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Do not mess with this soldier… (MOH recipient Bellavia, who fought in Fallujah)
Citizen Free Press ^ | 6/30/19 | Kane

Posted on 06/30/2019 3:35:10 PM PDT by LibWhacker

While being inducted into the Pentagon’s Hall of Heroes, new Medal of Honor recipient Army Staff Sgt. David Bellavia issued a warning to anyone who might want to go toe-to-toe with the U.S.

“They may be watching this right now,” Bellavia said. “Our military should not be mistaken for a cable news gabfest show. We don’t care what you look like. We don’t care who your voted for, who you worship, what you worship, who you love. It doesn’t matter if your dad left you millions when he died or if you knew who your father was.”

“We have been honed into a machine of lethal moving parts that you would be wise to avoid if you know what’s good for you,” he said.

The Battle of Fallujah veteran said the U.S. does not want war because the military has seen the horrific consequences of it, but “if you want war with the United States of America, there’s one thing I can promise you, so help me God, someone else will raise your sons and daughters.”

President Trump presented Bellavia with the Medal of Honor on Tuesday for almost single-handedly clearing a house of insurgents during the Battle of Fallujah in 2004. While he was attached to A Company, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, Bellavia went into the house after the insurgents ambushed his unit, killing some in hand-to-hand combat.

Bellavia was originally awarded with the Silver Star for his actions. He is the first living Medal of Honor recipient who fought in the Iraq War.


TOPICS: Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: america; bellavia; enemies; warning
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If Bellavia's little excerpted speech (2m19s at source) doesn't make your chest swell with pride, yer hopeless - or ANTIFA - neither of which I doubt includes anyone on FR! The full speech is on YouTube, until such time YT decides it's too scary for yer typical liberal crybaby.
1 posted on 06/30/2019 3:35:10 PM PDT by LibWhacker
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To: LibWhacker

Bellavia is running for Congress.


2 posted on 06/30/2019 3:38:46 PM PDT by centurion316
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To: centurion316
Bellavia is running for Congress.

Well, he should. Well he should.
3 posted on 06/30/2019 3:49:14 PM PDT by righttackle44 (Takes scalps. Leave the bodies as a warning.)
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To: centurion316

Where?


4 posted on 06/30/2019 3:49:35 PM PDT by Hieronymus ("I shall drink--to the Pope, if you please,-still, to Conscience first, and to the Pope afterwards.")
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To: Hieronymus

west of Buffalo, NY


5 posted on 06/30/2019 3:50:11 PM PDT by centurion316
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To: LibWhacker

but “if you want war with the United States of America, there’s one thing I can promise you, so help me God, someone else will raise your sons and daughters.”


6 posted on 06/30/2019 3:51:36 PM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BB0ndRzaz2o)
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“We don’t care who your voted for, who you worship, what you worship, who you love.”

He had a good day, that is where his expertise ends. Now he sounds like a democrat candidate. The modern DOD carefully vets living MOH recipients to make sure they parrot the SJW line.

Next.


7 posted on 06/30/2019 3:53:38 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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To: LibWhacker

1st ID bump.

5.56mm


8 posted on 06/30/2019 3:53:42 PM PDT by M Kehoe (DRAIN THE SWAMP! BUILD THE WALL!)
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Maybe the DoD does this vetting, but I don’t think Dakota Meyer could be confused as a social justice warrior...


9 posted on 06/30/2019 3:57:44 PM PDT by srmanuel
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To: DesertRhino

I took that a different way. In that the us military will Defend the (the constitution) rights of every citizen regardless.

I’ll go listen to it again.


10 posted on 06/30/2019 3:58:44 PM PDT by June2
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“Our military should not be mistaken for a cable gabfest show. We don’t care who your voted for, who you worship, what you worship, who you love.”

Translation;
Our military thinks Fox news sucks, Hillary and Obama lovers are treasured, Islamists and wiccans are welcome, and lesbos, homos and trannys are ok.”

Here’s how I translate it. Maybe I’ll be wrong and he’ll come out as a conservative. But that speech sounds like the one the school approves for the valedictorian. I’m getting good at translating Democrat-ese.

Kudos for his service and respect that completely. But jury is out on his mentality 15 years later.


11 posted on 06/30/2019 4:05:43 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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"if asked, by my country, I will effing kill and destroy anything set in my path."

I can live with that

12 posted on 06/30/2019 4:15:08 PM PDT by onona (Mexico is a parasite)
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To: LibWhacker

U.S. armed forces have been at war for 18 consecutive years, and there are thousands of steel d*ck killers in the active and reserve/Guard components with whom nobody should tangle. Because our military is way too small, they also are exhausted from too many deployments, and the weapons systems and equipment they use are full of tired iron.

National security strategy until the fall of the Berlin Wall was to be able to wage and win two wars simultaneously, similar to defeating the Axis powers in WWII. Then as we began rapidly downsizing after Gulf War I, it became the ability to win two major regional conflicts at the same time. Now it’s to win one MRC and hold the fort against a second until we can mobilize additional forces.

Planners and generals/admirals no longer talk about winning conflicts, the speak of “accepting risk” for the sorry state of our military’s size and readiness. And that’s all bullsh*t. We spend something less than 4% of GDP on defense; it was worse under Obama, Clinton, and both Bushes. It even was heading in the wrong direction in the latter part of the Reagan administration. As a result, we’ve reduced our active component by more than half, skipped generations of technology development & acquisition, and created a puny Navy (fewer than 300 ships) and Air Force (less than 75 sixty+ year old B-52s and only a handful of B-1s & B-2s).

Trump is trying to reverse the trend, but much more is needed, and quickly. The smallest unit of our two worst adversaries, Red China and North Korea, is the horde, and because of all the IP theft and forced technology transfers, these Commie countries have increasingly lethal systems, and much more of everything than do we.

Pray for the safety of our nation, and that no Regressive Socialist ‘RAT ever again occupies the White House.


13 posted on 06/30/2019 4:18:41 PM PDT by nickedknack
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To: onona

I might be wrong, but the image I have is that this is the guy with his two buddies carrying/dragging out of the house - and he is bloody and dirty - and he’s holding his .45 in his hand still. (Now off to look!)


14 posted on 06/30/2019 4:19:23 PM PDT by 21twelve (!)
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To: LibWhacker

David is a close friend. I had him speak with me at a pro America event in downtown Buffalo.
Antifa, black lives matter and other idiot groups were there protesting us.
The whole time they were yelling and taunting us, I played with them and laughed at them which pissed them off. :)
David took a much more serious tone and the look on his face as he called them out was incredible.

I love David, am so damn proud of this man. Hope to see him home soon.


15 posted on 06/30/2019 4:19:40 PM PDT by The Mayor (He is risen! Alleluia!)
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I never heard a democRAT or some SJW talk about the military fighting machine like that.

Where you get that this guy is a democRAT SJW is beyond me.

16 posted on 06/30/2019 4:25:42 PM PDT by HotHunt (Been there. Done that.)
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To: 21twelve

http://lucianread.photoshelter.com/image/I00008mqUs2eb0X0

I was wrong on the picture of the guy.

First Sgt. Bradley Kasal was who I was thinking of.

And it was a 9 mm!

I do recall reading the story of Bellavia - skill and God were on his side IMHO.

“I slipped on some blood and fell. At that instant a bullet hit where I had been standing a split-second before.”


17 posted on 06/30/2019 4:29:54 PM PDT by 21twelve (!)
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To: onona

That was a bunch of over polished bull squirt, written by a committee of lieutenant colonel’s. There was a listing of all of America’s enemies and a brief nod to foreign policy. There was a listing of every social justice Warrior protected class, including homos. And he wrapped it up by talking about how important our allies are . I don’t know if you’ve been around a lot of enlisted grunts, but you don’t hear them give a lot of compliments and good wishes to allies. Absent was the mentality of most of their moh winners I’ve seen. Not a word about “I’m wearing the medal for the ones who didn’t come home”. Most other moh winners seem to be a little more circumspect, a little more blue collar, and even slightly embarrassed by the attention. I know a propaganda speech when I see one. Mark my words he’s going to turn out to be another in the long line of guys who served, and turned out to be worthless in the political world.

That thing was oozing in political correctness


18 posted on 06/30/2019 4:30:02 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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To: HotHunt

Talking about who you love, talking about we don’t care who you worship, slamming cable news shows.. all three of those are the trademarks of a Democrat. Just watch, unless he’s one of those conservative Republicans from Buffalo.


19 posted on 06/30/2019 4:32:32 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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I watched his 2 min speech twice and didn't get the same message as you did.

What I got was that the US military will kick ass, not matter who you are.

I think you're imparting too much of a political message into what he said.

20 posted on 06/30/2019 4:37:36 PM PDT by HotHunt (Been there. Done that.)
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