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Well, You Got To Remember, Bin Laden Killed 3,000 Americans And, In Some Ways, He And His Ideology Killed Tens Of Thousands Of His Fellow Muslims, Including Pakistanis. I Understand That That Was Provocative And Complicated For Pakistan, But Only If You Accept The Idea That He Was An Acceptable Member Of Pakistani Society.

People Who Do Really Dangerous Tasks Can't Afford To Sit Around And Discuss The Merits Of What They're Doing.

Often People Who Live Through The Trauma Are Nostalgic When It's Over. When I Went Back To Bosnia 20 Years After The Brutal Civil War, Even People Who Had Been Badly Wounded Told Me They Missed Those Times. They Were Missing Their More Courageous Selves.

Of The Primary Emotions, Fear Is The One That Bears Most Directly On Survival. Children Show Fear. Adults Try Not To, Maybe Because It's Shameful, Or, In Some Circumstances, Dangerous. The Fear Response Is Automatic, Though, And Your Body Runs Through Its Reflexes Whether You Want It To Or Not.

I Decided To Start A Medical Training Program For Freelancers, Only Freelancers. They're The Ones Who Are Doing Most Of The Combat Reporting. They're Taking Most Of The Risks. They're Absorbing Most Of The Casualties. And They're The Most Underserved And Under-resourced Of Everyone In The Entire News Business.