Re:Pride & Dignity(Score:1)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2005.10.29 1:31 (#13897402) (http://slashdot.org/~mercedo/journal/109855 Last Journal: 2005.10.27 11:38)
Nice to meet you, I'm afraid you don't have to disagree with my comments. People who start the war usually do not believe their war is aggression, they think they are just simply defending their country from outsiders. Both Afgan &Iraqi wars were held far from main land US but many Americans as well as American soldiers are supposed to have thought their wars were for defending their country from terrorists' threat. So I guess all soldiers deployed outside US soil believe that they are defending US with pride & dignity.
As to hero. Hero in traditional sense refers to a man who led his country to victory. Usually 'a man' refers to military commander like Admiral Nelson, General McArthor or political leader like Winston Churchill, President Trumann. Of course there are thousands 'heroes without their names' so you are right, true heroes are tens of citizens who sacrificed their lives for the sake of others.
Almost all wars were held under the name of self-defence, if they were lost all wars turn to be aggression that suffered happiness of millions of people.
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