Two different heights: Two different outcomes

This past week, I am sure many have been inundated with these images of the ex-cop in Los Angeles who went on a killing spree but how many of you are aware that we had someone awarded the Medal of Honor also this past week?

Well, a staff sergeant by the name of Clinton Romesha was given this prestigious and rare award  for his bravery and courage back in 2009 in Afghanistan.  Yes, this man was a hero!  A true one!  Not one who  was glorified because he went on a killing spree in southern California in retaliation for being wronged by the LAPD and taking out innocent people.  If being wronged is justification for going on a violent murder spree, this country will be plunged into a war zone; lawlessness will be the order of the day.   There are many that have been placed in more adverse and unfair circumstances than this ex-cop.   Clinton Romesha was definitely in an adverse situation when he and his fifty fellow soldiers were faced with taking on over thee hundred Taliban members who were surrounding them.  Facing gunfire, grenades and who knows what else, he was able to survive along with some of his battalion;  he was injured after shrapnel was embedded in his body  and still decided that he wasn't going to leave his comrades behind to be killed.    He got them out of there!

All this coming from a man who had been described as "intense, short and wiry."  It is obvious when you take a look at Mr Romesha that he stands at about 5'6" or 5'7".  Not what a heightist, prejudice society would envision as a hero, much less a Medal of Honor recipient.   Yet, they would rather imagine a man of say 6'0"  and above, weighing 270 being the hero.  Well, that was the build of this ex-cop who has since expired.  And, sadly, we see who the media wants to portray as heroic.   No surprise here!

This is Staff Sergeant Romesha receiving his Medal of Honor!!