Second Chance for Beauchamp
Beauchamp is young; under pressure he made a dumb mistake. In fact, he has not always been an ideal soldier. But to his credit, the young soldier decided to stay, and he is serving tonight in a dangerous part of Baghdad. He might well be seriously injured or killed here, and he knows it. He could have quit, but he did not. He faced his peers. I can only imagine the cold shoulders, and worse, he must have gotten. He could have left the unit, but LTC Glaze told me that Beauchamp wanted to stay and make it right. Whatever price he has to pay, he is paying it.
(via Instapundit)
Seems like a very fair sentiment to me. Those of us who haven’t gone to war in Iraq should certainly remember that whatever his mistakes, Beauchamp stayed when he could have left. He deserves honor for that.
