Petty Officer Second Class (SEAL) Michael A. Monsoor will receive the Medal of Honor posthumously in a ceremony at the White House April 8, 2008. He will receive the award for his actions in Ar Ramadi, Iraq on Sept. 29, 2006. On that day, Monsoor was part of a sniper overwatch security position with three other SEALs and eight Iraqi Army (IA) soldiers. An insurgent closed in and threw a fragmentation grenade into the overwatch position. The grenade hit Monsoor in the chest before falling to the ground. Positioned next to the single exit, Monsoor was the only one who could have escaped harm. Instead, he dropped onto the grenade to shield the others from the blast. Monsoor died approximately 30 minutes later from wounds sustained from the blast. Because of Petty Officer Monsoor’s actions, he saved the lives of his 3 teammates and the IA soldiers. Monsoor also received the Silver Star for his actions during the same deployment in May 2006, when he exposed himself to heavy enemy fire to rescue and treat an injured teammate.
Okay Al-Quaida, Taliban, Hamas, etc. I challenge any of you to produce even one example of one of your so called 'Freedom Fighters' doing something like this for one of his fellow soldiers.
A striking juxtaposition, I think, that they equate courage with strapping on a bomb and killing innocents, while our men sacrifice their lives in order to save their brothers.
Jesus said it best:
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
John 15:13 (KJV)
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So right my brother and so well spoken! Love Ya!
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