PATRIOTISM ON THE CHEAP: AN ARMY TIMES.COM EDITORIAL

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Most won't even get that. Because recent conflicts have involved the increased use of special forces, medals are not frequently doled out not publicized do to the sensitive nature of the missions. Soldiers in the spotlight like Jessica Lynch may, but the "snakeeaters" who've been on the ground working special ops missions, that is, the ones with the highest mortality rates, often don't even get public recognition for the work they do.

Which is fine by them because those types of folks don't do it for the publicity or the pat on the back. But still, these guys go over there and hang their asses out on a daily basis only to get a hearty fuck you from the fine folks back here at home. It's tough.

It doesn't seem prudent to ostrasize the group you plan on relying so heavily on to carry out your foreign policy objectives.