If you told me this story would be getting a positive mention from Powerline and Captain’s Quarters, I wouldn’t have believed it for a moment. It’s about a Minnesota Army Medic and his commitment to saving lives–both of his Army colleagues, and the insurgents he may have been fighting just moments earlier. A truly inspiring tale.

And I agree with Powerline’s conclusion as well: “As much as anything, this is why we are going to win the war against Islamic fanaticism.” Absolutely. Like any party in an armed conflict, there will be times when U.S. military forces commit excesses, even horrible ones. What makes us different from them is that these excesses are aberrations, not policy. And that is our greatest weapon in this conflict (which, of course, makes it all the more important that we resist the effort to make dehumanizing tactics part of our policy).