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Navy Seal Gets Medal of Honor for Sacrificing Himself

cnn.com — On Tuesday, President Bush will present Monsoor's parents with a posthumous Medal of Honor for their son at a White House ceremony. Monsoor was one of the U.S. military's most highly trained combatants, a Navy SEAL. He's the first SEAL to receive the Medal of Honor for actions in Iraq.

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  • Calcularius, on 04/09/2008, -51/+11How many innocent Iraqis did he kill before he died?
    • JimmySpaza, on 04/09/2008, -19/+21Probably none. Such men have more discipline in their little finger than liberals have in their whole body.
      • Jimbob200, on 04/09/2008, -4/+3JimmySpaza's dictionary: liberal: a pussy; cares if Iraqis die

        If you're going to defend this Marine, at least have the balls to not stop to Calcularius' level. Jesus.
    • Wacer, on 04/09/2008, -6/+26Sure. Blame the worlds problems on him. Man their are some losers on this site.
    • roastedbagel, on 04/09/2008, -1/+15Calcularius - Dude I'd love to go out and have a beer with ya....so I can smash the mug over your skull
    • buhbyebot, on 04/09/2008, -2/+8I'm against this war as much as most, but that's a disgraceful comment for an honorable soldier. Save it for those that really committed the crimes
    • massminority, on 04/09/2008, -1/+3You fail to realize what the word war means Calcularius
  • whoreable, on 04/09/2008, -25/+6It is sad that the guy died, but if he had the time to say "You cannot take my brothers. I will go in their stead". He could have picked it up and thrown it back.
    • aki009, on 04/09/2008, -0/+4With a 3 to 5 second fuse, you are right, but perhaps he was just a bit too far away to do so, or too much time had passed to toss it with a good expectation of it making it outside before going off.
    • Conwaysb0718, on 04/09/2008, -3/+9Option A: jump on grenade and do the best you can to make sure it doesnt hurt anyone else besides you.
      Option B: pick up grenade, increasing blast and definitely maim/kill everyone around you if your timing is off by .001 seconds.

      You jump on the grenade. And your saying is lame.
      • whoreable, on 04/09/2008, -5/+1it takes longer than .001 seconds to say "You cannot take my brothers. I will go in their stead". YOU FAIL.
      • Conwaysb0718, on 04/09/2008, -0/+4you know he didnt really say that right?
    • oldhick, on 04/09/2008, -3/+13Right, the SEAL with all the training knows less than you... You're a jack ass.
      • whoreable, on 04/09/2008, -5/+1The point I am trying to make is that he didnt say that. Plus the Brit last week jumped on a grenade and didnt even break a bone cause he put his back to it and let his rucksack take the impact. So where is his training? Right....
        • oldhick, on 04/10/2008, -0/+2I'm not going to debate military tactics and training with a kid who thinks video game war is the same as the real thing.
    • bicyclethief, on 04/09/2008, -2/+8This isn't a movie you *****.
  • Groovemaster, on 04/09/2008, -26/+11Dead for lies.
    • OisinT, on 04/09/2008, -6/+2buried because no one wants to hear the truth!
  • yellowcakewalk, on 04/09/2008, -29/+9You can thank Douglas Feith and the Office of Special Plans for cooking the intel about Iraq WMDs. Remember, this Navy Seal died for a pack of lies fabricated systematically by traitors high in the Bush administration.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downing_Street_memo
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_of_special_pla ...
    • oldhick, on 04/09/2008, -1/+7No he didn't. He died to save his buddies. I'm sure politics didn't even cross his mind in the final seconds of his life.
      • Turambar, on 04/09/2008, -7/+2no, but it did send him into meaningless combat.
        • oldhick, on 04/09/2008, -0/+5Meaningless to you, not him. I'm sure he wouldn't have jumped on a grenade if it was meaningless.
      • noseeme, on 04/09/2008, -5/+1I'm not your buddy, guy.
        • oldhick, on 04/09/2008, -0/+3I don't remember saying that you were. I was trying to say that Monsoor died to save his SEAL buddies from the exploding grenade. Sorry if there was a miscommunication.
    • bakeyman, on 04/09/2008, -1/+8I logged in just to bury yellowcakewalk. 3 times. In one story.
      • yellowcakewalk, on 04/09/2008, -6/+1I guess that makes you someone with too much time on their hands.
    • PolishLogic, on 04/09/2008, -2/+5*****
  • yellowcakewalk, on 04/09/2008, -29/+8War started by cowardly men who never served:
    http://www.awolbush.com
  • yellowcakewalk, on 04/09/2008, -30/+7Dead for PNAC lies
    http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Project ...
    featuring Israeli spies Douglas Feith and Richard Perle
    • PolishLogic, on 04/09/2008, -2/+4***** x3
      • yellowcakewalk, on 04/09/2008, -6/+1Call names all you want. You cannot refute the truth. Your helpless response just strengthens my position. This NAVY Seal died for a pack of lies.
  • Ksurfiws, on 04/09/2008, -3/+30A fitting Honor for a brave man.
    • noseeme, on 04/09/2008, -2/+1If only we didn't have to be in a situation where these medals are given out.
    • bratterscain, on 04/09/2008, -1/+1It's not as big a deal as what it's made out to be. How many men have lost their lives for little more than constructing a building, fighting a fire, or the other daily heroes out there that get little, if any honor from anyone, let alone the entire country.
  • Allymarie, on 04/09/2008, -16/+2rather a medal then a puppy
  • akkibaba, on 04/09/2008, -2/+24What makes a man selfless enough to sacrifice his life for his country like this? Left and Right wingers of Digg, please don't come to this thread to score cheap political points.
    • santiago1, on 04/09/2008, -1/+10 It isn't so much the sacrificing for our Country, but more to save his Brothers and Sisters. Unless you've served, you can't understand the bonding into brother/sister hood that occurs and lasts a lifetime, especially when formed during combat.

      Rest well, Brother, and thank you for your sacrifice.
      • gbudavid, on 04/09/2008, -0/+8Right on Santiago 1, It's all about Family. Brothers in Arms.
        Fair winds and following seas Pettyofficer Monsoor
  • roastedbagel, on 04/09/2008, -3/+21The comments on this thread are examples as to why I come to Digg less than ever since it's inception when I joined. Stupid people with mindless comments.
    • Buddhaismybuddy, on 04/09/2008, -4/+1You could just stop reading the comments. Unless you are looking for something to complain about, then your just part of the problem.
  • 9mmCensor, on 04/09/2008, -0/+18As much as I dislike the situation with the war in Iraq, this is a hero who died for the men he was with, greatness such as this is immortalized in the books we read and the hearts and minds of those that loved him.
  • Bukowsky, on 04/09/2008, -0/+25NO matter where you stand on the War in Iraq.... you can't deny that this guy made the Ultimate Sacrifice. Please give him the proper respect.
    • milou, on 04/09/2008, -11/+3He does deserve the proper respect. And having Bush honor this hero is not the proper respect. It is an insult. This fallen soldier is beyond Bush's action. Honor can never be given by lies, incompetence, and deceit. Would you take a medal of honor from Hitler? Would you take a medal of honor from leaders that are so incompetence that it makes you puke with shame? This soldier did make the ultimate sacrifice. I would do the same, but I would raise from the dead to spit on Bush's face.
      • PolishLogic, on 04/09/2008, -1/+12Wow, I missed the story about Bush ordering 6 million Jews to the gas chambers. Could you post that link?

        Good to see you find the 'proper respect' to mean ***** all over and politicizing this guy getting the Medal of Honor. Bravo to you.

        *****.
        • milou, on 04/09/2008, -3/+1PolishLogic: I assume you are Polish in someway? You most likely know much more than I do about Hitlerism. And I also apologize about using Godwin's Law. Bad taste.

          The issue is about honor and respect. The honor is already done by the act of this soldier. The respect is issued by the United States of America. The problem is the "issuer" of respect representing this great country. How can one look into the eyes of a fool who presents the highest medal of honor. Can you imagine Cheney sitting in the front row with tears in his eyes? Remember, he is the one that says "So" about the men and women who volunteer. Give Cheney a gun and he shoots his friend. Give the honor to serve his country and Bush hides in Louisiana, highjacks the constitution, and holds the country hostage. I am not into Politicizing right or wrong war (too late for that). The act from any fallen soldier requires much better respect than the act from those with the present authority to give it. If "*****" is respect than you just did the soldier a favor.
      • vault, on 04/09/2008, -0/+5http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin%27s_law
  • roastedbagel, on 04/09/2008, -2/+18This dude sacrificed himself for his buddies. All the idiots making stupid comments above obviously don't know what it's like to have friends, hence they cannot fathom this being done by someone. I would hate to not have friends that I can say I would do the same thing for.
    • ElAssoWipo, on 04/09/2008, -16/+2His buddies are also murderers. And he did in fact die because of lies.
      • oldhick, on 04/09/2008, -1/+13You are one gutless, heartless scumbag. That man is a hero who died for his friends. Politics is not something SEALs have the luxury of worrying about.
        • ElAssoWipo, on 04/09/2008, -12/+3If Hitler had taken a bullet for his wife would he be a hero?
        • GoodniteMush, on 04/09/2008, -2/+8@ ElAssoWipo - Wow. Is that really a good come back in your mind?
          • ElAssoWipo, on 04/09/2008, -5/+2Is that a correct rebuttal in yours?
      • dinot, on 04/09/2008, -3/+4You know, I don't like stereotyping, but you've just confirmed my theory that Ron Paul supporters are rabid, angry, foaming-at-the-mouth, vindictive pseudo-intellectual "truthers" who see the world from one angle only... their own. Anyone who doesn't agree is a ***** moron.

        And now, replace "ron paul supporters" with "hillary clinton supporters", and notice how it still makes sense.
        • ElAssoWipo, on 04/09/2008, -8/+2That's ok, it's not like I respect you either. You think this man is a hero because he died saving someone. I don't think this man is a hero because he's a paid murderer and most probably took a lot more lives than he saved. To each his own.
          • dinot, on 04/09/2008, -2/+3Taking a lot of lives is part of his job, unfortunately. Throwing himself on top of a grenade was not part of his job description. You're all good and fine behind the anonimity of the internet, but can you say you have the balls to throw yourself onto a grenade to save your co-workers?

            For that, the man is a hero. Doesn't matter what job he does.
          • ElAssoWipo, on 04/09/2008, -5/+2"Taking a lot of lives is part of his job" Which he deliberately chose to do. He also chose to not be a conscious objector.
          • dinot, on 04/09/2008, -2/+3So you're saying if you're a lawyer or financial supervisor of some firm that rips people off, and you sacrifice yourself for your colleagues by throwing yourself onto a grenade, then you deserve what you get? There are plenty of corrupt police officers and firemen who take advantage of their authority, does that mean all the cops and firemen who died on 9/11 are not heroes?
          • ElAssoWipo, on 04/09/2008, -4/+2Wow that's bad attempt at a strawman. You should've attacked my lack of a sense of duty or patriotism.

            Plus you just equated this man to a corrupt police officer, have a little respect.
          • dinot, on 04/09/2008, -2/+3WTF? I was defending him. You're the one saying he's a murderer. And how was my rebuttal a strawman? I was providing an ANALOGY.

            Ad hominem, strawman, red herring, I'm so sick of these words. It's like people use them as an easy way to not provide a legitimate come back while appearing to know what they are talking about at the same time.
          • ElAssoWipo, on 04/09/2008, -5/+2You must hear them a lot.

            Those words refer to logical fallacies. There's no reason to attack an argument that's logically impossible.

            Your rebuttal became a strawman when you used the words "so you're saying" then added something you pulled out of your ass. The analogy is logically connected to the strawman and therefore serves no purpose.

            And an analogy is drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect: as in comparing.

            There's no comeback possible if there's no substance to being with.

            And a rebuttal must include the argument it responds to in order to be accurate. That wasn't a rebuttal it was another argument based on a strawman.

            A proper analogy would be a hitman that protects his fellow hitmen while assassinating people.

            The problem is that the entire Iraq war constitutes a crime against humanity and has nothing to do with defending your country. As a matter of fact, he had the duty to refuse unlawful orders. Fighting in Iraq is therefore against his duty.

            The only heroes in this are the ones who gave up their own freedoms in order to avoid destroying their integrity and engaging a country that doesn't deserve to get attacked.

            THAT is heroic. The act is also heroic, but it's in an unethical context: hence the hitman. It's also why nobody answers my "if hitler took a bullet for his wife" question.
          • dinot, on 04/09/2008, -3/+3Of course it's in an unethical context. So why don't you complain about this ***** to George Bush and blame him rather than some guy you don't know whose ENTIRE BODY WAS RIPPED APART BY A ***** GRENADE.

            You want context? There's you're context.
          • ElAssoWipo, on 04/09/2008, -4/+2Ad hominem.

            I'm not the subject of this conversation. Plus it's not my problem anyway, I'm not american.
          • kunradish, on 04/09/2008, -3/+4You are a ***** idiot seals are not ***** marines they don't ***** walk around in villages shooting civilians they go out of there way to ***** avoid people not to kill them and if your honestly saying you would dstand there and not do anything while being shot at then you sir deserve to die. This all leads me to believe that you are just a stupid troll and to that i say GTFO my digg
          • ElAssoWipo, on 04/09/2008, -5/+2@ kunradish

            I didn't know they had the internet in trailer parks now, nice to hear. You might want to try reading something to learn about punctuation. The Sylvan learning center can help you reach a fifth grade reading level, I'm sure of it.
          • dinot, on 04/09/2008, -2/+3At least kunradish isn't using some guy's death to score political talking points to stroke his/her ego.
  • AoiTakuma, on 04/09/2008, -0/+8A truly selfless hero. It is unfortunate that stories like this take 2 years to get out, when the stories of the bad apples get out immediately. I oppose the war strongly, but I still support our troops.
    • bicyclethief, on 04/09/2008, -2/+1I don't see why you needed the "but" in there. Opposing the war *is* supporting the troops and the USA.
    • Jimbob200, on 04/09/2008, -1/+1I agree with bicyclethief. Getting caught in ***** distinctions like that is petty.
  • Arcky, on 04/09/2008, -0/+10"Mikey looked death in the face that day and said, 'You cannot take my brothers. I will go in their stead.'"
    Definition of a hero right there.
  • britblogger, on 04/09/2008, -2/+7the irregular diggers should perhaps lean their minds toward the actual article itself, rather than the political ***** they love to jump on.

    This guy deserves the medal of honor - such a brave man, a man I'd be honored to serve with.
  • chrisgeleven, on 04/09/2008, -1/+10R.I.P. You sacrificed yourself to save at least two of your fellow soldiers, without hesitating for a second. That is the true meaning of honor.
  • Alix7, on 04/09/2008, -7/+1He's...Arab?
  • mooseontheloose, on 04/09/2008, -10/+2That's all it takes to get a Medal of Honor these days? Being dumb enough to jump on a bomb?
    • robotdrone, on 04/09/2008, -0/+7Medal of Honor for sacrificing self to save brothers-in-arms. You ***** idiot.
    • Devan612, on 04/09/2008, -3/+1Most people that recieve it are already dead.
      But your right, that one gesture should not be enough.
  • wriststrong16, on 04/09/2008, -0/+6I've opposed this war since the outset, but that man is a hero in every sense of the word. Not many people would risk their own life so willingly to save the lives of others.
    There isn't really anything that requires more bravery or character than that.
  • jaquestrap, on 04/09/2008, -0/+6I honor this man, and I believe that he is a true hero however, I do not believe that he literally said, "You cannot take my brothers. I will go in their stead." I believe that was just to add effect to the statement the the fellow Navy SEAL was making. Some support for this is that in the quote it said that he looked death in the eye. I truly do not believe that he shouted anything larger than a few words before he jumped onto the grenade, and if he did I do not believe that in that it would be a statement that used such high grammar as "I will go in their stead." Not meaning any offense to the fallen soldier, but that sounds a bit like something out of a Shakespeare play. (Not the act of sacrifice, just the saying).
    • jaquestrap, on 04/09/2008, -0/+4Also a bit farther down it shows that he shouted grenade and then jumped, not that whole statement. So for all of you saying that he shouted the statement, please read the article before posting.
  • Devan612, on 04/09/2008, -6/+2The odds that it happened like the story reads is ***** zero.

    I was in the military and have trained with the SEALS.
    After the lies about Jessica Lynch, how do you know the truth?

    BTW, the life expectancy of a SEAL is 0%, just like they are trained.
  • noseeme, on 04/09/2008, -0/+1Oh man, no matter how much brotherhood and comradery I have with a group of people, I would never sacrifice my own life. I salute him.
  • massminority, on 04/09/2008, -0/+8This guy is a BAMF who killed himself to save his friends. Anyone who does not think that is courageous despite the fact that they have NO CHOICE for being in Iraq and are doing their JOB, needs to realize that troops don't choose who they fight. To take away the honor of a man like this and call it worthless because of where it took place is ignorance.
    • yellowcakewalk, on 04/09/2008, -6/+1Of course they have a choice. They can refuse to go. We all must do our part to oppose the criminals that have hijacked our government.
    • DreadPirate, on 04/09/2008, -0/+6That would be disobeying an order from a superior officer, and would get them arrested. Are you trying to get our soldiers arrested, Yellow? You're already insulting fallen soldiers before they have even be buried, so I shouldn't be surprised at your absolute lack of any tact or morals.
  • Ninh, on 04/09/2008, -2/+2I bet he'd rather be alive.
  • kidmaninwar, on 04/09/2008, -1/+1born in 1981, wow
  • PolishLogic, on 04/09/2008, -0/+9My respect goes out to him, and my condolences go out to his family.
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