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Originally Posted by Botnst
And here's something from one of his last letters home: I was having a conversation with a Kurdish man in the city of Dahok (by myself and completely safe) discussing whether or not the insurgents could be viewed as "freedom fighters" or "misguided anti-capitalists." Shaking his head as I attempted to articulate what can only be described as pathetic apologetics, he cut me off and said "the difference between insurgents and American soldiers is that they get paid to take life—to murder, and you get paid to save lives."...
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A simple statement, by a person that lives the life we don't believe others could live.
It makes you humble that in order for us to "hear" these words, it must come from the pages of an honorable young man that gave his life to help preserve one of our rights, than from the very press that we hold so dear to "keep us informed" of all that is just and true.
Bot, you bring to us, on this forum, some truly inspirational pieces that make me ashamed that I work in this business...the media...particularly television.
