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Skriven 2015-08-22 20:05:07 av Lee Lofaso (2:203/2)
  Kommentar till text 26826 av Ward Dossche (2:292/854)
Ärende: Americans Save Europe
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Hello Ward,

 LL>> The entire world should thank them for their
 LL>> timely service.  Not just the French, Dutch, and
 LL>> Europeeans.  Imagine what the world would be like
 LL>> without such heroes.  How many innocents would
 LL>> have died.  Oh horror the thought!

 WD> People are not born as heroes, it's not a college degree. But unnatural
 WD> circumstances bring-out the best in normal people.

Those people did not do what is normal, as most people
ran away, or were trying desperately to do so.  What
they did do was extraordinary, to be sure.  But as the
Briton said during a press conference, he acted only
as a matter of survival, thinking he was going to die
anyway.  Either die sitting down or die standing up, so
might as well die standing up while at least trying to
put up a fight ...

 WD> These guys did what their training taught them to do.

You cannot train for that sort of thing.  Nobody can.
You simply act, even if it goes against your basic
instincts.  People in the military are trained.
Civilians are not.  Two of the Americans were trained
killers, one of them an active member of the Air Force,
the other a member of the National Guard (reserves).
The third American was a civilian fresh out of high
school and was simply trying to enjoy life with
his friends on a trip to Europe.  The Briton was
a businessman, but what military training he had
or might have had I do not know.

 WD> You hear a familiar click of a rifle being loaded and you spring to
action.

Most people run away, or try to, if they can.

 WD> The man had 9 double chargers with about 300 rounds and probably would
have
 WD> slaughtered the whole carriage.

He had a one-way ticket to paradise, but was prevented
from punching his ticket.  Meanwhile, everybody else got
to continue enjoying their own paradise ...

 WD> It's a near-miracle that this was foiled. That single action did more in
 WD> France for American-relationships than 10 Presidential visits could have.

Not just French lives were saved, but also Dutch, as the
train was traveling between Holland and France.

 WD> I say: invite them to the White House.

I am sure President Obama already has.

--Lee

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