Spies are the biggest cowards. Lets forget those exaggerated, fake hollywood superficial "agents" who go around behind enemy line, infiltrating the most secured headquarters of the so called "EVIL MASTERMIND" just to blow it up, retrieve data and get the girl at the end. Although I said this, not everyone can be spies. It takes a certain sets of skills and tact that needs to be honed after years on the job. Being a spy is hard. But a coward, that's something inborn.
We were all born to be cowards. To be afraid and run from the unknown. Bravery is just cowardly masked in ignorance and a pinch of foolishness who runs away from being part of the norm and ventures on to the unknown. Sounds contradictory, but what I am trying to say is that being a coward is, well, nature. Consider cowardliness as a blessing. Being a coward does not only mean being afraid of everything and running away, it is an instinct to foretell any danger that lurks on your path and the way to avoid danger to live another day. It may take guts to face danger, but avoiding danger involves tact and understanding. Being a coward makes you think more than you realize, trying out all contingency plan to get out of the situation, because danger pressures a man on how to deal with the situation. Will you hide or face forward? Most people would think of these options. But not a Spy.
I go back to the beginning of this topic, which reasons why spies are the biggest cowards. They go "behind" the scenes, meaning they hide from the enemy. They infiltrate and destroys the enemy without notice, meaning they pretty much low-blow the enemy when the least expected. At the end of all that, spies run away from their enemies. Forget knowing the name or face of the one that destroyed what you worked for, a spy will leave nothing but their mark of succession of destroying your plans and leaving you angry at a phantom. These are what spies are. The biggest cowards of them all.
