Reply #82: That doesn't make him a hero either. And the tone of the thread

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which I reject absolutely - was snidely deriding, by injecting a tool associated with military service, in service to our country, state, city, home. Carrying a gun doesn't mak you NOT a hero either - it's the decisions you make, not with political calculation, but most often against personal interest to your continued existence. Volunteering for service in time of war (or in time of AUMF), or completing the fire-fighter's academy and taking your 1st run to a fire, depending on the circumstances may qualify. In this context, the country is full of heroes but I'd include very few politicians in that category, and no - President Obama is the our President and Commander in Chief, but on the hero scale, I dont rank him with a medic in Afghanistan.