EPTMarine receives medal of honor - Page 7
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Was hoping I wouldn't have to make this warning, but jesus christ you guys just can't help yourselves, can you?!? I'm disappointed, but not surprised. Anyways... This thread is about this particular act/individual, and doesn't need to turn into a flame fest about the merits of the war, wars in general, or to bash nations. See if you can control yourselves. | ||
Nagisama
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Brethern
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thoradycus
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MetalLobster
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On September 18 2011 14:58 Playguuu wrote: Confirmed: Marines OP WP WP. Congratz to the marine, his medal of honor is well-deserved. | ||
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IntoTheBush
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Setev
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On September 18 2011 16:35 ETisME wrote: Just hate war no matter "what heroic action someone did" afterall, america shouldn't even be there anyway User was warned for this post oh and I am warned. Your "See if you can control yourselves." is more like "please only speak good about this". This is an international website, you should actually learn about how other people can feel about this. I guess you are lucky that there is no Talibans here. Next time if you want whatever type of comment, just state it ahead I wonder how any of what Meyer did was a bad thing... If you are talking about US participation in the war, then that topic should be reserved for another thread, as its not relevant here, I guess.. | ||
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The KY
United Kingdom6252 Posts
On September 19 2011 01:07 IntoTheBush wrote: thats how we roll in KY ![[image loading]](http://www.undercovercondoms.com/condomphotos/ky_silk-e2.jpg) Wait what. | ||
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ShoCkeyy
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He means Kentucky, KY is the abbreviation for Kentucky. Either way, this seems very heroic of him. I'm glad he made it out with the rest of the crew. Congrats to him for receiving the medal, I'm sure it please him and his family very well! | ||
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FryktSkyene
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ISeriousNow
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intoyourrainbOW
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![[image loading]](http://alltheragefaces.com/img/faces/png/obama-not-bad.png) User was temp banned for this post. | ||
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Krehlmar
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Sufficiency
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When the White House tried to arrange a call to inform Mr. Meyer — who was promoted to sergeant but left active duty for construction work in his home state, Kentucky — that he would be receiving the medal, Mr. Obama said, Mr. Meyer hesitated to get on the phone with the president because he was at work. The call was rescheduled for Mr. Meyer’s lunch break, Mr. Obama said. Mr. Meyer showed little inclination to celebrate receiving the Medal of Honor. His one request to the president while he was in Washington was that the two men have a beer together, which Mr. Obama and Mr. Meyer did on Wednesday evening in a patio near the Rose Garden. I mean how can anybody with a set of nuts and a heart not think that this guy is as selfless as it gets. He not only saved people from certain death because of a complete military fuck up but he also really doesn't give a fuck if he just received the absolute highest certification of valor. Throw aside personal beliefs in this so called "War on Terror" and realize that this single man is infinitely the better than many in a higher social status. Be happy for him and be happy to know that people like that exist. It at least gives me some semblance of hope for our species when I see acts like this instead of continual greed and gluttony. On September 19 2011 10:19 Krehlmar wrote: Against the wars, against idealizing people who go to war, don't enjoy it and I think it's sad that people need medals for doing what should be right from the very start. Fact of the matter is that people don't do what's right, the vast majority of the time in fact. Most of the time it's all about self preservation instead of selfless acts of heroism or kindness. And you know that. In fact, and I'm rather ashamed to say this, but if I was in his position and the result looked grim I wouldn't have done what he did and I doubt that the majority of people would either. And you should idealize some people that go to war. Do you look down on a WWII veteran from Britain, the US, Canada, Russia, and so on, someone that stopped a madman from committing further audacious acts of genocide and conquering Europe? Exactly. | ||
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