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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: unclewest who wrote (67616)1/22/2003 5:41:24 AM
From: Maurice Winn  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
<GWB flew fighter jets. Like all military service, that takes a level of fortitude the protected have never understood.... Demeaning the service of any of those who served is an outrage.>

Come on Uncle West, they aren't all heroes.

For example, Tim McVeigh laid down his life for what he believed in, so I guess that's heroism which should not be demeaned. Lt William Calley helped rid the world of Vietnamese children. I wonder if they are the only military service people who not everyone would admire.

Let's face it, King George II was a rich kid who got out of dangerous service thanks to Dad. Flying fighters is no doubt a quick adrenaline boost, but without anyone actually shooting at you, it's not really dangerous, though F111s crashed with monotonous regularity and ejection seat escape would not be as relaxing as being a couch potato. But few have actually experienced that.

It's a bit like the firemen at the Twin Towers. They weren't really all heroes. Just firemen. Some of them were looters.

These days, the word hero is greatly devalued - so much so that homosexuals qualify themselves as heroes merely because of their confused sexual identity. Not that they are confused about what they feel, just that nature has gone awry and will NOT be successful in reproduction in their instance.

Sure, the great bulk of military people are no doubt loyal people of good character who are doing a good job. But let's not award them all the Victoria Cross before they've actually done anything. We all have jobs to do to keep our civilized world on the straight and narrow, which is all too wobbly at times. We are not all heroes for doing our jobs. That includes military people.

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