What do those two words mean, anyway? Strong, stalwart, dependable,
intelligent, good in a fight. Oh, and definitely an alpha male – at least to a
romance author! In fact, it sounds like an good list of things I’d want to find
in a hero, doesn’t it?
But when politicians talk about citizen-soldiers, they’re usually speaking
about citizens who are about to leave their day jobs and go off to serve their
country, probably to fight. That’s an extremely noble calling and I honor
anyone who has done it. But hasn’t any such citizen-soldier also been changed –
even hardened or scarred – by what he’s seen and done while he served his
country?
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Diane I agree with your comments about the type of men in the old west that were hired to escort the freight and valuables. It funny to think about now if we need to place actors in these characters place I imagine John Wayne and Clint Eastwood, but have a hardtime putting Jimmy Stewart or Randolph Scott because they were softer spoken and gentler.
(Susan Lathen 8:55am September 3, 2009)
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