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And hold your manhood cheap...

From an article in the Army Times, I found this story about an American who makes me feel both proud and yet somehow undeserving of being his fellow countryman:

...Sar grew up in Cambodia under the oppression of the Khmer Rouge, which separated his family members by age, he said. His father was prosecuted by the Khmer Rouge and Vietnamese, and his older brother was executed by the Vietnamese.
Speaking in a quiet voice, Sar said his mom and two little brothers died of starvation.

He came to the United States in 1981, became a U.S. citizen five years later and has been in the Army for 20 years — the past 15 in Special Forces.

“I tell you, I love this country more than my birthplace,” Sar said. “I came from Cambodia and I lost (a lot) of my family there, and nobody here can tell me what it’s like, the loss of freedom. ... This country gave me so much, and this is a small price to pay, the long deployments away from home.”

Now go and read the rest already...

(...This day shall gentle his condition And gentlemen in England now a-bed Shall think themselves accursed they were not here, And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks That fought with us upon Saint Crispin's day.) Amen Willie, Amen...

Like JFK said, Where do we get such men as this?

Posted @ January 13, 2006 09:16 PM | Current Affairs

Posted by: Rob at January 14, 2006 09:27 AM