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Posted by Dave Wright on 9/15/2006, 12:18 pm, in reply to "The real superheroes" There is plenty of right and wrong in every war. I only hope those who decide it's necessary, understand the cost to those who have to fight it, and to those who have to live with the results. --Previous Message--
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You did good! When the bullets cracked over our heads, most of us just thought about surviving. We took on the responsibility of caring for the guys next to us and didn't refuse to go into harm's way time after time. Our country asked us to go do a job, and we did it the best we could within the limits imposed.
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: WHAT IS A TRUE HERO?
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: All through our life, we have let our
: imagination fool us into thinking what a
: real hero is. We called Superman, who could
: lift mountains and shrug off bullets, a
: hero. We called Batman, who was always
: around when someone was in danger, a hero.
: We called the Flash, who could run at the
: speed of light, a hero. BUT THEY AREN’T
: SUPERHEROES!!!!!!! All these “superheroes”
: had some special power, skill, or ability.
: They could shrug off bullets, shoot lasers,
: fly, and take on villains who were ten times
: what they were. You know what that means.
: It means that when they went into battle,
: they didn’t have to worry about getting
: killed. And whenever they won, they always
: came home to a big celebration.
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: A person with special powers is not the
: definition of a true superhero. Soldiers
: are true heroes because when they go into
: battle, they are as scared as you can get.
: Soldiers are ordinary men and women who have
: families just like everyone else. They too
: have wives and husbands, they too have
: sisters and brothers, they too have mothers
: and fathers, and they too have sons and
: daughters. They know that they can die and
: that they may never see their families
: again. And yet they go and fight to defend
: their country without regard to their own
: lives. And when they are about to die, they
: don’t cringe in fear. They stand up tall
: and proud and face it like a true man. And
: when they win the day, they don’t always
: come home to a big celebration. Most of the
: time, their only reward is the knowledge
: that they fought to protect their country
: and what it stood for. And even though they
: give so much, they still don’t ask for
: anything in return. They don’t ask for
: anything, except to protect and to serve
: their country again and again and again,
: until they are dead. These are the true
: heroes. Men who are willing to die if it
: will help protect their country for one more
: day. Men who are willing to give their
: tomorrow for our today. Men who are willing
: to give up their freedom so that we can keep
: ours.
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: Soldiers are the true superheroes of the
: world. And believe it or not, there are
: some people out there that don’t realize
: what soldiers go through in war. They think
: that the only thing a soldier does is go
: over to some foreign country and start
: killing anything that moves. These people
: are nothing but a bunch of cowardly,
: ungrateful traitors. They don’t deserve the
: protection that the very people that they
: are insulting give them. And the soldiers
: that protect them know about these people,
: and yet they are still willing to lay down
: their lives for their safety.
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: So the next time you want to protest against
: a war because you think it’s wrong, or
: insult America by burning the Stars and
: Stripes, or spit on and jeer soldiers
: because they fought in a war, the next time
: you want to do any of those acts of treason,
: take the time to stop and think. Think
: about all the men who have died so you could
: have the right to voice your opinion. Think
: about what the world would be like for
: America if none of the major wars in history
: had occurred. But most of all think about
: the soldiers themselves. Think about the
: horrors they have to go through everyday.
: Think about the pain they feel when they or
: one of their comrades is dying. Think about
: what their families must feel when they
: receive a letter that says their son,
: daughter, brother, sister, mother, or father
: is dead. And think about how you would feel
: if you were in their place and someone came
: and hated you because you choked on mud and
: blood so that they could hate you. You
: think about all that the next time you want
: to insult America’s Finest, because one day
: you might be called upon to do the same
: thing that they are doing. There is no law
: that says these brave men have to sacrifice
: their lives for ungrateful people. These
: men don’t have to do these brave deeds.
: They don’t have to do them at all, but
: instead they have decided that their lives
: are second place to the protection and well
: being of their country. And for this, they
: are the ones who deserve the title
: SUPERHEROES!
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: Did I do good?
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