Ace of Spades HQ: "For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty:
Staff Sergeant Jared C. Monti distinguished himself by acts of gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty while serving as a team leader with Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 3d Squadron, 71st Cavalry Regiment, 3d Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, in connection with combat operations against an armed enemy in Nuristan Province, Afghanistan, on June 21, 2006.
While Staff Sergeant Monti was leading a mission aimed at gathering intelligence and directing fire against the enemy, his 16-man patrol was attacked by as many as 50 enemy fighters..."
This choked me up. A lot. You will be too. As a proud father of boys I can't even imagine it.
Most of you -- I dare say all of you -- have never read this by Eric Blair. Eric Blair you say? That would be George Orwell to you. You'll be shocked out of your brainwashed state to learn that his view of the British pacifists -- or "fascifists" as he derisively referenced them -- in WWII was somewhat less than complimentary.
The fascifists still rule the western countries today. What's left of the western countries anyway.
I would say that things never change except to say that they do indeed. For the worse.
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