Posted on 07/25/2007 12:49:59 AM PDT by goldstategop
My Rifle: The Creed of a US Marine
"This is my rifle. There are many like it, but this one is mine.
My rifle is my best friend. It is my life. I must master it as I must master my life.
My rifle, without me, is useless. Without my rifle, I am useless. I must fire my rifle true. I must shoot straighter than my enemy who is trying to kill me. I must shoot him before he shoots me. I will...
My rifle and myself know that what counts in this war is not the rounds we fire, the noise of our burst, nor the smoke we make. We know that it is the hits that count. We will hit...
My rifle is human, even as I, because it is my life. Thus, I will learn it as a brother. I will learn its weaknesses, its strength, its parts, its accessories, its sights and its barrel. I will ever guard it against the ravages of weather and damage as I will ever guard my legs, my arms, my eyes and my heart against damage. I will keep my rifle clean and ready. We will become part of each other. We will...
Before God, I swear this creed. My rifle and myself are the defenders of my country. We are the masters of our enemy. We are the saviors of my life.
So be it, until victory is America's and there is no enemy, but peace!"
-- The US Marine Rifle Creed was written by Major General William H. Rupertus following the Pearl Harbor attack on December 7, 1941.
It's also been adopted as the rifleman's creed - including this rifleman-in-training.
Stop it!! You’re bringing a tear to my eye... : )
We used to have to recite this in boot camp every day before retiring into the rack. If memory serves, it was taught to us the day we were issued our M-16 A-1. There are a lot of truths in that creed....
There are a lot of truths in that creed....
Yes, indeed!
Thank you for your service to our country.
You give good reasons why the moonbats selected that particular questioner.
The people were screened to make sure that no one was able to ask a reasonable question like that.
I absolutely LOVE the fact that the Dims are showcasing their innate abilities to trip over their own you-know-whats and clamoring all over each other for the doting leftist populace (and the ill-perceived notion that ALL Americans are sheeplike dolts who will fall in a collective swoon at their feet).They just stick their foots in their mouths at every turn. It’s really laughable. Wait till the last lap....People will be so tired of their crap they’ll be turning away in droves.
“Thank you, sir” doesn’t even begin to touch it...
I’m not a Marine but my hubby is (retired),and I have always felt this way about MY guns.
God Bless America and those who fight for her people!
Re your post #8, you have it exactly right.
Biden is one of the biggest sacks of cr@p in the Senate.
And that makes him a big sack of cr@p, indeed.
It's too bad that Xao Bi Den doesn't really get the second amendment.
Just like non redneck stereotyped call their cars, boats, etc. their babies?
There’s no reason to believe this was a genuine person asking a genuine, unplanned question, in the same manner that snake oil salesmen would place a shill in the audience to ask questions intended to make the fraudulent medicine man shine. I’m convinced Biden, not known for original spontaneous public statements, had this guy and question arranged in advance. Think about it: It’s a forum OF democrats, put on BY democrats, and done FOR democrats, with a democrat moderator. And, democrats previewed the questions in advance. It’s as real as an election in which only democrats vote, and only democrats count the votes. And it accomplishes two things: It trashes gun owners, and makes Biden look almost intelligent.
Many do, a case of cognitive dissonance I cannot understand.
Exactly!
This has always been a mainstay issue for the Democratic Party. They were the folks who pushed the Black Codes of the mid to late 1860's banning the freed slaves from gun ownership! Think the KKK was a Republican creation? Think again. What specific event did it take to turn you around? The 1994 AWB? If so, you're about 130 years late to the party.
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