Originally posted by SMIDSY
"I think the U.S. servicemen that died from the baka pilot's sacrifice would like to have a word with you."
and i would love to chat with them. i am sure at least a few of them would agree with me.
Ditto on what Diablo said.
And as for defending one's homeland to the very end, I believe Patton was pretty sharp in pointing out that the key to victory isn't dieing for your country, but making your enemy die for his.
But I do see your point. And while we give a moment of silence to all those Okha(baka) pilots, I'd like to raise a toast to the gallant freedom fighters that made their heroic stand against tyranny in the name of God in late summer of 2001...
To answer your inevitable question, yes, I do believe that they are cut from the same cloth, and if they'd had the chance, they would have hurtled themselves right into Main Street with the same resolve that they hurtled themselves into American warships.