Tonya Coffey's Blog - Posts Tagged "selfless"
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I recently watched the new movie, American Sniper. What a story. It was filled with all the things you want in a book but this wasn't a book. It was this man's life. It was his story.
I'd heard rumors about the movie before I even entered the theater and experienced it for first hand. The pureness that was reflected on screen was amazing and the heartache was just as honest.
I couldn't believe the rumors, of the things spoken by people who wouldn't and couldn't step onto a battle field and protect their families.
When I say rumors, I mean the opinions of people around the US who felt the movie was awful and the man it was about was nothing more than a murderer. How can a person come to that conclusion? After-all, this man went to war so you could have the ability to degrade him.
Everyone has their own views of what soldiers do. You can stand up next to them or call them names. That is your right as a citizen of the United States something men and women like him fight for each and everyday. I have respect for them. I'm surrounded by people who have served sometime in their life and I'm proud of it.
I'm curious though, if these people who bad mouthed him was a citizen of a country we fought against, would you feel the same way? Would you think the men and women who were fighting to protect you was murderers and cowards for the rolls they played? I don't think you would. I think you would be grateful for the sniper, sitting within cover, waiting for that next target who might be coming for you. I believe you'd be on your knees at his feet, thanking him for saving you. But he wouldn't want you to kneel in front of him. He'd lift you from the dirt and look at you as if you were is family and hug you. These men and women are selfless. They don't care about being heroes and that is what makes them one.
This is my opinion. I think snipers are gifted and they have a job not meany could do. I think him and others like him who have served and are still serving are the back-bone of the country. It is because of them I can sit at my computer and write the stories others read. And I will forever be grateful for them.
I'd heard rumors about the movie before I even entered the theater and experienced it for first hand. The pureness that was reflected on screen was amazing and the heartache was just as honest.
I couldn't believe the rumors, of the things spoken by people who wouldn't and couldn't step onto a battle field and protect their families.
When I say rumors, I mean the opinions of people around the US who felt the movie was awful and the man it was about was nothing more than a murderer. How can a person come to that conclusion? After-all, this man went to war so you could have the ability to degrade him.
Everyone has their own views of what soldiers do. You can stand up next to them or call them names. That is your right as a citizen of the United States something men and women like him fight for each and everyday. I have respect for them. I'm surrounded by people who have served sometime in their life and I'm proud of it.
I'm curious though, if these people who bad mouthed him was a citizen of a country we fought against, would you feel the same way? Would you think the men and women who were fighting to protect you was murderers and cowards for the rolls they played? I don't think you would. I think you would be grateful for the sniper, sitting within cover, waiting for that next target who might be coming for you. I believe you'd be on your knees at his feet, thanking him for saving you. But he wouldn't want you to kneel in front of him. He'd lift you from the dirt and look at you as if you were is family and hug you. These men and women are selfless. They don't care about being heroes and that is what makes them one.
This is my opinion. I think snipers are gifted and they have a job not meany could do. I think him and others like him who have served and are still serving are the back-bone of the country. It is because of them I can sit at my computer and write the stories others read. And I will forever be grateful for them.
