Does the name Sal Giunta ring a bell or mean anything to anybody? No...it's not like he did much. Simply under fire with his unit cut in half in ran out to carry not one...but two (that's right he ran out under fire twice!) wounded soldiers & then gunned down some "freedom fighters" trying to carry off another one (so they could explain the peaceful beauty of Islam while explaining to him that he is an infidel & then sawing off his head...while video-taping it). What is truly sad here is that he is the first living recipient to receive the Medal of Honor while still alive from the Wars in Iraq & Afghanistan & there have only been 6 posthumous awarded thus far.
Why so few in these conflicts I don't understand. Why they get so little coverage I do. The Left Wing Liberal media doesn't want to give these men the time of day or acknowledge them as hero's. They seem to see them in their sad deluded views as cold blooded killers & butchers. They can't stand knowing that the only reason that they can mouth off as they do is because of men like Sal Giunta! The ugly reality is that they simply cannot face & admit (even though I'm sure deep down that they do & it kills them & eats their guts in the middle of the night) to is that it is men & woman with guns that patrol our streets, our borders, foreign interests & Allies lands & not a bunch of words written on a document. I understand the value of the Rule of Law but they are meaningless without being enforced. The Colonel Jessep* speech in A Few Good Men said it all. The best part is that this movie was very clearly a Liberal view on the superiority of the rule of law & how men & woman with words can get over the big bad Military monsters. Thing is...the writer wrote the best argument for the role & need of the Military in the world we live in. Rove working with Rumsfeld & Darth Cheney couldn't have come up with something as good.
We call morons who can throw & catch a ball hero's & frail miniature men with big heads who can fake emotions hero's. Few of them are & those that are are hero's due to their actions & charitable causes off the field & film. Firefighters, Police, Our Military, EMS, Doctors/Dentists/Nurses, Teachers, etc are hero's. They either save lives or do things to make our lives better.
The Medal of Honor is given to those who under extreme & terrible life threatening conditions risk & too often give their lives for others. They should be on the front pages of our papers. Not someone who caught a ball or puked on themselves when they fell out of their car without any underwear on. If you have not heard of the following men then go to :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Medal_of_Honor_recipients#War_in_Afghanistan
Jared C. Monti
Michael P. Murphy
Jason Dunham
Ross A. McGinnis
Michael A Monsoor
Paul R Smith
Nobody asked them to do what they did, they weren't highly paid for it, they didn't get a do over, a next inning, quarter, cut, or take...they gave their lives to save their fellow brothers in arms & so you could sit on your couch drinking your beer eating your hot-dog, looking at your playboy while watching sports while cursing out your President & assorted elected officials. Which for the record...half of those would get you stoned to death in many Muslim countries & the last one could get you shot in Russia or China. Don't take your freedom for granted. Sal Giunta & the men listed above risked & gave too much for you to.
*Son, we live in a world that has walls, and those walls have to be guarded by men with guns. Whose gonna do it? You? You, Lt. Weinburg? I have a greater responsibility than you could possibly fathom. You weep for Santiago, and you curse the marines. You have that luxury. You have the luxury of not knowing what I know. That Santiago's death, while tragic, probably saved lives. And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, saves lives. You don't want the truth because deep down in places you don't talk about at parties, you want me on that wall, you need me on that wall. We use words like honor, code, loyalty. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent defending something. You use them as a punchline. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very freedom that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said thank you, and went on your way, Otherwise, I suggest you pick up a weapon, and stand a post. Either way, I don't give a damn what you think you are entitled to.
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