Comments on: General Petraeus, ‘Currahee,’ And the Rehabilitation of Lt. Brennan

By: GreyCloak

GreyCloak — Mon, 11 May 2009 08:05:55 +0000

Thanks,
CBS

n/t

By: smagar

smagar — Sun, 10 May 2009 19:23:32 +0000

I’m reminded of the story of an English teacher at West Point. When she told her friends at Yale that she was going to teach at the US Military Academy, andacquaintance sneerigly remarked “You’ll humanize them.”

The teacher, Professor Elizabeth Samet, remarked upon remembering that insult her learned colleague made to America’s finest, “The cadets and the instructors “had seemed pretty human to me, In fact, they may have done a little in the years since to humanize me.”

Ask the Iraqis, Kuwaitis, Bosnians and Afghans who’ve been liberated by our soldiers. They’ll tell you something about their humanity.

This story reminds us, once again, of the courage and humanity of our fighting men and women. That’s something that so many of our “betters” coming from the Ivy League will never comprehend.

May they live in a life of pantywaisted mediocrity forever.

By: Moe Lane

Moe Lane — Sun, 10 May 2009 14:48:02 +0000

…as well as autoloads.

Well, that’s one way to have everybody hate your video embedding service. Smooth move, CBS.

By: greiner

greiner — Sun, 10 May 2009 14:43:53 +0000

mom helping with cancer not the video on Hot Air. But it to is nice story.

By: Jeff Weimer

Jeff Weimer — Sun, 10 May 2009 13:53:35 +0000

Youtube doesn’t do it, but CBS embeds do.

By: SoFiMil

SoFiMil — Sun, 10 May 2009 13:49:00 +0000

Ooh-rah!

By: LibRick

LibRick — Sun, 10 May 2009 12:00:06 +0000

these days. That cheapens the word. The mantle of “hero” should be reserved for people like this soldier or civilians like Capt. Sullenberger… people that do extraordinary things in the face of incomprehensible adversity.

Thanks for drawing attention to this.

By: observant

observant — Sun, 10 May 2009 09:33:41 +0000

I am so happy of the progress of this patriot, this is an improvement.

During Thatcher, guys like these were silenced, until the media created an outcry.

Glad to see now veterans get their due. Will it happen here?

By: Warner Todd Huston

Warner Todd Huston — Sun, 10 May 2009 09:20:52 +0000

Sorry, I tried a few things and I can’t see where to make it stop the autoplay.

By: rbdwiggins

rbdwiggins — Sun, 10 May 2009 08:41:15 +0000

The video starts every time the front page is refreshed.

Or, tell me how. ( IE -7)

By: TNJim

TNJim — Sun, 10 May 2009 06:49:01 +0000

for your comment headline, and I also love stories like his.

Hero for sure.

By: Doc Holliday

Doc Holliday — Sun, 10 May 2009 06:36:58 +0000

I love stories such as this one, this soldier IS a hero.