tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16816866.post4238464005610857757..comments2024-02-29T02:10:56.878-08:00Comments on J O S H U A P U N D I T: Memorial Day: An Honest Man Versus A LiarFreedom Fighterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13649470110087808596noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16816866.post-92183038880056549492012-05-31T00:38:50.047-07:002012-05-31T00:38:50.047-07:00Anonymous is just like Chris Hayes and Obama. They...Anonymous is just like Chris Hayes and Obama. They think that the soldiers are crap until the time comes when they themselves need to be protected.<br /><br />Then these people scream like little girls and hide behind them.Israeli Jewnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16816866.post-24752284778728632182012-05-30T10:05:38.386-07:002012-05-30T10:05:38.386-07:00I can't believe you anonymous. How dare you?
...I can't believe you anonymous. How dare you?<br /><br />I bet you'd feel different if one of your loved ones was on one of the hijacked airlines or in the Twin Towers.<br /><br />How you compare that to our guys in uniform is f**king beyond me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16816866.post-35788658485666732882012-05-30T08:20:13.482-07:002012-05-30T08:20:13.482-07:00Old School
Greetings. I'm familiar with the po...<b>Old School</b><br />Greetings. I'm familiar with the poem, and in fact I used it as part of a piece I wrote on the odious Chris Matthews commenting on President Obama speaking at West Point and calling our military academy 'an enemy camp, full of rabble."<br /><br />Best,<br />RobRobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13332213651195340500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16816866.post-82227562541449597022012-05-30T08:17:26.542-07:002012-05-30T08:17:26.542-07:00Oh, dang Anonymous! I guess you told me!
FYI,ther...Oh, dang Anonymous! I guess you told me!<br /><br />FYI,there's a substantial portion of the Muslim world (and yes, the Angry Left) that feels they <i>are</i> heroes.Hey, using boxcutters to cut the throat of stewardesses and murdering innocent civilians? Gutsy!<br /><br />But no decent human being does, and certainly no American with any claim to patriotism or love of country.<br /><br />Assuming you're the same anonymous from yesterday...well, like I said, I could smell you coming in. And you did me the favor of allowing my readers to get a good whiff of what the left peddles and how to answer it, so they can deal with it when they encounter it themselves.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13332213651195340500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16816866.post-37401642962146102752012-05-30T06:54:13.810-07:002012-05-30T06:54:13.810-07:00But my point is that yes, voluntarily making a dec...<i>But my point is that yes, voluntarily making a decision to risk your life and curtail your own freedom for the benefit of others is inherently an altruistic and heroic decision.</i><br /><br />By that definition, we should all salute those 19 heroes who hijacked the planes on 9/11.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16816866.post-89425889294494581652012-05-30T01:57:13.258-07:002012-05-30T01:57:13.258-07:00This is one of your better posts Rob. And that'...This is one of your better posts Rob. And that's saying something indeed.<br /><br />Rudyard Kipling wrote a poem about this called 'Tommy'..I wonder if you know it. It certainly resonates over the years with this old soldier.Old Schoolnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16816866.post-79578882841954189772012-05-29T23:04:16.449-07:002012-05-29T23:04:16.449-07:00Actually anonymous, I'm not 'hacking' ...Actually anonymous, I'm not 'hacking' on him or on Presidentr Obama for not being in the military, and I defy you to find anything like that in what I wrote. I'm saying they don't appreciate or understand it. Big difference.<br /><br />The military definitely has its foul balls,like any other walk of life. But my point is that yes, voluntarily making a decision to risk your life and curtail your own freedom for the benefit of others is inherently an altruistic and heroic decision. <br /><br />There are degrees of heroism, just like there are in anything else. The military recognizes that with medals, promotion, increased responsibility,unit citations and mentions in dispatches.<br /><br />You're right, none of the dead wanted to die. But being willing to put yourself in harm's way when all it takes is to just say no thank you and expect someone else do it is a degree of heroic behavior in and of itself.<br /><br />You call recognizing that 'hero worship'? I call it common sense.<br /><br />Let's just say your use of the term 'flag wavers' kind of gives away whom you are and where you stand. Likewise, the remark about some guys 'just not knowing what to do after high school'. And th eopening bit about saying you agree wiuth me and then saying 'Hayes is telling the truth.'<br /><br />Sorry, no sale.<br /><br />And by the way, I could care less what lefties mock.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13332213651195340500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16816866.post-48149718118724392852012-05-29T19:33:32.647-07:002012-05-29T19:33:32.647-07:00I don't disagree with you about Hayes or where...I don't disagree with you about Hayes or where he is coming from on this, but man, have you guys hacking on him ever been in the military? Because I can tell you, not everyone in a uniform is any kind of "hero." There are a lot of good people but there are thieves, slackers, cowards, and blowhards too.<br /><br />There are just as many kinds of people in uniform as there are out of it and not everyone joined out of patriotism or selflessness. I see as many guys who just didn't know what to do after high school as flag wavers. There's nothing wrong with that and I guess everyone knows by now you're going to get deployed probably but outside of the infantry, it's still safer to be deployed than to be on a base stateside.<br /><br />All this hero worship is getting a little disgusting. It is, frankly, downright liberal... it smacks of the "everybody who plays is a winner" ethos that the left loves to wallow in. Have you guys been infected too?<br /><br />The dead aren't all heroes. They're just dead. Some died heroically, some died poorly, but there's nothing inherent in being in the way of a bullet or bomb that makes you a hero. Hayes is basically telling the truth, but it's all the hero-worship that is making it the truth. It cheapens the real heroism out there to broaden that term to everyone who enlists and it makes it easy for liberals to mock because it's so plainly untrue.<br /><br />Please stop! You can be respectful without resorting to hero worship.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com