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Ex-Marine Died Fighting Islamic State in Syria
US NEWS ^ | 25 July 2017

Posted on 07/26/2017 7:30:31 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT

A former Marine who believed so strongly in the war against the Islamic State group that he secretly traveled to Syria to battle militants there was killed this month fighting for a Kurdish militia...

"He said to the effect that 'Isis was the bane of modern existence and needed to be stopped before they destroy any more lives and priceless works of human achievement,'" Cintron said in the email.

(Excerpt) Read more at usnews.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: semperfidelis; usmc
John 15:13 (KJV)

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

Semper Fidelis

1 posted on 07/26/2017 7:30:31 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
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To: DUMBGRUNT

RIP!


2 posted on 07/26/2017 7:33:03 AM PDT by Anti-Bubba182
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To: Texas Fossil

I believe this Gentleman is a friend of yours.


3 posted on 07/26/2017 7:34:43 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (GO TRUMP!)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

God bless him.


4 posted on 07/26/2017 7:36:59 AM PDT by Shark24
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To: Anti-Bubba182

RIP - Thank you for my freedom and liberty so generously protected by you.

Brought to you by zero

Oh let em dangle.......(zero, cankles)


5 posted on 07/26/2017 7:37:03 AM PDT by Uversabound (Might does not make right, but it does enforce the commonly recognized rights of each succeeding gen)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

ISIS is the embodiment of exactly what Mohammed intended Islam to be.


6 posted on 07/26/2017 7:44:15 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents - Know Islam, No Peace -No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Once a Marine, always a Marine.


7 posted on 07/26/2017 7:45:23 AM PDT by Hieronymus (It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged. --G. K. Chesterton)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Ex-Marine???


8 posted on 07/26/2017 7:46:57 AM PDT by null and void (This is how socialists work: Erase the past, Bankrupt the present, Steal from the future.)
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To: Uversabound

Ex-Marine?

Yeah!

I was 10 years old in ‘45 when Americans came home from WWII.........Marines called themselves ex-marines back then; and, books, newspapers, movies all used the term ex-Marine...it was a kind of badge/honor on those who had served in the Corps!

Dick G: AMERICAN! (NOT AINO)
aka: Gunny G
*****


9 posted on 07/26/2017 7:49:07 AM PDT by gunnyg ("A Constitution changed from Freedom, can never be restored; Liberty, once lost, is lost forever...)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

http://kurdishquestion.com/article/3964-three-ypg-internationalist-volunteers-killed-in-raqqa-battle-against-islamic-state

List as of 2 weeks ago of International volunteers that went to fight with the Kurds and were killed in the battle against ISIS; heck, this Robert Grodt (look up that name) was even involved as being a medic for Occupy Wallstreet, I don’t sympathize with this cause, he was an Army vet I think but in this case, he had a valid cause. I may not agree with all that that Kurd militia stands for. Still, that doesn’t diminish their great sacrifice against evil.


10 posted on 07/26/2017 8:04:59 AM PDT by BeadCounter (Trump; most pro-life president ever.)
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To: gunnyg
I always wondered what that meant gunnyg!

I am that little kid you went to war for,.

Now 55

Could not fill half of one of your shoes.

darn it now I am all vaclempt.....

11 posted on 07/26/2017 8:41:59 AM PDT by Uversabound (Might does not make right, but it does enforce the commonly recognized rights of each succeeding gen)
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To: BeadCounter

Robert Grodt.
Interesting.

Not many are single dimensional, many facets to make a whole person. Complex in thought and deed.


12 posted on 07/26/2017 8:57:39 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (GO TRUMP!)
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To: All

God Bless....


13 posted on 07/26/2017 9:44:52 AM PDT by Maverick68 (T)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

RIP.


14 posted on 07/26/2017 1:29:41 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Je Suis Pepe)
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