Your alarm goes off, you hit the snooze and sleep for another 10 minutes. He (or she) stays up for days on end.You take a shower to wake up. He goes weeks without running water.<\/p>\n
You call in sick with a headache. He could be splattered with bullets or shrapnel, but keeps moving forward.<\/p>\n
You put on your anti-Afghanistan shirt, go meet your friends. He fights for your right to wear that shirt.<\/p>\n
You talk “trash” with your buddies that aren’t with you. He may not see some of his buddies ever again.<\/p>\n
You walk the street, staring at the pretty girls. He walks the streets, searching for insurgents and terrorists.<\/p>\n
You complain about 30C in summer. He wears his heavy gear in 40C heat, not daring to take off his helmet to wipe his brow.<\/p>\n
You change your clothes every day. He’ll wear the same army issue for months, but makes sure his weapons are clean.<\/p>\n
You’re angry because your class ran five minutes late. He gets told he’s staying in Afghanistan another two months.<\/p>\n
You hug your girlfriend every day. He holds the letter close and tries to think of his love’s perfume.<\/p>\n
You criticize the government – war never solves anything.<\/p>\n
He sees the innocent, tortured and killed by their own, and remembers why he’s fighting.<\/p>\n
You see only what the media thinks you can handle seeing. He sees the bodies and blood, lying around him.<\/p>\n
You sit and judge him, saying the world is a worse place because of men (and women) like them.<\/p>\n
If only there were more like them.<\/p>\n
– Author Unknown<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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