Sunday, December 07, 2003
"Pro-death" Democrat points out that deaths have occurred
Denial of Purple Heart medals raises questions about casualty countspeakingcorpse writes:
An influential Mississippi congressman has raised the possibility that the Pentagon has undercounted combat casualties in Iraq after he learned that five members of the Mississippi National Guard who were injured Sept. 12 by a booby trap in Iraq were denied Purple Heart medals.
What is the difference between a "hero" and the many uncounted army casualties in Iraq? Is a fireman who gets killed while battling a housefire a hero? Of course! But what about a soldier who steps on a mine in Iraq (after May 1)? Of course not! What's the difference? A hero is someone whose death or maiming we can CELEBRATE. His death means we all deserve congratulations. It's part of the necessary sacrifice that we must bear together as we soldier on into the Christian future. But how can you celebrate the death of soldiers in Iraq who step on mines (after May 1)? Such deaths are of course not "combat"-related. They are merely unfortunate accidents, and they could have happened just as easily in Texas. ("But wait, there are no mines in Texas." Shut up! If you step on a mine and there are no Arabs in the immediate vicinity, it's quite the same as, say, falling down the stairs!) You can't celebrate a death that results from an arbitrary, meaningless accident. We can celebrate the deaths of the people in the Twin Towers because those buildings were brought down not by an earthquake, but by enemies of freedom. The victims were killed because of their heroism. Anyway, the point is--death is a beautiful thing, but only if it occurs in the right time and place...
posted by Blicero : 12/07/2003 01:38:00 AM
