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Originally posted by guthmund
I think his message has a point. The delivery of that message is what's lacking. It's the delivery that everybody seems so upset with.
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All of the people over there are heros, no question. They've offered up their own necks to back the word of the USA. Fine so far, yes?
What's exceptional, at least to me, about this athelete's story is that he had it
made. He would have been rich and safe, with everything any of us want, and far from war. He gave it up, just like the others. So in a sense, he sacrificed more.
Otherwise, sure, it was a slow news day.
Really, a situation like this where you have a person who is famous, at least in some circles (I'd never heard of him), who gets killed trying to save his mates, is
always a big story. They did the same kinds of things in previous wars when well known people were involved. It's not like this is a new thing.