Woody Williams Died this Morning

[Peter1469]

Originally Posted by Jen
... The true heroes of WW2 are just about all gone. We may not ever see brave men and women like that again willing to defend our nation.




Originally Posted by OLD GUY IN FLORIDA





I wonder if any soldier will ever rise to his level again. Can you get the Medal of Honor for wearing the correct shade of lipstick in spite of withering gun fire from the enemy? I don't know if a soldier, worried about using the correct pronoun would much care about risking his life for his fellow soldiers.

So, are you intentionally denigrating today's active duty military men and women, or did you not realize that you were doing it when you typed the above stupid comments?

Here is a contemporary MoH winner.

[Peter1469]

Originally Posted by Jen
... The true heroes of WW2 are just about all gone. We may not ever see brave men and women like that again willing to defend our nation.




Originally Posted by OLD GUY IN FLORIDA





I wonder if any soldier will ever rise to his level again. Can you get the Medal of Honor for wearing the correct shade of lipstick in spite of withering gun fire from the enemy? I don't know if a soldier, worried about using the correct pronoun would much care about risking his life for his fellow soldiers.

Here is a contemporary MoH winner.

I like that one. If you want to wage war on the United States, someone else will raise your sons and daughters.

[Jen]

So, are you intentionally denigrating today's active duty military men and women, or did you not realize that you were doing it when you typed the above stupid comments?

No. I wasn't denigrating anyone. I am sorry it seemed that way to you.

[Standing Wolf]

No. I wasn't denigrating anyone. I am sorry it seemed that way to you.

I probably shouldn't have included your comment in with the other one, and that's my bad. Whereas OGIF's post was clearly a dig meant to insult by exaggerating some recent DOD policies and their alleged or potential effects on today's soldiers, I believe you were simply writing in an admiring way about the soldiers of another generation, in the same way people often refer to Americans of the WWII era as "the greatest generation". I believe that there are now and will always be Americans willing to sacrifice their bodies and their lives while serving in uniform, and the 16 individuals who were awarded the Medal of Honor in Iraq and Afghanistan are just the tip of the iceberg.

[Jen]

I probably shouldn't have included your comment in with the other one, and that's my bad. Whereas OGIF's post was clearly a dig meant to insult by exaggerating some recent DOD policies and their alleged or potential effects on today's soldiers, I believe you were simply writing in an admiring way about the soldiers of another generation, in the same way people often refer to Americans of the WWII era as "the greatest generation". I believe that there are now and will always be Americans willing to sacrifice their bodies and their lives while serving in uniform, and the 16 individuals who were awarded the Medal of Honor in Iraq and Afghanistan are just the tip of the iceberg.

There will always be courageous young people ready to step up and defend freedom. Right now the military is being muddied by lower expectations and gender issues. That will weaken it and over a period of time there is the potential that any military strength might be lost.

And yes. I was expressing admiration for that generation that fought in the trenches under very difficult circumstances.