Like, wow.
I would like to meet this guy. He speaks my kind of language. :-)
I have no doubt a guy like that—unchained—could kill all the local thugs and establish order. Unfortunately, it takes a missionary to finish the job. When we put Islam at the top of the Iraqi constitution, we undermined what guys like this could have done.
Marcus Luttrell is the author of Lone Survivor, which just came out. It documents Operation Redwing, the worst loss of life in SEAL history. He survived the initial assault, escaped and then was sheltered by an Afghan village before being rescued.
He and the men he served with are amazing. Lone Survivor is a must read.
Another gem:
“If I ever rounded a mountainside in Afghanistan and came face to face with Osama bin Laden ..., I’d shoot him dead in cold blood. At which point, urged on by an outraged American media, the military would probably incarcerate me under the jail, never mind in it. And then I’d be charged with murder.
Tell you what. I’d still shoot the sonofabitch.”
or this:
“The truth is, any government that thinks war is somehow fair and subject to rules like a baseball game probably should not get into one.”
This is an absolute must read.
Bump for son.
And the hard part of this for politisions to understand???
They can’t STAND someone who knows more about the problem than them dictating the solution....
Small SEAL Teams risking all 24/7 tracking down and bringing justice to an evil that most don't or refuse to acknowledge is out there....
God bless SEALs Murphy, Axe, Dietz....what they went through and how they conducted themselves all the way to the moments of their deaths is what being a SEAL, a warrior is all about. Out numbered over 150 to 4.....They took out over a majority of this enemy...on their own turf...after being compromised. Each man gave all for the other...
Ego.
Once a politician gets it into his head he is a power to be reckoned with, there’s no subject safe from their all encompassing ego.
Just because he lacks knowledge of a subject doesn’t mean he’s not ready, will and able to make decisions based solely on the power of his office and his own hyperinflated sense of self.
BTTT
Take notes!?
I know that this is an old thread, but I have a question about Marcus Luttrell. OK, I just read the book and really liked it. The story reads like a novel, with spiraling action that almost seems unbelievable. For example, Lutrell says that he was blown out of a hiding place with a rocket.
Anyway, I was really inspired by the book. Then this Sunday at church I met a Army Ranger back from Afghanistan and I was talking to him about the war and stuff and mentioned Lone Survivor. He immediately said, “Oh, that guy made up most of that story.” He said that the SEALS are not respected by the Rangers because the SEALS are wreckless and arrogant. He said that he was in the area during the Lone Survivor events and while he wasn’t on the mission, he knows that the story “doesn’t add up.”
He said that one funny detail is that Marcus complained that the army helicopter dropped their ropes after the insertion which compromised their security since the ropes could have been found. But, that apparently dropping ropes is standard procedure.
So, I thought. The Ranger’s reaction must be just rivalry between forces. But, then I starting thinking about all of the extreme details in the book and how it sounded like a script for a movie. For example, right before he is picked up and rescued, he stares through the sights of his rifle into the eyes of the terrorist commander he was sent to kill, but because it is a stand off he doesn’t fire. That would make a great scene.
Also, he reveals that he lies to his captors twice about having diabetes and that he was a doctor. But, he doesn’t explain why these lies were necessary since his captors were friendly. Does he have a character problem with the truth?
On the other hand, the military must have believed him because his buddy Mikey received the Medal of Honor and I assume that they have to provide some kind of fact finding investigation.
I want to believe this guy is an honest hero, but I wonder.
Question: do any of you know if Luttrell could have made up details of the story?