1. The word "hero" has lost it's meaning. Another word that has vanished from the english language is "shame". A true "hero" is the guy that jumped on the subway tracks to save a life. Soldiers in Iraq are "mercenaries" not "heros" They joined. Nor are firefighters heros. They joined for a rewarding job and good pension. It's their job to save lives. The subway jumper stands alone. No comparison.
2. Thanks for a great article on the TRUTH of what our coragous men and women are doing, not only in Iraq and Afghanistan, but around the world. Imagine, a newspaper actually REPORTING what's going on instead of deducing all of the ins and outs and shades of grey of every situation like it was some peyote induced vision. Some times, things are just what they are. Even Bill Clintons' cigar is, sometimes, just a cigar.
3. My fiancee works for sanitation; he has a good city job and a good pension already. But he is also a Marine reservist, and he will be in Iraq for most of next year. So there goes your "good job and pension" theory. It's ironic how some people are risking their lives to secure the rights of others to sit behind their laptops and pass judgement on them. You want to see the word "shame" resurface in the English language? Well here you go: shame on you, for your disgusting lack of appreciation. I hope you enjoy your holiday, nice and warm and cozy at home while those men and women you call "mercenaries" spend theirs halfway around the world, away from their families and loved ones, with nothing but the company of their M16's and sleeping bags to keep them warm.
4. May God bless these American heros, and may the traitors and useless idiots of Al Queda who post their drivel here wise up or leave our wonderful country. Here's a hot tip for the nay-sayers. The terrorists that our fine men and women are fighting would cut off your head if you criticized jihadis in the manner you defame Americans.
Would you like to explain this line? I would like an explanation before I jump all over it. Unless of course, you would like your fiance to pound you into the ground like a bent tent pin for calling him and his brothers "mercanaries".