USA Marine to recieve medal of honour

Cork boy 55 · 15-09-2011 5:15pm #1

God bless the American fighting man
They suffer so that we can live free and safe

Marine to recieve medal of honour

Dakota Meyer saved 36 lives from an ambush in Afghanistan and the former Marine will collect the nation's highest military honor at the White House on Thursday. While he is receiving the Medal of Honor, Meyer's fallen comrades will be memorialized in hometown ceremonies at his request.

His hero's moment was his darkest day. Meyer lost some of his best friends the morning of Sept. 8, 2009, in far-off Kunar Province.

"It's hard, it's ... you know ... getting recognized for the worst day of your life, so it's... it's a really tough thing," Meyer said, struggling for words.
Meyer charged through heavy insurgent gunfire on five death-defying trips in an armored Humvee to save 13 Marines and Army soldiers and another 23 Afghan troops pinned down by withering enemy fire. Meyer personally killed at least eight insurgents despite taking a shrapnel wound to one arm as he manned the gun turret of the Humvee and provided covering fire for the soldiers, according to the military.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/09/15/memorials-set-as-ex-marine-gets-medal-honor/

chiloutus · 15-09-2011 5:17pm

Inb4 debate about legitimacy of US occupation of Iraq

15-09-2011 5:18pm

A true Western hero!

Saila · 15-09-2011 5:18pm

pfft..call of duty's better

karma_ · 15-09-2011 5:19pm

Cork boy 55 wrote: »

God bless the American fighting man
They suffer so that we can live free and safe

LOL

LeixlipRed · 15-09-2011 5:21pm

How many Afghani kids would you say he's shot?

Uriel. · 15-09-2011 5:22pm

chiloutus wrote: »

Inb4 debate about legitimacy of US occupation of Iraq

I have no time for some (a lot) of America's foreign policies (including their wars in Afghanistan and Iraq) but fair play to the chap, life will never be the same for him again, he may have come home physically intact but mentally/emotionally probably not the same ever again.. He put his own life on the line for in an act of extreme bravery, a medal is the least his government owes him

Saila · 15-09-2011 5:23pm

LeixlipRed wrote: »

How many Afghani kids would you say he's shot?

42

sdanseo · 15-09-2011 5:23pm

Personal story, not bad.

OP's comments: pure undiluted bullshít.

The Waltzing Consumer · 15-09-2011 5:24pm

LeixlipRed wrote: »

How many Afghani kids would you say he's shot?

seven?

The Waltzing Consumer · 15-09-2011 5:24pm

Saila wrote: »

42

pfffttt, 7 is better

mickydoomsux · 15-09-2011 5:25pm

LeixlipRed wrote: »

How many Afghani kids would you say he's shot?

How many terrorists have you shot?

Saila · 15-09-2011 5:26pm

The Waltzing Consumer wrote: »

pfffttt, 7 is better

depends how the points are given out though

KeithAFC · 15-09-2011 5:29pm

Well done that man. Great to see another Southern patriot getting awarded.

Biggins · 15-09-2011 5:31pm

LeixlipRed wrote: »

How many Afghani kids would you say he's shot?

Dunno.
Is there a lots of goats there?

arybvtcw0eolkf · 15-09-2011 5:32pm

LeixlipRed wrote: »

How many Afghani kids would you say he's shot?

Most likely none.

Fair play to the guy. Coming under small arm's fire is one hell of a frightening thing, then to put himself in harms way so others may be safe, humbles us all.

gargleblaster · 15-09-2011 5:36pm

KeithAFC wrote: »

Well done that man. Great to see another Southern patriot getting awarded.

WTF does his being from the South have to do with anything? Are you from the South in the US or something?

mikemac · 15-09-2011 5:43pm

KeithAFC wrote: »

Well done that man. Great to see another Southern patriot getting awarded.

This post confused me so I looked him up

Are you calling him Southern because he's from Kentucky?

discus · 15-09-2011 5:44pm

Kentucky is the deep american south!

LeixlipRed · 15-09-2011 5:46pm

mickydoomsux wrote: »

How many terrorists have you shot?

What terrorists? Don't be so naive.

Wolfe Tone · 15-09-2011 5:47pm

Brave I guess, but he or America shouldn't have been there in the first place, I wonder how many he and his pals killed in an unjust war.

Wolfe Tone · 15-09-2011 5:48pm

gargleblaster wrote: »

WTF does his being from the South have to do with anything? Are you from the South in the US or something?

Connections between the "loyal ulster prods" and those in the deep south or some sh!te like that

KeithAFC · 15-09-2011 5:49pm

This was a huge act of bravery and a sign of a brilliant soldier. I hope he enjoys his day and his award.

Afghanistan is a legit war Wolfe compared to Iraq?

helimachoptor · 15-09-2011 5:50pm

LeixlipRed wrote: »

How many Afghani kids would you say he's shot?

Enough to make sure they didn't stick a bullet in Jim anyway. Forgetting peoples view on the legalries of the war as Makikomi says going in an out of that takes some balls tbh

gargleblaster · 15-09-2011 5:52pm

Wolfe Tone wrote: »

Connections between the "loyal ulster prods" and those in the deep south or some sh!te like that

How very odd.

This is the first I've heard of such a connection, and I was born and raised in the South.

LeixlipRed · 15-09-2011 5:53pm

Nicholas Deafening Tonsillitis wrote: »

Most likely none.

Fair play to the guy. Coming under small arm's fire is one hell of a frightening thing, then to put himself in harms way so others may be safe, humbles us all.

Who kills the kids then? Drones? Who's he protecting? Humbles idiots

Wolfe Tone · 15-09-2011 5:54pm

gargleblaster wrote: »

How very odd.

This is the first I've heard of such a connection, and I was born and raised in the South.

I think thats it anyway, I'll leave it to the lad himself to explain.

LeixlipRed · 15-09-2011 5:54pm

helimachoptor wrote: »

Enough to make sure they didn't stick a bullet in Jim anyway. Forgetting peoples view on the legalries of the war as Makikomi says going in an out of that takes some balls tbh

Or you could say no, no I won't go fight an illegal war

mickydoomsux · 15-09-2011 5:54pm

LeixlipRed wrote: »

What terrorists? Don't be so naive.

Sorry. "Afghan Freedom Fighters".

Suppose he should have stood there and got shot himself just not to offend keyboard warriors.

Or maybe he could have sat down with the guys attacking him and his buddies and had an in depth talk on American foreign policy.

karma_ · 15-09-2011 5:56pm

mickydoomsux wrote: »

Sorry. "Afghan Freedom Fighters".

Suppose he should have stood there and got shot himself just not to offend keyboard warriors.

Or maybe he could have sat down with the guys attacking him and his buddies and had an in depth talk on America foreign policy.

I think I missed the memo that stated all Afghans in Afghanistan were terrorists.

helimachoptor · 15-09-2011 5:57pm

LeixlipRed wrote: »

Or you could say no, no I won't go fight an illegal war

Soldiers join the army, they go where they are told to fight. It's the civilians that give the order for war to start.

mickydoomsux · 15-09-2011 5:58pm

karma_ wrote: »

I think I missed the memo that stated all Afghans in Afghanistan were terrorists.

So the entire population of the country were involved in the attack?

LeixlipRed · 15-09-2011 5:58pm

mickydoomsux wrote: »

Sorry. "Afghan Freedom Fighters".

Suppose he should have stood there and got shot himself just not to offend keyboard warriors.

Or maybe he could have sat down with the guys attacking him and his buddies and had an in depth talk on America foreign policy.

Haha, keyboard warrior? The implication that he's brave and I'm not is real swinging dicks stuff, should be proud of yourself. Will you challenge me to a fight next? :pac: He could refuse to participate in wars that are primarily designed to make money and don't protect anyone, especially the citizens of these countries.

Orando Broom · 15-09-2011 5:58pm

I saw somewhere (a newspaper article a few years ago) that it was felt that the medal of honour is getting handed out in a very blasé fashion in recent decades, since World War II. Judge for yourselves. It still seems to be hard enough if not harder to earn now.

In WWII 464 won it, 266 of them posthumously.

Vietnam: 246 154 of them posthumously

Afghanistan 5 and 3

Iraq 4 posthumously.

LeixlipRed · 15-09-2011 6:00pm

helimachoptor wrote: »

Soldiers join the army, they go where they are told to fight. It's the civilians that give the order for war to start.

Think the Nuremburg Trials set clear precedent that "following orders" is not an excuse for committing war crimes. Do you really believe that? Surprised at you dude!

helimachoptor · 15-09-2011 6:04pm

LeixlipRed wrote: »

Or you could say no, no I won't go fight an illegal war

And then what he goes to jail? Anyway this isn't a debate I want to get Into. Can you accept that what he did was pretty damn brave and courageous?

helimachoptor · 15-09-2011 6:06pm

LeixlipRed wrote: »

Think the Nuremburg Trials set clear precedent that "following orders" is not an excuse for committing war crimes. Do you really believe that? Surprised at you dude!

Hey if you were in his position would you give a fcuk about precedents set 50 years before you were born? I wouldn't I'd be thinking of killing the people trying to kill me and my fellow soldiers.

The Waltzing Consumer · 15-09-2011 6:10pm

helimachoptor wrote: »

Hey if you were in his position would you give a fcuk about precedents set 50 years before you were born? I wouldn't I'd be thinking of killing the people trying to kill me and my fellow soldiers.

Yeah he is not in his position. He is in a very cushy college living an academics lifestyle judging from a champagne position, as it seems, the vast majority of socialists do these days.

JONJO THE MISER · 15-09-2011 6:15pm

Its great to see this guy getting a medal, a true hero unlike those islamic nutters
he finished off.

karma_ · 15-09-2011 6:22pm

The Waltzing Consumer wrote: »

Yeah he is not in his position. He is in a very cushy college living an academics lifestyle judging from a champagne position, as it seems, the vast majority of socialists do these days.

He's not in that position by choice, like this soldier, he volunteered for the military in time of war. He chose to travel halfway across the globe to fight in Afghanistan of all places, a country that has never been successfully conquered in it's entire history.

As far as I'm concerned he can take his stupid fcuking medal and PTSD and deal with it, he's not brave, but stupid.

pablomakaveli · 15-09-2011 6:26pm

Brave guy. A good reward for a guy who risked death to save his friends and comrades.

Duckworth_Luas · 15-09-2011 6:28pm

discus wrote: »

Kentucky is the deep american south!

Kentucky? It dosent even border a state that's in the "Deep American South"!

Duggy747 · 15-09-2011 6:38pm

He's not exactly gloating about it, it's a reward which bears a heavy price personally to him.

Actions like that should always be acknowledged, regardless of one's belief of the war.

mikom · 15-09-2011 6:43pm

Cork boy 55 wrote: »

God bless the American fighting man
They suffer so that we can live free and safe

We are jolly green giants, walking the Earth with guns.
These people we wasted here today are the finest human beings we will ever know.
After we rotate back to the world, we're gonna miss not having anyone around that's worth shooting.

BBDBB · 15-09-2011 6:46pm

say hello to a future US Presidential candidate

Duckworth_Luas · 15-09-2011 6:46pm

mikom wrote: »

We are jolly green giants, walking the Earth with guns.
These people we wasted here today are the finest human beings we will ever know.
After we rotate back to the world, we're gonna miss not having anyone around that's worth shooting.

I wish they rotate back to Jensen Button's house. That fμcking add!:mad:

TheZohanS · 15-09-2011 6:48pm

People are quick to forget that America saved all your asses in WW2.

God bless America.

Cork boy 55 · 15-09-2011 6:53pm

TheZohan wrote: »

People are quick to forget that America saved all your asses in WW2.

God bless America.

God bless the USA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNqUORIFV4I

Sheeps · 15-09-2011 6:54pm

getting a medal for killing babies is disgusting

sock puppet · 15-09-2011 6:54pm

LeixlipRed wrote: »

Think the Nuremburg Trials set clear precedent that "following orders" is not an excuse for committing war crimes. Do you really believe that? Surprised at you dude!

Not really. Pretty much all the defendants were high ranking leaders. The Dachau trials were for those lower down.

Mickeroo · 15-09-2011 6:55pm

Orando Broom wrote: »

I saw somewhere (a newspaper article a few years ago) that it was felt that the medal of honour is getting handed out in a very blasé fashion in recent decades, since World War II. Judge for yourselves. It still seems to be hard enough if not harder to earn now.

In WWII 464 won it, 266 of them posthumously.

Vietnam: 246 154 of them posthumously

Afghanistan 5 and 3

Iraq 4 posthumously.

I think there was more in WWII and 'Nam because there was a hell of a lot more actual fighting and dieing, plus the armies were considerably more evenly matched. Just my two cents.

Sounds like the guy deserved the medal, I bet he'd rather not to have won it considering what he went through for it.

USA Marine to recieve medal of honour

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