[Arkinsaw]

Dennis sort of missed a couple of things. Tillman did indeed beat someone up, but he stated that it was a horrible decision and one that the learned more from than all of his good decisions put together.

The hostages from Japan were do-gooders but were not necessarily there doing good. One at least was there to "raise awareness" of depleted uranium weapons. They have been called "aid workers" by the media. The families of these hostages openly and publicly demanded that Japan end its Iraq mission.

The Japanese people are irritated with these people because they disregarded a government warning of just such an occurrence and travelled to Iraq anyway to pursue their agenda. They are irritated because the families openly demanded an end to the nations first overseas deployment since World War II. The slam on the Japanese public is uncalled for.

[Seeing More Clearly Now]

A snippet of an interview with Tillman's father this a.m. demonstrated at least one main source of the moral fibre that was woven into Pat Tillman and his two brothers.

[goldstategop]

The truly righteous are rare. And those we hear of, like Pat Tillman are the stuff of legends. The example of their lives and the truth that a life well lived is more important than a biologically long life in its own right, leave us in awe and aware of how much courage, honor, and duty matter. If there were no righteous people on Earth, the world would be in trouble. It is account of the merit of their works the world exists in the first place. Pat, it is on account of your bravery we are privileged to be alive to see the days and seasons of this world. May it be the will of G-d that others like you arise to continue the work you began but which will never be finished.