I hate this ad.

It's only 31 seconds long and has a simple message, but it makes me cry. It hurts, seeing political divisions hurt our country like this. It hurts because I should still be in the Army, but I left it. It hurts because while I'm too much of a chauvanist to want my daughter to serve, I'm hoping next February brings a son who will serve- and I don't want his service (or his life, for that matter) to be wasted. Especially not in the same war that my service was wasted in. I was in OIF2 and the last thing I want to see is my son sweating out OIF26. And OIF28. And OIF30 and OIF32, and as many more as stop-loss brings him to, which will probably be several. If we stay the course too much longer, civilians who happen to walk past recruiting offices are going to get stop-lossed.

This ad covers a lot of ground, with just a few simple, loving words.