One of Many...

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This is one of many similar voices that we will never hear about in the mainstream media.

I read another story I really wish I had the link to, but don't. It was about a soldier in Iraq who was in a situation where he and his men were wounded and one killed by a terrorist who pretended to be dead and blew himself up and the soldiers around him. The soldier in charge was getting medical attention when the medic said that he had been shot in his arm. The soldier informed the medic that he had that since the day before and treated it himself so he could continue on with his men.

Another story was a letter from a son to his father that said when his unit was going through the town house to house clearing out the terrorists, they found stacks of blankets in the houses with notes saying for the US forces that the blankets and things were for them and many of the notes thanked them for what they were doing and wished them well.

What you do hear about is how a Marine made a split second decision in a combat situation believing he was saving his live and those of his buddies and is villified for it.

It makes me sick how people spit on the military when they have never picked up a weapon, left their friends and loved ones to stand in the line of fire to defend others while risking their lives.

There was a picture in the media of a battle worn soldier having a smoke. People complained that it should not have been shown because he was smoking and it would send the wrong message to young people. Give me a break. The just spend how many days dodging bullits and who knows what else, watching his buddies get wounded and killed and he takes a smoke break and people have a fit. Unbeliveable