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In reply to the discussion: If you won't say "hero" what will you say? [View all]Nuclear Unicorn
(19,497 posts)10. Except it isn't RW nonsense.
It recognition of simple fact. American service members do endure more than others and they are essentially good people at heart.
When a revolution needed to be waged and a Union needed to be saved, they left their homes and took up arms for the sake of an idea. From the jungles of Vietnam to the mountains of Afghanistan, they stepped forward and answered the call. They fought for a home they might never return to; they fought for buddies they would never forget. And while their stories may be separated by hundreds of years and thousands of miles, they rest here, together, side-by-side, row-by-row, because each of them loved this country, and everything it stands for, more than life itself.
That was President Obama, the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the United States.
Either he's a RW propagandist or he's a charlatan putting on a charade for gullible voters or -- he was sincere.
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So you send men and women to suffer the worst of what humanity can produce
Nuclear Unicorn
May 2012
#4
Sorry, as much as I admire teachers, SEALs endure more than they're paid for.
Nuclear Unicorn
May 2012
#28
"So you send men and women to suffer the worst of what humanity can produce"
white_wolf
May 2012
#26
"Nobody tells him where and when US troops go to fight" No they don't, though I believe Congress is
Puregonzo1188
May 2012
#81
Essentially you are because you imply that electing Obama transformed the dynamics of the MIC
TheKentuckian
May 2012
#93
Or maybe people engage in looney conspiracy theories about evil cabals and world domination
Nuclear Unicorn
May 2012
#95
Yeah. Because I figured he'd cause less death and destruction than the only other alternative. nt
Zorra
May 2012
#103
This is where you are missing everyone's points. It's not a necessary evil since neither the Iraq
Puregonzo1188
May 2012
#80
If doing someone's job is all it takes to get called a hero, we need to seriously examine the word.
Brickbat
May 2012
#52
Excellent #s 12 & 52. I was going to say, One-who -performs- normal-civic- duties. n/t
UTUSN
May 2012
#69
"To admire singular people for what they have done, however, is only human."
Bluerthanblue
May 2012
#43
Agree 100% NU. THose who are willing to sacrifice should be shown appreciation.
Swamp Lover
May 2012
#13
If we stopped calling everyone who joins the military a hero, more people might stop & think before
Arugula Latte
May 2012
#47
You assume that those who serve are stupid, or have not considered their decision.
Swamp Lover
May 2012
#58
Why do you, or anyone question why someone says anything that doesn't effect you personally?
dadchef
May 2012
#105
Long periods of extreme stress does tend to make us band together like nothing else,
Egalitarian Thug
May 2012
#15
How about we stop using the word to descibe people we don't know anything about?
Orsino
May 2012
#27
I know. I married one. And back when we were dating he was still enlisted.
Nuclear Unicorn
May 2012
#34
It's a lot easier to say hero than victim of the poverty draft doing their best to get by
LeftyMom
May 2012
#33
You haven't been to the Mexican border or any local police department lately, have you?
Comrade Grumpy
May 2012
#91
I've always found "soldier," "marine," "airman," and "sailor" to be adequate.
TroglodyteScholar
May 2012
#56
it's not as though "anything less" than hero is an insult or degrading or anything
fishwax
May 2012
#66
I find it amusing that many of the same people who complain about kids all getting trophies
Marr
May 2012
#74
I will when it is appropriate and that is based on what I know which is often not very much.
jp11
May 2012
#83
I have no problem saying hero for our militiary men and women, fallen or not.
Skip Intro
May 2012
#112