[Monterrosa-24]

"...Things like the Berg beheading or videos of women being stoned to death by Islamists are shuffled off to the deepest corners of the Internet..." But why if the culture seeks sensational violence? It is because those scenes could still influence political opinions. Soldiers who are veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan often volunteer for further deployments and have no illusions about what a bullet could do to their jaw, femur, genitalia, or kidney. Such soldiers are not the product of a violent culture but of a professional military heritage. Evil violence exists and at times the goods guys have to bring violence upon others too.

[rarestia]

But the point here is that there ARE heroes out there who willingly put themselves in harm’s way to protect those us who prefer peace. I would gladly take up arms for my countrymen if asked, and I will stand behind those countrymen with my heart and my wallet because they ensure that I will wake up the next morning.