[Diddle E. Squat]

Well I'm certainly glad you and Col. Hackworth are around to educate us ignorant civilian peons. Silly me, I considered anyone who volunteered to undertake the risks of the military, serve their country, head to hostile territory and follow through on their duties in the face of dangers(i.e. everyone who joined the military and didn't shirk off on don't ask, pregnancy or consc. objections) were heroes. Thanks for correcting me of that fallacious notion.

[FReepaholic]

>>...Silly me, I considered anyone who volunteered to undertake the risks of the military, serve their country, head to hostile territory and follow through on their duties in the face of dangers(i.e. everyone who joined the military and didn't shirk off on don't ask, pregnancy or consc. objections) were heroes...<<

Well said.

I'm with you..they're heroes.

[norcalvet]

You missed my point. "Hero" is a relative term. What people who have never experienced the military or combat consider a hero is much different from the perception of those who have. Folks who have been in the military, and watched their friends die, have a higher bar.

I meant to put things in perspective, not to belittle what Pfc. Lynch has done. What she has done is good, but to put her on a pedestal and call her a hero while ignoring her fellows who are now dead is inappropriate. Be glad for her, celebrate her survival, and honor her accomplishments, but have some respect for the true heros.