[antimedia] antimedia: You need to read this story....

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You need to read this story....
http://www.antimedia.us/posts/1171687151.shtml


   ....of [1]a man who gave his life for Iraqis' freedom. He will
   challenge your assumptions about who American troops are, why we fight
   and die, and what being an American truly means.
   You really have to read the whole thing, but this is the key line.

     Ultimately, his family says, Daily came to believe that his
     lifelong altruistic impulses and passions for the underdog had to
     extend to Iraqis crushed under decades of oppression. It was time
     to stop simply talking about human rights and actually do something
     to help secure them.

   And then there's this.

     One thing is certain, as disagreeable or as confusing as my
     decision to enter the fray may be, consider what peace vigils
     against genocide have accomplished lately. Consider that there are
     19-year-old soldiers from the Midwest who have never touched a
     college campus or a protest who have done more to uphold the
     universal legitimacy of representative government and individual
     rights by placing themselves between Iraqi voting lines and
     homicidal religious fanatics. Oftentimes it is less about how clean
     your actions are and more about how pure your intentions are.

   Mark was a vegetarian, an environmentalist and a member of the Green
   Party. More than that, however, he was a man he lived what he claimed
   to espouse, unlike so many who are big on words and absent on
   sacrifice.
   Mark lived what he believed. His example has already had a profound
   impact on many. Let us hope his words can turn the selfish hearts in
   our nation toward the selfless sacrifice that he demonstrated to the
   fullest degree possible. (Hat tip to a personal friend.)

References

   1. http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-me-daily16feb16,0,2612549.story?coll=la-home-headlines