BIG DAMN HEROES

[primroseburrows]

Article is here.

I just. I can't even. Gah. I'm so incredibly proud of these guys, of my country, of democracy, of everything good in the world. I just keep thinking wow, what if these women had been my kids? And OMG, North Korea, man. Whatever you think of him politically, Bill Clinton is a giant hero, and so is the guy who asked him to do it in the first place.

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[mcollinknight.livejournal.com]

omg I knoooooooooooooooooow. Bill Clinton is just so amazing, and I loved the video showing the reunion of the journalists with their families.

Also we both have 'big damn heros' tags, and we both used them for basically the exact same post, which makes me smile.

[primroseburrows.livejournal.com]

I actually made the 'big damn heroes' tag for this occasion, but I'm sure I'll use it again because the world is full of 'em. ;)