You must remember thet Ken was a draft dodger. He never served a single hour of his life in service of our country. Ken is one who Takes, Takes, Takes, and gives nothing but his ultra left verbage here on OTB. In reality, Ken is a coward by letting everyone else do his fighting and dying for him so he can bask himself in his own self serving swill.

He is what you would call a pseduo hero.

Ken, you are full of $#!t. Where does James say anything about people who risk their lives to save other people's lives, calling them "pseudo-heroes?"

The only one doing that is you, you son of a bitch.

There are pseduo heroes aplentyâ??whether champion athletes, political whistleblowers, or what have youâ??but none that have the unreserved acclaim of a WWII Medal winner.

James, I once saw a traffic accident on the freeway where the driver was trapped inside a burning car. Since I was the first one on the scene I approached the car to open the door to try to get the guy out but was driven back by the flames. A young twentysomething, the driver of the other car involved in the accident, went and pulled the guy out through the window of the car. He must have suffered at least second degree burns, his whole right side was bright red. He refused to go to the hospital with the fire department ambulance because he did not have insurance and would not be able to pay for it. He called his mother on a borrowed cell phone instead.

He is what you would call a pseduo hero. Thank God they are, as you say 'aplenty'. And you are right he never did recieve any unreserved acclaim, from anyone.

Even though this is a war for oil, halliburton and military hegemony, the soldiers are still our soldiers and they are in harms way. It is even more tragic really because we are all caught up in the corruption of our administration and are running the risk of creating a situation where we blame the soldiers.
It's nice to mention him in these articles.But marginalizing his and other's stories makes it harder and harder to be able to face up to what our leaders are doing to us.