I know Mr. Veruckt is one of the good guys, the fact that I responded implies no animus towards him personally. I may have projected a bit, but I think it is important for people to understand when they criticize something like the upcoming trial of the SEALs it isn’t “the government”. It’s individuals who have made decisions for whatever reason, and in this case it’s Naval officers who decided to do what they did, for better or worse.

Hang in there – and watch your back buddy.

Rich

A friend of mine was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross (posthumously) for continuing to attack enemy positions after his aircraft was damaged, ultimately causing it to come apart in mid-air resulting in the fatal crash. In 2006-07 my battalion engaged the enemy hundreds of times during our 15 month tour. Members of my battalion received 10+ Distinguished Flying Crosses and over 100 Air Medals. It wasn’t a tickling contest then, and it’s not now.

There have been and there continue to be heroes everywhere in our war with these assholes, just because you’ve never heard of them doesn’t mean they don’t exist. By the way these guys and gals don’t do this stuff to earn acclaim or awards they do it for their battle buddy.

I don’t know the entire story about those SEALs and I’m sure you don’t either. They apparently chose the Courts Martial because they didn’t want to take non-judicial punishment (article 15) for something they felt they weren’t guilty of. When the trial is held I guess we will see how it turns out.

There are assholes and incompetent boobs everywhere, even in the military.

Which leads us to the villain, or perhaps better thought of as the anti-hero, the Adolf Hitlers of the world. No one could argue Hitler was not a man of conviction, but he was definitely of poor character. The Germans of the time were in crisis, he stepped forward and the rest is history.

That finally leads us to the squishies, the Barack Obama and Jimmy Carters of the world. Their conviction is a façade; they have never been really tested so they don’t know how to respond to a challenge. Their character is a patchwork of ideas. Heroes are not perfect, they have flaws but the squishy guys don’t have a moral code to follow, they simply do whatever feels right at the time. I’m not entirely sure they realize they are not up to the task, but since they are the only leaders available, people follow them. And as we’ve seen, things quickly fall apart. In America, thanks largely to the Progressive nonstop assault on our culture, people with the character to become heroes are becoming less and less.

Great piece. I love that you didn’t caption that picture, and I love that I guessed who it was based on your description “most decorated soldier in American history”.

I don’t love this: I didn’t learn about Audie Murphy in school, and my kids won’t learn about him in school, either, even though the schools where I live are considered “excellent”.

It is left to the parents to educate their kids about military heroism, and there’s something wrong with that picture.