The Farsi Farce Continues
The Farsi Island Iran
This is ridiculous. After failing to do her job (gunner) and protect her crewmates and boats, she manages to do the least possible good thing and the Navy falls all over themselves to give her an award.
If she had exhibited “extraordinary courage” she would have fired her gun prior to being captured.
If she had exhibited “extraordinary courage” she would have ensured that her gun station had a full load of ammo, was loaded, and ready for combat before beginning the mission.
If she had exhibited “extraordinary courage” she would have jumped the three Iranians who took the ten sailors captive and inspired her pathetic fellow sailors to resist.
This is the Navy trying to make lemonade out of lemons while also kowtowing to the women’s movement.
I’ll give her this much credit – she attempted to do one tiny thing right while the remainder of her inept, cowardly crew sat and did nothing other than, in some cases, literally, cry. So, good for that, but a medal for “extraordinary courage”? What a farce.
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I can't help but wonder if this entire episode reflects the pacification of our society at large. We've eliminated the ability to resolve one's problems - everything must go through the courts, we're told. Once upon a time, a good old fashioned butt kicking was sufficient to deal with a bully. Now, we have to respect their life choices, work to understand them, appeal to their good nature (they probably don't have any), seek counseling for our own misguided impulse to physically stop the bully, and, ultimately, appeal to the courts for restraining orders.
We've prevented boys from playing dodgeball. We've eliminated man to man fights. We've demonized aggression among males while extolling the virtues of female feelings. We've gender-downed our military standards. We've eliminated aggressive, insensitive mascots from athletic teams. We're turning football into touch football. The list goes on.
Now, our military won't fight. Their first, instinctive response is to surrender and cry. Is it any wonder why?
Once upon a time our heroes were men of action; hard fighting men; aggressive men. Have you noticed that now many of our military "heroes" are people who were captured? Remember Jessica Lynch? She got a Bronze Star, among other medals, for doing absolutely nothing other than being captured. Remember the hero's welcome the crew of the EP-3 received after being released by the Chinese?
We've pacified our society and now wonder why our military won't fight?
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I can't help but wonder if this entire episode reflects the pacification of our society at large. We've eliminated the ability to resolve one's problems - everything must go through the courts, we're told. Once upon a time, a good old fashioned butt kicking was sufficient to deal with a bully. Now, we have to respect their life choices, work to understand them, appeal to their good nature (they probably don't have any), seek counseling for our own misguided impulse to physically stop the bully, and, ultimately, appeal to the courts for restraining orders.
We've prevented boys from playing dodgeball. We've eliminated man to man fights. We've demonized aggression among males while extolling the virtues of female feelings. We've gender-downed our military standards. We've eliminated aggressive, insensitive mascots from athletic teams. We're turning football into touch football. The list goes on.
Now, our military won't fight. Their first, instinctive response is to surrender and cry. Is it any wonder why?
Once upon a time our heroes were men of action; hard fighting men; aggressive men. Have you noticed that now many of our military "heroes" are people who were captured? Remember Jessica Lynch? She got a Bronze Star, among other medals, for doing absolutely nothing other than being captured. Remember the hero's welcome the crew of the EP-3 received after being released by the Chinese?
We've pacified our society and now wonder why our military won't fight?
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(1)Military.com website, “Female Sailor Recognized for Bravery During Iranian Detention Incident”, Hope Hodge Seck, 10-Aug-2016 ,
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