called, he served, but he paid with his life. My only child paid with his life. Yet I see so many people who do not care. They don't care about our sacrifice and they don't care enough to be informed and to vote. They think it won't make a difference, when in fact it is the ONLY thing that will make a difference. I see the decline brought on by greed and corruption, and I see no one willing to work to rid the country of it, or really to work for much of anything. I don't understand. I really don't understand. And like the man in this video, I fear greatly for the future of this nation. I lost my child, and my husband died of cancer. I was hit by a drunk driver about 20 years ago and am paralyzed from the shoulders down as a result. It hurts me deeply when I find that the aides who take care of my have no clue what's going on and won't vote to change the things they see are wrong. It hurts that they have no ambition to improve themselves further than where they are. I can and do try to give them guidance, but in the end I am responsible only for myself, and if they don't see a future for themselves other than what they're doing, and don't want to strive for something better, what can I do? Nothing except enjoy the day anyhow, and hope that somehow the country I love will find a way to pull through as a free nation, not one misguided by a wrongly placed sense of nationalism. Love for country isn't expressed by right wing or left wing political views. It is expressed by continuing to do the best you can in the interest of building a better future. Without almost everyone working toward that goal we cannot succeed. One of my teachers in college admonished me once when I'd spent a weekend slacking off, "You can't coast for long unless you're going downhill." There are a lot of people who are coasting, and spending more time attacking each other. Unless we can put our differences aside and work for a better tomorrow for all our citizens then we will be coasting and going downhill, and the things that many of us sacrificed for will be wasted. I hate that I will die seeing it all thrown away. I weep with him because, even though I have not been granted the years he's had, I understand all too well where those tears are coming from. We are of one heart, he and I. We see it happening, and we are powerless to do anything about it.
We weep. We fear. Was it all for nothing? He and I will never know. We will have to go to our end with an unanswered question on our minds. We will do so however, seeing the beauty which remains in life in spite of what is going on. It doesn't take things to be happy. It only takes being thankful for every single day and every single hour, and what our all too short lives are filled with, and to be grateful for it.
Please. Redouble your efforts. Have goals for improving yourself and to improve your country. Start learning about current events, and vote. If there are onl tyrants running, run yourself. Love your country. Love your life. Thanking us for our service then doing nothing with what we've fought for is no thanks at all. Show us you appreciate our service by doing your best for yourself AND your country. It's an uphill struggle, but you don't get to the mountain top by coasting. Don't thank us for our service unless you are willing to prove that you mean it. But please, do mean it.
Please, let us live to see the change. Start now.
The weight of this man's words are the heaviest than one could imagine. He and his fellow soldiers fought long and hard to give us a brighter future.
I always think of that guy who shot someone trying to steal his Nazi flag everyone thought the guy with the Nazi flag was doing a good thing :(
Bro when he started to cry I started to cry
@Jews did 9/11. USMC 64 -- 68. Correction. He was not a Soldier. He was a Marine.
Bright future lol liberalism?
@@bellabacci8056 It wasn't the future we imagined. Nobody expected america to turn into what it turned into
I fought in Afghanistan, and what happened there, as well as what is happening here, is not what my buddies died for. I feel his pain...
Was you in the infantry or Armor
@@russwhite7715 infantry
@@russwhite7715 infantry
We wear the uniform as representatives of our nation. We were always told our uniform was the cloth of our nation. We took an oath to the people of our country, whether they appreciate it or not. As a retired vet, I feel what he is saying. He's absolutely right in the state of our nation. We loved our country so much, whether our leader's cause was justified or not, we answered and stood the watch. Our nation has lost its way. Political infighting and media sensationalism has crippled our society. When a WW2 Marine vet tells us things are bad, it's bad.
Just think,
All the oaths, sacrifices, and achievements made during the history of this great nation are being invalidated.
No, not by the slimy, evil, corrupt leadership, or open communists in the street.
They are being invalidated by all the "Good Men" who sit and do nothing, inside the military or otherwise.
Know this, servicemen who read this. I will continue to do nothing, for that is what your "service" does for me.
You are mistaken in conflating the words Nation, and Country.
@@GlasbanGorm really, you're gonna play Semantics right now?
@@GlasbanGorm 🤓
@@GlasbanGorm okay and?
It was heartbreaking to see him so upset. Someone who has bravely served a country that he clearly loves very much. Take his advice and see the beauty in life. God bless him. 💕
Huh?
@@toddmaek5436 what??
@@toddmaek5436 what?
I have wonder if he was thus upset when my grandparents had to drink from a different fountain than him
@@zaab-yaoh9302 awe. 😟 Well, hopefully he's not racist. There were (and are) white people in the South opposed to segregation and racism in general. Sadly it could be dangerous for them to speak up as the KKK or other white supremacists might have targeted them. The story of the civil rights workers killed in Mississippi comes to mind. Such a disturbing time in the history of the US. Sadly there is still much more to be done to promote equality.
I wish I could talk to this man for just 5 minutes. He gives me hope for humanity in a dark time.
There's no hope for humanity in this life. Humanity is full of racists, killers, and possessed individuals slowly destroying the world and those around them 🤷🏾♂️
@@kid.turtle I agree. But he proves there's still some people. Might be 1 out of 1000 but there's something.
@@kid.turtle possessed individuals? Lol no possessions. Just bad people that blame possesion cause they don't wanna take responsibility for there actions.
@Boobley that's heart breaking.
this hurts me to the core. RIP.
This man has seen things we cannot imagine. He deserves all our attention. I cry, too, at the state of our nation. It's horrible and not getting any better. 😭
🤔 💭
Hmmmm, I couldn’t agree more. But, have you realized how Catholic religion alter its mandates, ordinances & allow European leaders+king Henry VIII to do whatever he desired. Then, Pope, cardinals, bishops, priests, deacons who used to have their own families-No LGBTQ allowed-All faded away-Most become gay+child molesters. Then, slowly welcoming LGBTQ…
I’m sure you wonder WTF am I talking about? Politicians, higher up have the freedom to modify the regulations as🌍is evolving.
As a vet myself, forefathers of🇺🇸killing those natives to assert those lands belongs to WHITE peoples and noticing🇺🇸slipping away from “STRONGEST POWER OF 21st CENTURY”…
And Biden is putting our money in places where it is not helping our nation. We need to spending more on our military than free money to people. The threat of nuclear war is always growing and if he wants us to protect Taiwan we need to have a military that is capable for it. If China keeps expanding its navy, and the rest if their military, 8t will be more likely that they will be able to take Taiwan and after that start a direct conflict with the U.S. If you got this gar thank you for reading.
@@octavius8562 delusional much?
im not from america what is so horrible there?
@@lemonmystery4049 WOKENESS evolution from🇺🇸to Europe…
I'm only 30 and the country I grew up in no longer exists.
An entire generation will have a lower standard of living than their parents did.
Discontent creates change. As soon as people get uncomfortable (Americans), They will do something about it.
@@unkono and they'll be persecuted
You mean you're not happy to own nothing while eating bugs?
30? I'm 23 and I don't recognize the country compared to what I grew up with.
@@unkono I'm sure people were discontent under Soviet oppression and bravely rose up! Oh wait... they got sent to Gulags and executed because everyone was waiting for someone else to make the first move.
He's not just a veteran, he's a highly decorated and distinguished marine
Edit: as a black man, I can confirm it's not the same anymore. We can drink from the same fountains and go to the same schools as white people now. Big difference!
All I see is a parasite in a fancy costume.
Ur pfp then the comment, this worlds a trip.
Wow, what gave it away?
He’s a glorified murderer
You mean a highly decorated and distinguished American corporate mercenary. That's what he was, and that's what the military men of his son's generation, and the generation of his grandsons, and great-grandsons were. Paid killers in the service of a ruthless empire.
But now your American empire won't live to see the end of the 21st century. I mourn for its people, but death to the American empire.
When he said "I'm so sorry" I couldn't help but think "no sir we are sorry" sorry you had to fight for this country and watch your friends die for it to become the joke it is today, sorry we as a society have let you and those men down
Me as a person try to honor the memory of men like him and his brethren everyday of my life and find a way to better myself everyday
Blame leftists for the decay of society
I was thinking much the same thing.... however.... if he has any consolation, it's that, he did stop the nazis. And as wrong as things have gone, if he hadn't stopped them, that alternate world couldn't have been any better than this one. He fought on the right side at least. Perhaps the last time there even WAS a right side.
Amen
It's been a joke since before he was born
Yeah, the joke of insurance companies controlling the legislature and blocking universal healthcare from being implemented, which would also save the taxpayer billions.
Rest in peace Carl, you were a great man and a hell of a Marine.
How many medals on his shirts required to resurrect him back from the dead tho.
He was racist
Wait no, he died!?
@@Ruskot2008 well he was a 100... So why you suprised
@@Maelsethe420 because this video was only posted months ago so I guess I just underestimated how much time can pass in many months.
My father was drafted into the Navy during Pearl Harbor. He passed away in 2005. I'm 100% sure he would agree with this veteran. Hats off to you, sir. Thank you for your service. Rest in peace.
My grandfather was at Pearl harbor when it was attacked as a marine. He also died in 2005. He would not recognize America today if he was still alive.
@@michaelclark2458 You have my condolences. Hat's off to your grandfather, may he rest in peace.
@@SilverA90 I miss him. He had a really rough life before the war and was wounded during the war bullet through the leg. To honor his legacy I’m writing a book about Pearl Harbor with a sizable section dedicated to him.
@@michaelclark2458 That sounds like a good read. Actually, I'm looking forward to it. If you feel comfortable, you could leave the name of it, and I'll set a reminder to keep me updated until it's released.
By the way, you're doing god's work by keeping that piece of history relevant, especially in today's era.
In this video he never says specifically what he's upset about. I'm confused.
This Hero is 100% correct.
Yeah it’s terrible that we live in the most free and most prosperous country in the world
@@garrett3726 not for long
@@opticFPV then leave
This man has been to hell and back, and yet he’s still says “This world is beautiful” he’s right and yet people don’t take the time to understand what sacrifices were made to make this world beautiful.
Ww2 is the biggest lie in America history
bro the world is beautiful to us here. not everyone gets to enjoy the beautiful world he described. for us to win a war somebody has to lose it, remember that.
Your right, I will remember that.
@@sergiyradonezhsky634 the anti whites won the world its why he himself doesn't explain all the bad just feels. Anti whiteism breeds misery and third world conditions
True, i mean look at the dark ages, literal public executions, corrupt monarchs, rat torture etc, the fact that we have democracy right now, is a blessing and still, some people r not voting, thinking they're just a water drop in the big oceon.
I'm not even American but hearing this man's words it just tears my heart
R.I.P. to this hero the world is in desperate need of people like him 🇺🇸
He's not a hero. This guy laid the foundation for this world we live in now.
@@hellenicboi14👎
he fought the wrong enemy
@@hellenicboi14He's Not Hero But he's Legends
@@windy1267 dawg if it weren’t for him and all of his fellow soldier pals who served, people like you would have literally never been able to live freely as you do right now.
When you live 100 years in a nation founded not even 250 years ago, you're cursed to see some significant changes. Some good, many bad. What a remarkable man in any event. Among the last of the lions. And you can tell by his marksmanship badges that this Devil Dog can shoot. I couldn't even get a marksman badge in Navy RTC.
forget the marksmanship badges notice the Silver Star medal he has our 3rd highest award for valor in combat and the Navy and Marine Corps Medal the highest award for non combat bravery in the USN/USMC
I always wondered what it would be like to live in such a young country. Having your people's origins be properly written down in documents instead of being made up of myths and legends is... a specific kind of privilege. Lol.
Then again, myths are fun and cool.
@@DogDogGodFog specific privilege for a specific color of people
@@donnagant6575 Please elaborate. I'm an European, America's childish civil war between skin colours is an exotic matter to me. I won't immediately recognize the things you're referring to, I won't automatically read those cues.
@@donnagant6575 lol lemme guess you are not white and you are mad? Im european too btw
Rest in peace good sir. Thank you for your sacrifice you made. I'm sorry that the country you fought for isn't the same country today. It truly is heartbreaking.
The country he grew up in was a country where women couldn’t vote, segregation was rampant, and adult men were marrying girls under 10 and being congratulated in newspapers.
Say what you want about the modern era, but it’s ridiculous to act like we’ve gotten worse.
"We haven't got the country we had when I was raised" And thank god it isn't. It is such a better country today than it was in the 40's, 50's, and 60's. I don't have to worry about being hauled off to jail for sitting in the wrong section of the bus or being assaulted for being "too uppity" and going to college.
@@dbell1894 You've got your opinion, I've got mine.
@@dbell1894 it hasn't changed, sexism and racism are still not acknowledged, but this veteran is making a point that people have forgotten what the whole point of war was about, things are getting worse everyday, economically and socially, none of the things you have mentioned have improved, he is simply stating that people do not acknowledge what 45 million people died for.
@@hanaan8789 Haven’t improved!? What world are you living in? Or have you not heard of women’s rights, civil rights, or modern age of consent before? None of those were a thing in the era he’s dreaming about.
What a beautiful man
"I'll be alright...just takes me time to get over it." So many moments where I've had to tell myself that same thing when I'm having to accept a cold, harsh reality about life. Humbling to know a man born probably 70 years before me has the same feelings I do about the world now.
You are shameful... when he was growing up there was segregation, world wars, they were lynching minorities on the street... the KKK was marching on the street... I'm so glad the white population is down to 62%... the violent crime in America is getting less and less.... some fluctuations but less without 90% white people... I'm so glad this shameful white is crying... it's the reason why 1 tear didn't come out of his eyes... he is a psycho with emotional issues...
Freedom, Patriotism and the Constitution are gone!
@@monicae67 no they’re not. Calm down snowie
This idiot is the reason we have the problems we have in the first place. Who do you think turned home ownership into an investment field back when homes could be bought with 1-2 years of work with a modest salary? Who do you think opened our borders to suppress wages of people younger than them? Who do you think outsourced all our non-service industries? Who do you think signed us up for endless proxy wars? It was these pricks. And now they have the nerve to cry and lament like they had nothing to do with why western nations are reduced to prison colonies with massively powerful federal governments, with few if any economic opportunities, and the vast majority of the population stuck as perma-renting wageslaves.
I agree
Breaks my heart watching this legend of a man break down about our current state
@Enclave easily.
It's sad and hurtful watching this hero breakdown like this, this should not happen. Thanks for your service Sir.
He s a hero for the jews he fought for. He made this possible knowing or not doesnt matter he is a traitor
What service? He fought for the "bad guys" and the bad guys won because of him and his generation.
@@berndblabla4249 People like YOU, join HATE GROUPS,, People join these groups because they’re searching for an identity, a community, and a sense of purpose. And there’s some grievance, some underlying trauma or abuse or brokenness underneath all that.
Could be mental illness, could be lack of employment or lack of an education. That’s why they become vulnerable to the messages and the narratives of these extremist groups. Because they are looking for somebody to blame for the problems that they have, and they’re not equipped to deal with them.
@The Baddestman People like YOU, join HATE GROUPS,, People join these groups because they’re searching for an identity, a community, and a sense of purpose. And there’s some grievance, some underlying trauma or abuse or brokenness underneath all that.
Could be mental illness, could be lack of employment or lack of an education. That’s why they become vulnerable to the messages and the narratives of these extremist groups. Because they are looking for somebody to blame for the problems that they have, and they’re not equipped to deal with them.
@@themadazi People like YOU, join HATE GROUPS,, People join these groups because they’re searching for an identity, a community, and a sense of purpose. And there’s some grievance, some underlying trauma or abuse or brokenness underneath all that.
Could be mental illness, could be lack of employment or lack of an education. That’s why they become vulnerable to the messages and the narratives of these extremist groups. Because they are looking for somebody to blame for the problems that they have, and they’re not equipped to deal with them.
Same here in the UK old timer, from a much younger vet 60 yr old British Army Airborne to an older vet as yourself, in your words Semper FI, I know exactly where you are coming from, God Bless and much much RESPECT!
Rest in peace Sir. I’m not American, I’m from England, but I completely agree and resonate from where he was coming from in relation to the world we have now.
You are shameful... when he was growing up there was segregation, world wars, they were lynching minorities on the street... the KKK was marching on the street... I'm so glad the white population is down to 62%... the violent crime in America is getting less and less.... some fluctuations but less without 90% white people... I'm so glad this shameful white is crying... it's the reason why 1 tear didn't come out of his eyes... he is a psycho with emotional issues...
@@PatelCats what utter nonsense. Lynching was a phenomenon exclusive to the Southern states and by the time he grew into early adulthood it was incredibly rare and detested by most ordinary Americans. Crime is increasing year on year in Democrat run cities like New York, SF, LA etc. I must say thanks though for revealing your true nature and the true nature of most of the left, that is simply that you hate whites and revel in some sort of sick glee at their demographic decline in the US, which if the way Democrat run majority-minority cities are the sign of what way America is heading, then it will be a happy outcome for no one save the vile race grifting Marxists like you and the inner city gangs who will both profit from this at the behest of ordinary people. He was more of a man than you’ll ever be you pathetic little weasel.
@@wessexfox5197 you are right.. this man is a pathetic little Weasel... LOL when he was growing up they was arresting minorities for riding on the front of the bus... you gotta be a little Weasel... you forget how this country came to be... they genocided and stole the native Americans land... and you are complaining about a few murders in LA ? LOL the highlight of your day has to be when you are high off of alcohol... there's no way you can comment that and be serious unless the highlight of your day is when you are high off of alcohol and caffiene or nicotine... when you are sober you have to be miserable...
@@wessexfox5197 I'm twice the man that he was... only little weasels think it was a better time in the 1940s when they were arresting minorities and they had segregation... you gotta be out of your mind... your parents were weasels for raising a Weasel like you...
@@PatelCats native americans lost the only war they ever fought in and continue to bitch about it 200 years later, as a white nation becomes less white, it becomes more of a 3rd world shithole, england and france as an example, pushed by (((them)))
I couldn't hold back tears watching this. We need more people today to realize that the world needs to be appreciated, as well as our fellow human beings. We're all just trying to live and be happy, just need to take the time to appreciate everything that has been sacrificed for this way of life!
When he was 20 this country’s men were: *burning down our churches with children in them.
*Lynching us and our children.
*emit till
*raping black women and men and children
*bombing black cities
*infiltrating our community with drugs
*black codes
*jim crow
*the senator of Mississippi still had slaves
Etc
Sacrifices at bohemian grove?
anyone reading this is just going to see we need more gay pride and blm protests.
@@pavle480
Black Lives Matter is my favorite 3 word phrase tho
@@pavle480 even if you don’t think being gay is right but has a Christian my self we shouldn’t be getting mad at them god wants every human to be loved has a human if It’s a sin in the Bible that doesn’t mean treat them differnt treat everyone with love and respect
This brings tears to my eyes everytime I watch this. This man spoke the truth.
Yikes, how many times do you watch this depressing nonsense? Maybe watch a video about any of the numerous things that are improving society - you people are echoing your moans of dread and collapse in your own social bubbles, ignoring the rest of society's improvements just because you've let the media select what you see. We have successful fusion energy experiments, electric cars, instantaneous communication, virtual reality, more efficient delivery systems, hypersonic missiles, GPS so virtually no one can get lost anywhere with battery power, satellite weather analysis and better forecasting, better farming, drone photography, drone light shows, safer food standards, safer sanitation standards, safer workplaces, remote jobs, more varieties of entertainment, better water standards, longer life expectancy, better medical procedures, cures for diseases, faster and more efficient air travel, more powerful computing and more realistic simulations for engineers... anything else you see is panic- and fear-mongering for purposes of traditional or social media revenue.
He speaks for many of us who aren’t even half his age. He represents the soul of this country.
People like you are what’s wrong with this world and society we live in today.
Cuz he actually cares about someone besides himself. Something that’s sorely lacking these days
Well it’s a good thing he is as old as he is. The soul of this country is hatred, evil, oppression, and violence.
Malarky! 🙄
What does that mean, "the soul of this country"? The country is just the territorial boundary of an organized crime racket--ask Smedley Butler. Where's the soul in that?
This guy is still wearing the costume of the order followers who do the bidding of the very parasitical misanthropes who made "the country" what it's become today.
I'm so sorry to say it about brave, well-intentioned people, but cops and soldiers are the hands of oppression that enact lockdowns, gun confiscation, the theft of fines and taxation, atrocities of war, and whatever else their lunatic masters come want done.
Men like this are the ones who created the degradation he's crying over. They're supposed to protect us against tyranny, but they just follow the orders, no matter who's in charge.
Look at those marksmanship badges… this man certainly knows how to shoot. And I’m pretty sure he also has a Silver Star. We need more people like him today.
He has PIZZA BOXES which means he is NOT the best shooter he is indeed a marksman but not an expert.
@M Y T H I C A L N O V A in the marine corps when you rifle qual you can either get expert, sharpshooter or marksman. Marksman is the worst and that’s what this Sargent has on.
dudes a pog lmao
@@badlandsdivisonshane6464 how do you know.
@@frogman7986 literally only pogs put all their awards on their dress uniform. Name one combat mos who puts a grenade badge on their dress uniform or anything other than carbine lmao
THANK YOU for your service Mr. Carl Dekle
I wanna give this guy a hug, because I too am worried about America’s future. 🥺
Me too !
Dont need to hug him
just do something about it.
@@stefan_vidakovic perhaps both may be in order ! I am just as horrified and disgusted as you are, especially when vital information has been withheld or there was an omission of TRUTH !
What has been allowed to transpire is clinically insane, egregious, CRIMINAL, and done with INTENT to destroy !
@@stefan_vidakovic like what?
I’ve been worried about it for the last 20 years due to the crooked politicians that have been running our country
Semper Fi brother. Made me shed some tears too.
Reason I got out the Corps. Our country no longer is for the people. Thank you for your voice.
Same here! Semper Fi
@south968 yea. The corporations what rule the country unfortunately
It never was. At first it was just for straight white men. Then it was for white women. Then it was for black people. Then it was for LGBTQ+ people. But now it’s against women. Soon, it will be against LGBTQ+ people and against those in interracial marriages and those who enjoy fun from the back door and those who like having fun by using contraception to make sure they don’t get pregnant
@Gg Hv the people don’t understand that money is fiat. When they do then maybe they’ll understand freedom. Comfort has everyone delusional.
No longer for whyte people* 🤷♂️
This man deserves a medal for this interview. Well said gramps 🏅
A man with a small mustache wanted to help us avoid this scenario...
Just found the neo-Nazi
@@jacksimpson6584he is speaking straight facts bozo
I served in the British army and when i look at the state of the UK now, i know exactly how this man feels.
What donT yOu like about the UK atm?
@@SuperDecdog have you been in any of the cities of the UK recently? Even the towns now.
@@bris0126 simple question. What don’t you like?
@@SuperDecdogProbably the overbearing law and government, corruption, mass immigration, change in culture, rise in crime, changed morals, etc..
uk is like a 3rd world country. ive never seen so much poverty. kids killing kids everywhere. what a dump
"They won't have the same opportunities." When he got home he could go to college and graduate without debt, and send his children without going bankrupt. He could buy a house on workman's wages without his wife also having to work to put food on the table. Nobody renting had to spend 50% or more of their income on rent. Politicians couldn't take corporate bribes in broad daylight and call it "Citizens United". Greed killed the America he knew.
Greed is such a vague term. You saying greed did whatever literally solves nothing and offers no solutions
and if you try to talk about it. You're labeled a crazy far right conspiracy theorist. It used to be the left leaning hippies that used to be openly against all this corruption for decades. Then Trump won and they went full establishment bootlicker. You dont have to like Trump, but supporting the most corrupt politicians just to get rid of him will hurt us more than he ever could. OOOPS.
Hmmm but what about for non whites? lol
@@westcoastplinkin6559yeah the opportunities and America he knew was only good for whites. If you were a minority well sucks to be you was often the case
Yeah greed, and ego,
Full confidence, but no clarity.
(I,m not American)
People like this gentleman, are the ones who BUILT THIS COUNTRY, and they we owe them nothing but the kindness, love and RESPECT, they deserve! Every Saturday morning, I volunteer at nursing homes, by playing and singing country and oldie songs for the elderly people there. It's so sad to see how many of these men and women are just left there to be forgotten by thier so-called "family". I am just glad that I can bring them a little joy and entertainment through music. God bless our seniors! 🙏🏻
I will listen and pay close attention to every word that a 100 year old has to say. What got me was his caring heart, appreciation for life and positive attititude. He is beautiful!
Poor soldiers of ww2 who thought they vanquished evil, when it was just replaced by multiple others
That's the crux of it.
Vanquished the evil? Dude, the allies were fighting FOR evil! The same kinds of people who sent the US and Britain to war are still in charge! Churchill was bribed by Jewish financiers into the war, and FDR's cabinet was the most Jewish yet by that time.
There was no replacement of one evil with another. It has always been the same evil. The Antifa you see today is the same Antifa organization the SA was fighting a century ago. The wrong side won that war, and we're all paying the price for it now.
the us vets, they were fighting for future evil.
'The wrong side won' - General Patton
yes the people who burned down transgender surgery clinics and freemason lodges were evil k bro5
One of the most powerful videos I have ever watched.
Semper Fi brother, I'm 70 yearold Marine, You;re not the only one that remembers we used to have a country. I don't know what the hell this is. I see a storm on the horizon and it's not pretty.
Hell I’m much younger and I see it. The delusion of commonfolk. It’ll drive you mad.
You guys watch a lot of Rupert Murdoch's so-called news, so that's why you aren't very smart.
You guys watch a lot of Rupert Murdoch's so-called news, so that's why it doesn't matter how old you are, it's the lie factory that produced those like you.
Would u kindly elaborate on the differences? 🙏 thanks for ur service
Your generation is the one he's talking about who ruined it.
It's remarkable that I would find a kindred spirit in a 100 year old man. I have a keen interest in history and I believe my thoughts and those of this old man were rather similar, except what I learned from books and the internet, he saw with his own eyes. Both of us are stricken with grief as we see the newest generation squander the world the older generations fought hard and died for. Both of us can see that something terrible is coming on the horizon. I can feel it in my bones...and I believe, so could this man. Rest in peace, we never deserved you. I'm just glad you didn't have to see the end, perhaps you died with hope in your heart that we may still turn things around (we won't).
Absolute respect for this man.
*RESPECC+++*
He deserves every respect and honor. That Marine is wearing a Silver Star w at least one oak leaf cluster. That award is the 3d highest Valor award that can be earned. It means he was a badass in his youth.
Meh, he's an ol' Klansman.
He’s good, but I hate the people twisting his words. No, he’s not saying it’s better because it was more Conservative, and that he agrees with you. Please stop
@@JamesJome123 but the libs are calling him a klansman 🤦
To think that people actually look down on men like this. To treat them with such disrespect when they fought, died, and suffered a thousand times more than almost any group of people you’ll find on this earth.
I hope that these men find the peace they deserve in death, that they so wrongly were denied in life 😡😡😡😡
No one is denying that, but it was all for the wrong reason, to the detriment of future generations.
well yeah, the future that we get after declaring war to other countries for a whole century. Never thought about that? "great depression", how can something positive come out of that?
People today are unbelievably weak. I seriously think myself blessed to have been born with a disability. Because I’m in my 30s but one of the few in my generation who still is sane.
Because basically I know what true hardship is like.
I have honestly no idea what people today are complaining about.
For example the comments above. One person saying that future generations are suffering-aka that people today are suffering.
What are you talking about? We have the easiest life imaginable right now. Our lives are beyond cushy. It honestly doesn’t get easier than this. No one since the dawn of mankind has had an easier life than we have today.
@@narnia1233 This is exactly what I'm talking about, you say we have it good because we have more money, apparently. We don't btw. Their grandchildren can't afford to have kids, mortgage etc. But this is all materialism, I wasn't talking about materialism, this is indicative of the problem. Your immediate defence is to talk about material gain, what about morality? Spirituality? Community and folk? The western world post 1945 is sick, degenerate cesspit.
@@narnia1233 right so just off the top of my head there's more homelessness than ever before, people are. Losing their homes en mass. nobody can afford rent, we're working longer hours than ever before and still not able to make ends meet, we have a mass shooting every other day and natural disaster every few days, half the country hates the other half. Rates of depression are sky high, young people now call the future terrifying. And looking at climate change reports I tend to agree with them. You're 100% wrong the cushiest time to be alive in a first world country was from just after ww2 to about the turn of the century. You're either troIIing or somehow very out of touch with regular people and reality
Semper Fi brother, We Marines will never forget your generation's sacrifice.
Ans there's the difference.
"I'll be alright. [It] just takes me time."
This is the viewpoint of someone that knows life and understands that things will pass. Sadness doesn't last. It comes and it hurts, but you'll be alright. Nowadays, too many people come across even the tiniest of hardship and they give up or lose hope. It becomes an insurpassable obstacle when all they need is time.
We’ll all get there eventually. 44 years of life have taught me long suffering. Something I didn’t fully understand when I was a teenager and new at life. Somethings you can only learn through experience.
Then: "I'll be alright"
Now: I need a diagnosis on what's wrong with me. IT COULDN'T BE MEEEE. Where are my meds. I need my support peacock with me on the plane sir.
Him: I'm uncomfortable but I'll be alright.
@@DaleEarnhardtsSeatbelt people then were self medicating with drugs and alcohol even more than current people. There’s nothing wrong with having medication with mental health issues.
@@mmmmm4157 I just can't. This is too much.
@@mmmmm4157 Ok groomer.
these are dark times but I still have faith, I love our country
He broke my heart. He is so right in his convictions! May the Lord bless him and keep him. He is an example of the GREATEST generation! Thank you, sir for your service and thank you for your message!
He’s the best and has experienced stuff that would make anyone who disagrees, agree if they went through it
The saddest part is that today's America broke his heart.
@@ian_fordbut what about it? He never says specifically what he's upset about.
While I am thankful to the army we must do away the outdated notions of capitalist democracy. The US must be remade into a true socialist state for people to be fulfilled and happy.
He has a lot of passion and pain still. But most importantly he treasures life.
I'm only 80, and a disabled US Army Vet, and know exactly what he means. I won't watch the news anymore, don't watch TV except the old TV reruns from the 50's and 60's now and then. We've lost our country, and our gov leaders have betrayed us all. I shudder at the thought of my grandchildren's future. God, please help us.
Your country will keep on declining and it's good, because the USA was never meant to be that wealthy. When you were born the USA had a 50% world GDP which is absolutely absurd considering how many other people live on the planet. Today the USA has a 24% of world GDP, and if everything goes well as it should, the USA would get its fair 5%. The elder today in the US is extremely privileged, making what you complain about just sad.
I agree, also this land that we call United States of America was robbed from Native Americans.
If the Native Americans can’t have their God-given land, then no one should be able to live on this stolen property. I appreciate all the people that fought for America’s values and rights that I have as a US citizen and I’m grateful for it but it wasn’t even worth it in the end because the only thing actually in control is the people who can’t control what’s being shown on the television on the Internet
@@MakeEuropaGreatAgain you chatter nonsense like a female
@@MakeEuropaGreatAgain The rest of the world that's had their hand out for FREE money and food and protection are sure going to miss the free ride. If the US goes down the rest of the world will suffer far more than us. Good luck sport.
@@Joshjohnson4533 native americans lost the only war they ever fought in, and the land was not stolen.. it was conquered.
It 'has' all gone down the drain, and I mourn... many, many young people I know mourn also. We definitely all have alot to mourn over
I´m Spanish and I'm not sure why TH-cam recommended this to me, but I am deeply moved by this video. Young people like me don't really appreciate what we have as we have grown in already prosperous developed countries with more or less mature democracies. We take a lot of things for granted. We forgot that all we got is thanks to the blood and sweat of the great people that preceded us. We should be more humble, and grateful, and take great care of the legacy of people like this man.
RIP Carl Dekle.
Blessings for you all.
these democracies are not mature lol. Undercover agents are blackmailing politicians all over the globe in the name of communist-fascism and if we don't stop it, freedom will be no more...
As a young Mexican who is also not sure why TH-cam would recommend this to me, i also believe that many young folks are ungrateful of the sacrifices our forefathers made to build the comfy world we live in. I live in a third world country, however i'm in a much better place than my great-grandparents were. They lived in a adobe hut in a poor farming community in a time many died out of starvation and disease, nowadays many people are obese because their calorie intake is too high, their body movement is too low and the largest disease is diabetes.
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History lesson: Spain was informally allied with Germany. The USA's allies, the British, had openly threatened Spain with annihilation. The Spanish-speaking world was informally on Germany's side because it had exactly the same problems with the English-speaking world as the Germans. Moreover, the USA had isolated Spain in terms of foreign policy until the 1970s - hence the poverty in Spain. Spaniards are the last people who owe anything to the invading armies of the Americans, British and French, on the contrary.
@@mo7798 The Spanish-speaking world was not on the Axis' side. Other than Spain and maybe Argentina, Nazism was heavily disliked and Mexico and Brazil in particular did send troops to aid fight alongside the Americans in both the Pacific and European theaters.
Other countries like Colombia, Venezuela, etc. helped the US providing goods like rubber, food, oil, etc.
Current US service member here, and, honestly, I'm not moved to tears much, hell, I'd say I'm fairly desensitized to alot of things (worked as a recovery driver to SAR and as an EMT, along with being a 68W) but this man, moved me to tears. I just hope to be as much as a man as he is.
Lol COPE snowflake 😂
@@DonaldTrunk23 if you have nothing nice to say, then don’t say it at all
@@christianz2934 Freedom of speech says i can.. 😏 not my fault you're a fragile, little, snowflake who breaks down over words 😂
@@DonaldTrunk23 fatherless
@@miamiultraszmaidenless
The fact that this man who sacrificed so much can recognize that "no one will have the opportunities that I had" is truly stunning. Two things are true: we are soft and won't fight for what we deserve, and our leaders have squandered the prosperity we generated in the post war era. Our government doesn't even pretend to care about average Americans anymore. His final message is truly touching... I hope it inspires all of us to fight for something better.
Speak for yourself Carlos
Lol no he watches news and buys into their doomer narrative.
i share your words Carlos
@@grandtheftautolabs3439 he is speaking for himself. However it turns out that his opinion resonates with a lot of other people, myself included.
The fact that this man who sacrificed so much can recognize that "no one will have the opportunities that I had" is truly stunning. Two things are true: we are soft and won't fight for what we deserve, and our leaders have squandered the prosperity we generated in the post war era. Our government doesn't even pretend to care about average Americans anymore. His final message is truly touching... I hope it inspires all of us to fight for something better.
Although I am not an American, I hope to see that prosperous and healthy America come back and compete fairly with our Chinese people！
Hope one day, politicians and those in power have to intelligence and courage to listen to this great man. RIP sir.
Respect to this man. Thank you for serving our nation ....you're sacrifices are not & will never be forgotten
❤⭐🇺🇸⭐🇺🇸⭐❤
neoliberalism has destroyed this country
You mean let's make sure their no forgotten.
If my father were alive he would be this man's age. My dad flew 36 combat missions over enemy territory during World War II. Half the men who flew those missions did not come back. So many died, and were wounded. And they believed in our country. I've been thinking recently, if my dad was alive today, he would be heartbroken. Same with my mom. Our lives and society were bought for the price they paid. Shame on those who don't appreciate the gift they've been given.
What the hell is so bad about today vs back then?
@@markpalavosvrahotes5575 If You Have To Ask That Questing, THEN YOU Are The PROBLEM of Today!
@@markpalavosvrahotes5575 that’s what I’m asking too. Do they forget that back in those days, the world was only good for white folks? It took until 1965 for the government to fully get rid of Jim Crow laws. Which means this man would have been 43 by the time POC even got to truly have rights. He lived in a time where it was ok for people to get away with lynching others just because a lil girl said a boy whistled at her. Those are the times they miss as opposed to today????
Idk but there's always more we want in life there's no shame. The average person back then is different from the average today
@@babbie1 Another thing is we fought for other countries in that war not us. Hitler wasn’t coming here.
>when, after 100 years, you finally realize you fought on the wrong side
You mean he should have fought for nationalist socialism? Wow. Pretty sure if read your comment, That is what he means. They fought against nationalist socialism. And here you are one of the boys forgetting what they fought for and against. Shame on you
@@Contribute_TakeCare_Learn_Play national*
@@redcrown5154 small detail. Millions of dead people however is not a small detail.
Rest in peace, his words truly means something blessed for your service🇺🇸
you can hear the pain in his voice. i’m so ashamed of my generation and honestly wish more people could see what is happening to the world. thank you Carl Dekle for your service and any other veterans i thank you.
What is happening?
@content_enjoyer4458 what’s “moral decay” then
@content_enjoyer4458 gonna tell me?
@@JamesJome123LGBT and vicious marxist persecution of western ideals, devils that relish in the destruction of things and offer nothing to our society but collapse
@@JamesJome123 you should go back to school if you ask such questions. Educate yourself you know.
legend. thank you, sir.
Thanks for your service. Happy Birthday and congrats on making it to 100.
As generations continue to grow more and more weak mentally, I can’t imagine how it’ll be 20 years from now. People and society overall is in such a low at the moment, I’m sure it’s something he would never imagined would happen as a young adult.
Generations aren’t growing more weak mentally, and even if they were that’s not why people suffer. To quote John Quincy Adams “I am a warrior, so that my son may be a merchant, so that his son may be a poet.”
People growing less warrior-like, less hard, that isn’t a bad thing. That is what we should honestly strive for, to do away with petty greed and the mistreatment of people by oligarchs and those greedy parasites at the top who haven’t slaved a day yet steal untold billions. To do away with the useless suffering of war and of poverty, all of which are driven by mans greed for power.
All the elderly Americans that I know feel sad about the state of our nation today. It is sad to have a great life in America and then see it all destroyed in your elderly years. God Bless this gentleman and God Bless America. 🇺🇸
We are on the cusp of another industrial revolution followed by a war to end all wars its ok to be afraid
God bless America? God has clearly has revoked his blessings on this country. Without a complete reversal of course, America deserves to perish.
Well it's their fault and definitely their children's fault aka the most spoiled generation in US history. Thanks for killing all those bad evil nazis. Hope it was worth it!
All your kids
Do Drugs
and Sleep With Mystery Meat
The country they were raised in was only ideal for whites 😂
Thank you for your service, Sir. 😢🙏😓🇺🇲