Then you fail to understand my posts.
I think I understand better now..especially when you say that she is not a hero because you would have done the same thing.
When? We never know, no matter how much training, what we do in that moment. Now we know what she can do. She proved herself heroically.
To the coldwater poster who objected to the term ‘hero’ I understand where you are coming from, but think in this case the accolade is well-deserved. This wasn’t a punk robbing a 7-11 with no desire to actually kill people while taking money he didn’t earn.
This perp was seeking martyrdom: he gave away his possessions in the AM along with Korans, shouted ‘Alahu Abkar’ [sorry for spelling errors] and fired off a large amount of rounds that found soft targets, prior to the Sgt’s. arrival on the scene.
Surely some well-trained LEO’s may have paused or perhaps a few even frozen upon seeing such a scene? From all accounts the Sgt. ran in and got busy. Don’t know when she was hit, but I strongly suspect she kept firing afterward until the target was down.
Training is essential to be able to perform in such situations, but I truly believe it takes mental tenacity and superb OODA loop response to prevail. The Sgt. has both in my books. I am delighted to call her a hero and damned glad she was on duty.
I’m also delighted she didn’t kill the perp. He’ll have to wait for his 72 virgins- which he was unable to find on earth. According to his DC Imam, he participated in the mosques matching service, but no hits as he was too picky. What a surprise.
Hope he’s given life in solitary without parole. No deferred martyrdom, no opportunity to proselytize.
Unlike his actions in DC when he was reprimanded for his proselytization activities. Shameful, really, he was supposed to be counseling those who had stress disorders. Convert and all will be well? Please. [Sidebar: born in 1970, didn’t finish undergrad until 1997? What’s up with that...did he take a sabbatical somewhere?]
Those in the media, CAIR, and the perps cousin who try to suggest that the upcoming deployment created a stress disorder because he’d heard horrific stories from returning troops are nauseatingly overreaching, IMO.
Had the perp honorably fulfilled his duties, for which he was obligated having enjoyed a very expensive education at taxpayer expense, would not have been assigned to combat. No requirement to take up arms against his fellow co-religionists. Instead, he could have done good work. Too bad he is a cheating weasel.