Don't Insult Them with Your Compassion

Re-enlisting Marine
Even more annoying is the blathering mock pity doled out daily by the left. Our warriors are not heroic because they are victims. They are heros because of what they do and how they do it. They do not want to be loved. They want to be able to do their job and be respected for it. Their immense pride and professional attitude is nicely captured in the excerpt from the perceptive article appearing in today’s WSJ Online by Robert D. Kaplan.

"As one battalion commander complained to me, in words repeated by other soldiers and marines: 'Has anyone noticed that we now have a volunteer Army? I'm a warrior. It's my job to fight.' Every journalist has a different network of military contacts. Mine come at me with the following theme: We want to be admired for our technical proficiency--for what we do, not for what we suffer. We are not victims. We are privileged."