Maybe it’s me; maybe I’m too sensitive about things. Or
maybe I’m just one of those people who are pre P.C. era Neanderthals who see
things for what they really are.
Here’s my problem.
It’s been two months since retired Navy SEAL Chief Petty
Officer Chris Kyle was tragically killed. While I value the service and
sacrifice of EVERY soldier, sailor and airman, it should be noted that Chris’
service was a cut above the norm. Chris was the recipient of two Silver Stars,
the nation’s third highest decoration for military valor. He was also the
recipient of five Bronze Stars with “V” device and is acknowledged as the most
lethal U.S. Military sniper. A distinction that earned him the moniker “the
Devil of Ramadi” by Iraqi insurgents. He was also shot twice and was involved
in several IED attacks.
To date our president has said nothing about this great
American sailor.
Several days ago President Barrack Obama called Jason
Collins on Monday to express his gratitude after the NBA player publicly
announced that he is gay. Our president wanted to "express his support" and tell Collins that "he was impressed by his courage."
So let me get this straight, a professional athlete with mediocre
stats, earns a phone call from the president because he decides to come out of
the closet? And yet when it comes to acknowledging a decorated military veteran
and the top sniper in U.S.
history all we hear are crickets?
Call me crazy but it’s 2013.
Coming out of the closet does not require a level of courage that say
four tours of duty in Iraq ,
including participating in the 2nd Battle of Fallujah, requires.
It’s time for us to wake up America .
It’s time for us to stop fawning over these prissy professional athletes and
actors. They are not, and never will be, heroes.
Heroes are people like Chris Kyle, Lt. Michael Murphy (Operation
Red Wings), PO2
Michael Monsoor, and Glen
Doherty and Tyrone Woods (Benghazi).
It’s becoming readily apparent to me that the only thing our
president knows about true courage and
valor is how to
take credit for what others do.
Sorry to break the news to you Jason, what you did was not courageous;
it was just about coming to terms with who you are. I’m glad that you finally
feel good enough about yourself to publicly acknowledge how you feel. Consider
yourself fortunate that you live in a country that is free for you to speak
openly about your sexual preference and acknowledge that it has been paid for
in the blood of real hero’s.
If you really wanted to show courage you should have had
yourself traded to the Iranian basketball league and then come out.
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