I sometimes think that we Americans walk around with perpetual blinders on. We claim that the age of heroes is gone. There are no more to be found. We exist in a state of continual apathy; a lack of feeling. Heroes are not born; they are made. A hero is not someone without fear but a man who faces his fear and stands his ground 5 minutes longer than he would really like to. As John Wayne once said, "Courage is being afraid but saddling up anyway".
We all have opportunities to be heroes every day but we choose not to. We ignore the pleas of those around us who need our help; those people who are looking for a hero.
I ran across these videos of Cpl. Chris Mason on YouTube quite by accident. Cpl. Mason was killed in Iraq on November 28, 2006. Cpl. Mason believed in his mission to take down Saddam Hussein and to help the people of Iraq learn to govern themselves. He loved God, his country and serving in the US Army. I have never met Chris Mason but his dedication to duty and his unselfish love for others is a true inspiration.
Chris Mason is a hero because he gave willingly of himself. He was not a draftee but a volunteer. While thousands of able bodied men sit around in front of their video games or in coffee houses in campuses across the nation complaining about the War in Iraq Chris Mason decided to stop talking and to do something about it. He joined the US Army. He did his duty and paid the ultimate sacrifice for it.
While our troops engage both Iraqi insurgents and elements of Al-Qaeda there are members of Congress who wish to cut off all funding to men like Chris Mason. They wish to surrender them to our nations enemies all in the name of political expediency. While the President and our men and women in uniform wish to stay the course the Democrats wish to cut and run just so they can save face. The Democrats want to unmask our heroes, take off their cape and nullify their powers. They wish to destroy the very people who help to defend our country. They wish to nullify people like Chris Mason.
You don't have to wear a uniform to be a hero but it sure doesn't hurt either.
There are no more heroes?
I think that it is high time we took our blinders off.
Please take a moment to view the videos of an American hero; Chris Mason.
We all have opportunities to be heroes every day but we choose not to. We ignore the pleas of those around us who need our help; those people who are looking for a hero.
I ran across these videos of Cpl. Chris Mason on YouTube quite by accident. Cpl. Mason was killed in Iraq on November 28, 2006. Cpl. Mason believed in his mission to take down Saddam Hussein and to help the people of Iraq learn to govern themselves. He loved God, his country and serving in the US Army. I have never met Chris Mason but his dedication to duty and his unselfish love for others is a true inspiration.
Chris Mason is a hero because he gave willingly of himself. He was not a draftee but a volunteer. While thousands of able bodied men sit around in front of their video games or in coffee houses in campuses across the nation complaining about the War in Iraq Chris Mason decided to stop talking and to do something about it. He joined the US Army. He did his duty and paid the ultimate sacrifice for it.
While our troops engage both Iraqi insurgents and elements of Al-Qaeda there are members of Congress who wish to cut off all funding to men like Chris Mason. They wish to surrender them to our nations enemies all in the name of political expediency. While the President and our men and women in uniform wish to stay the course the Democrats wish to cut and run just so they can save face. The Democrats want to unmask our heroes, take off their cape and nullify their powers. They wish to destroy the very people who help to defend our country. They wish to nullify people like Chris Mason.
You don't have to wear a uniform to be a hero but it sure doesn't hurt either.
There are no more heroes?
I think that it is high time we took our blinders off.
Please take a moment to view the videos of an American hero; Chris Mason.
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