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Originally posted by Alda1981
Whenever I hear about AMERICAN heroes... I always question who exactly did they have invade their country and they fought and fell?
Originally posted by Alda1981
OH YOU MEAN THE INVASION of another country and they fell whilst getting attacked by the people who wanted to protect their families and their homes...
Originally posted by Alda1981
just sayin... gimme a break...
Originally posted by ERagerzBeing a disabled Vet myself I agree on the bravery ..
By they way.........as for the remark that I presumably hate Christians? Well - inasmuch as I am an observantly devout Catholic lets just say that I don't have much room on my theological workbench for the heresy(s) of Protestantism with its adherence to the false doctrine of "Christian Zionism" -so-called- if that's what you mean by "Christian" i.e. - ..............................does it really show?
Originally posted by tsurfer2000h
Here you go, the reason why the seals can pull off such things...
They were very well trained..
Afghan bodies found buried outside former U.S. base By Sangar Rahimi and Rod Nordland The New York Times
Posted: 06/02/2013 — For more than seven months, Naimatullah hunted for his two brothers. He agitated with the U.S. and Afghan authorities over their disappearances, dug fruitlessly around the outskirts of a former U.S. Special Forces base where they were last seen after being taken into custody and organized protests.
Originally posted by hypervigilant
Woods and Dougherty had been members of Seal teams while in the Navy... At the time of their unfortunate deaths they were employed by a British firm as "contractors" which is the new terminology used to describe mercenaries... They were being loyal only to themselves for the big bucks they were being paid...
Originally posted by ERagerz
reply to post by 727Sky
The stunning part of this story is that Tyrone Woods and Glen Doherty killed 60 of the attacking force. Once the compound was overrun, the attackers were incensed to discover that just two men had inflicted so much death and destruction.
I do not believe a single word of your entire post..........2 CIA + 60 dead terrorists???? Ha - Prove it............!!!
edit on 4-8-2013 by ERagerz because: (no reason given)
The U.S. Seventh Army under the command of Lieutenant General Alexander Patch was the initial amphibious landing force for the August 15, 1944, Allied invasion of southern France, known as Operation Dragoon. The 3rd Infantry Division was now under the command of Major General John W. O'Daniel.[52] At 0800 military time, they came ashore on Yellow Beach near Ramatuelle[53] with the first wave of the assault.[52] They began to move inland through a vineyard. As the 3rd Platoon progressed toward an incline, one of their own light machine-gun squads got detached. German soldiers began firing at them, initially killing one and wounding another. Murphy ran out alone to locate the lost squad and led them back to the unit. He then used the retrieved machine gun to return fire at the German soldiers, killing two and wounding one.[53] When he relinquished the machine gun back to his own men and took up a new position, he was joined by his best friend Lattie Tipton.[53] At that moment, two Germans exited a house about 100 yards (91 m) away, and feigned surrender by waving a white flag. Tipton believed it to be a real surrender gesture, and made himself visible, beckoning to the German soldiers to come towards him. He was immediately killed by machine-gun fire coming from within the house.
I remember the experience as I do a nightmare. A demon seems to have entered my body. My brain is coldly alert and logical. I do not think of the danger to myself. My whole being is concentrated on killing. —Audie Murphy, To Hell and Back[54]
Murphy advanced alone on the house, impervious to the German fire being directed at him. He wounded two, killed six, and took the others as prisoners. His actions that day took approximately one hour, during which he had killed eight German soldiers, wounded three and taken eleven prisoners.[53][55] For these actions, Murphy was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross.[56][57]
The Germans made a direct hit into a M10 tank destroyer, setting it on fire and causing its crew to abandon it.[86] Murphy ordered his men to retreat to positions in the woods. He remained at his post alone shooting his M1 carbine and relaying orders with his telephone, all the while the Germans aimed fire directly at his position.[87] Murphy mounted the abandoned, burning tank destroyer and began firing its .50 caliber machine gun at the advancing Germans, killing a squad crawling through a ditch towards him.[88]
It was like standing on top of a time bomb ... he was standing on the TD chassis, exposed to enemy fire from his ankles to his head and silhouetted against the trees and the snow behind him.[86]
Eyewitness account of Pvt. Anthony V. Abramski
For an hour, Murphy stood on the tank returning German fire from foot soldiers and advancing tanks, during which he sustained a leg wound. He stopped only after he ran out of ammunition.[86]
As if under the influence of some drug, I slide off the tank destroyer and, without once looking back, walk down the road through the forest. If the Germans want to shoot me, let them. I am too weak from fear and exhaustion to care. —Audie Murphy, To Hell and Back[89]
He rejoined his men with complete disregard for his own wound, leading them back to successfully repel the Germans. Only afterwards would he allow treatment of his leg wound, and still insisted on remaining with his men.[86]
...during his indomitable one-man struggle, Lieutenant Murphy broke the entire attack of the Germans and held hard-won ground that it would have been disastrous to lose.[85]
—Eyewitness account of Sergeant Elmer C. Brawley
Murphy killed or wounded 50 Germans while standing on the burning tank. For his actions, he was awarded the Medal of Honor and the Legion of Merit
Originally posted by hounddoghowlie
no don't ever doubt what one or two men can do.
What the Obama administration had characterized on numerous occasions as a “spontaneous protest” over a relatively obscure, poorly made anti-Muslim YouTube video, was actually an assault conducted on the consulate by Libyan militia bearing rocket-propelled grenades and mortars. The former SEALs Tyrone Woods and Glen Doherty were said to have killed as many as sixty of the militants before succumbing to mortar fire. Requests for military support were turned down multiple times.[/ex]
For all those who posted in support of the thread thank you. For those who called B.S. and propaganda believe what you want but the general consensus is they killed at least 60 in defense of the consulate....I understand there are those who can not conceive of such bravery and mission goals...If Tyrone and Glen had not been taken out by mortar fire...... IMO if the ammo held out they would have killed a lot more due to the defensive position they chose...Clear field of fire and good concealment....seems to work in most cases.
Amazing the hatred and vitriol expressed by some of the members on this board; and just because someone was in the military does not mean they have ever been in a firefight; pushing paper does not equal pulling a trigger in a life or death situation....but hate America seems to be popular by some....I do not agree with many of the policies of our government either...But the military is sent into harms way by the elected American government who tells the Commanders to accomplish a goal....In other words the military is assigned certain task by TPTB, they give their time and in some cases their lives to preform the task..Yes wouldn't it be nice if all the army's of the world laid down their weapons and went back home to their loved ones...until that day comes you should give a grateful prayer there are those like Tyrone and Glen who will do what they knew was right regardless of the bungling politicians...
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Originally posted by ERagerz
reply to post by 727Sky
The stunning part of this story is that Tyrone Woods and Glen Doherty killed 60 of the attacking force. Once the compound was overrun, the attackers were incensed to discover that just two men had inflicted so much death and destruction.
I do not believe a single word of your entire post..........2 CIA + 60 dead terrorists???? Ha - Prove it............!!!
edit on 4-8-2013 by ERagerz because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by 727Sky
Amazing the hatred and vitriol expressed by some of the members on this board; and just because someone was in the military does not mean they have ever been in a firefight; pushing paper does not equal pulling a trigger in a life or death situation....but hate America seems to be popular by some....I do not agree with many of the policies of our government either...But the military is sent into harms way by the elected American government who tells the Commanders to accomplish a goal....In other words the military is assigned certain task by TPTB, they give their time and in some cases their lives to preform the task..Yes wouldn't it be nice if all the army's of the world laid down their weapons and went back home to their loved ones...until that day comes you should give a grateful prayer there are those like Tyrone and Glen who will do what they knew was right regardless of the bungling politicians...