This hero’s face looks grotesque for a reason. “He made a horrific sacrifice in the service of his country, right?” Correct. Like his predecessors from WWII, he’ll find it difficult from now on to face a mirror (let alone face a crowd).

Lt. Gen. Dick Newton talks with Tech. Sgt. Israel Del Toro

It’s a fitting photo for Veterans Day. It reminds us of the life-and-death commitment our uniformed personnel make. The caption reads:

Lt. Gen. Dick Newton, deputy chief of staff for manpower and personnel at Air Force Head­quarters, talks with Tech. Sgt. Israel Del Toro during this year’s United Service Organi­za­tions’ “Salute to Our Troops” event in New York City. While deployed in Afghani­stan in Decem­ber 2004, Sergeant Del Toro’s Humvee rolled over a roadside bomb. The explosion severely injuring [sic] his face and hands. Twenty-five wounded warriors from Walter Reed and the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., attended the three-day event which culminated in a dinner at the American Museum of Natural History. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Monique Randolph)

USAF’s “cyber mission” includes such things as unmanned aerial vehicles. If you talk to any Predator or Reaper pilot, you’ll hear them take full blame for his injuries. “We strap on a comfortable seat back here in the states,” they’ll say, “and we make it our duty to detect & eliminate threats. We failed this man.”

USAF’s “cyber mission” also includes such things as network administration and radio communication. And USAF insists “your computer IS a weapon system.” So let’s ask two philosophical questions, shall we?

“Do the cyberspace computer gurus believe they failed this non-cyber hero? If so, then how did they fail him?”

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