By David Lias / Vermillion Plain Talk / March 5, 2010.
There is a natural link between the present and former members of the U.S. military, and the American freedom they have strived to protect for over two centuries.
One of the biggest threats to our nation’s freedom doesn’t loom necessarily on the battlefield, according to a group of veterans associated with Operation Free who spoke on the University of South Dakota campus Tuesday afternoon.
The growing risk to the United States’ security comes from the country’s growing dependence on foreign oil, according to Operation Free, a coalition of veterans, and national security organizations that have come together and are spreading the word of how the U.S. dependence on fossil fuels, specifically oil from overseas, is causing global climate change and threatening the nation.
“Our current energy policies are leading to the deaths and injuries of our men and women overseas in Afghanistan. We don’t think about this, but it’s the truth. We get 60 percent of our oil from overseas right now,” said Matt Victoriano, a former member of the U.S. Marine Corps from Texas who served two stints in the Middle East.
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