This fine young man has it right.
Via The Blaze:
A U.S. Army veteran attended Wednesday’s flag burning event in New York City to protest the desecration of the stars and stripes — and he vowed to stay until the very end to ensure “that at the end of the night there is a flag left standing.”
Mark Brummitt, who served for 13 years in the Army, told TheBlaze he would not leave until the smoke had cleared.
“I will stay here until this is all over,” he said. “All throughout history flags have represented the battlefield. And it was around the flag that everybody came together. At the end of the battle, there was one flag left standing.”
“At the end of the night, the American flag is still going to be standing.”
“And tonight, they’re planning on burning a lot of flags. They said, ‘We’re burning one big one and bring your own.’ But, this is a battle that is already won. And at the end of the night, the American flag is still going to be standing,” Brummitt added, vowing to fly the flag he brought proudly over the area.
Brummitt tries to talk with one of the leftists: