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I don't know if anyone has posted this but, I am finishing a really good book.

The title is "Lone Survivor" by Marcus Luttrell. This is a story about the SEALS'S of Team 10 who fought and died bravely in Afghanistan. The Lone Survivor was Marcus Luttrell a member of Team 10 and the author of the book.

This is not meant to become a political sounding board about the validity of America's involvement in the Middle East.

Instead, it is an account of the best and bravest America has to offer. It makes you think and thank God there are men and women who still step to the front in times of crisis or when the nation calls.

These are some bad-ass heroes.

Food for thought. Compare these to the majority of athlete-heroes.

God Bless those brave men and women.

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I really have a lot of respect for the Seals, they truly are a kick-ass group... I had a friend that was in training and unfortunately he shredded his shoulder.

I will definitely give this book a read, thanks for the recommendation.

I love this Seal quote...


"The difference between combat and sport is that in combat you
bury the guy who comes in second.?
 
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I'd love to hear the thoughts running through these kids' minds when they realized who they messed with...4 counties in pursuit. Video on the link but its blocked for me at work.

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Texas thugs murder war hero's therapy dog - video

April 8, 6:15 AM ? Retired Navy Seal Marcus Luttrell, author of the book "Lone Survivor," about his military service in Afghanistan, suffered a heinous crime last week while at home here in the United States. Joy-riding thugs murdered his therapy dog.
He doesn't sleep well at night so was awake and heard a gunshot. He got up, got his gun, checked his Mom to be sure she was ok, checked his yard, saw a car with 4 men outside of it standing over the body of his dog, laughing and joking about killing her. She had been shot to death, and they looked like hunters admiring their kill.
Daisy was Marcus Luttrell's therapy dog - his rehab partner and best friend. Her name came from his fallen buddies in Afghanistan. Danny, Max, Southern Boy and Yankee was how his Navy Seal squad was known - Southern Boy was Marcus' name, and his book, Lone Survivor, chronicles the ordeal they all went through, leaving only Southern Boy alive.
The outrage Marcus shows in this clip is understandable. The perpetrators will likely face no more than 2 years in jail, and two of the men are only considered witnesses, not participants in the crime.
The state of Texas needs to look at their laws regarding the wanton killing of animals, especially companion animals. If this story triggers a change in those laws, there will at least be something good to come out of this tragedy.
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It seems that four young good for nothings had been killing dogs in Marcus Luttrell’s county where he lives in Texas. And as terrible luck would have it ( terrible luck for them), the last dog they decided to kill belonged to Marcus Luttrell. As Glen Beck tells the story on his radio program this morning, these thugs should be thanking God that Marcus Luttrell knew how to show restraint when he single handedly, armed of course, apprehended the four.
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osugrad21;1445941; said:
I'd love to hear the thoughts running through these kids' minds when they realized who they messed with...4 counties in pursuit. Video on the link but its blocked for me at work.
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Probably something along the lines of "I wonder if anyone can tell that I shit my pants."
 
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Survivor of war loses dog to random violence

Beloved pet's killing reopens old wounds for former Navy SEAL

By DANE SCHILLER
Copyright 2009 Houston Chronicle

April 8, 2009, 10:03PM





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Marcus Luttrell

Dasy, a Lab, was shot April 1 at age 4.





All it took was the gunshot fired outside his Walker County home to trigger training ingrained in former Navy SEAL Marcus Luttrell, the lone survivor of a dramatic battle in Afghanistan in 2005.
He did a sweep through the house. Checked on his mother. And bolted out the door, where he found dead his beloved Labrador retriever, Dasy, a dog given to him to help him recover from his own wounds and the loss of his fellow Navy comrades.
?I could tell she tried to get away because there was a blood trail,? Luttrell recalled in a phone interview Wednesday. ?When I saw she was dead, the only thing that popped into my head was, ?I?ve got to take these guys out.? ?
Shrouded in darkness, Luttrell, who?d just been released from the hospital after another round of surgery, crawled under a fence, skirted a ditch and sneaked up on four strangers in a sedan who apparently killed the dog on a whim. Luttrell said they were oblivious as he raised a 9 mm pistol from about 25 yards away and had one of them dead to rights.
But as the car pulled away, he didn?t fire.
Instead, he scrambled back to his pickup and launched what became a wild 40-mile chase that reached speeds of over 100 mph and crossed three counties.
?I did everything right; I didn?t do anything wrong,? he told the Houston Chronicle of the April 1 incident. ?Make sure everyone knows they cold-bloodily murdered.?
Luttrell stayed on the line with a 911 emergency operator as he tried to catch the car, which was just a bit too fast for his four-door truck to overtake.
?I told them, ?You need to get somebody out here because if I catch them I?m going to kill them,? ? Luttrell recalled telling the operator.
Wounds still deep

The nighttime killing of a such a special dog played right into Luttrell?s deep wounds.
The 4-year-old yellow Lab was given to him upon his return from the war to help him heal. He named it Dasy as an acronym for his SEAL team members lost in a mighty fight in which they were isolated and far outnumbered by Taliban fighters.
He wrote a book, The Lone Survivor, about the experience.
Luttrell said he still wrestles with what he went through. He doesn?t sleep at night, usually keeping his guard up until sunrise, just in case.
?I don?t talk about it much. I just don?t sleep at night,? he said. ?I am in and out of the house all night, going, moving around.?
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?I was trying to talk myself out of being who I am,? he said. ?Talking to myself about not doing the one thing I am good at.?
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Who was/were the animal(s) here?

In this case, the two minutes with the SEAL would have been a lesson that should have preceded the two years in prison. Who exactly were the animals here? He should have beat the tar our of all four. Then he should have reported that they physically attacked him and he had to defend himself.

Thank God we have people like "Southern Boy" to protect us from the maniacs at large in this world.
 
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