Discussion for article #239700
As a former Army grunt (reluctantly drafted in 1969), and as a former staffer on Veteran Affairs and Defense committees in the House and Senate, I am perfectly confident saying that there are no braver soldiers, airmen, sailors, or marines anywhere in the world than those found in the U.S. Armed Forces. I say that with a tear in my eye.
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So according to his lawyer he just happened to stumble across a Kalashnikov and all those magazines. And then decided smuggling this arsenal onto a high-speed train so that he could rob some passengers of their pocket money and then jump out the window (of a high speed train) was his best bet for getting some money for food. Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight.
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“French authorities can legally hold him for questioning until Tuesday, when they must charge him or free him.”
Kind of funny that they actually included this in the article, as if there was ANY chance that he would not be charged and held.
Asked if there were lessons, Sadler had one for all who find themselves in the face of a choice. “Do something,” he said. "Hiding, or sitting back, is not going to accomplish anything. And the gunman would’ve been successful if my friend Spencer had not gotten up. So I just want that lesson to be learned going forward, in times of, like, terror like that, please do something. Don’t just stand by and watch.
Hear, fucking hear!
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Nothing in all the news makes me so proud to be an American as the heroic exploits of Spencer Stone and Alek Skarlatos on a train speeding through Belgium. In the same manner as Todd Beamer’s last recorded words on United Flight 93 on September 11, 2001 – “Are you guys ready? Let’s roll!” – Skarlatos’s instruction to his friend Stone, “Let’s go,” will live on as a testament to American bravery.
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“Lafayette, we are here.”
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As proud as I am to call these young men my countrymen, I can’t help but feel very sad that when they get out of the military and graduate from college, there will be no jobs and a dismal future in store for them. Young people like this are why we need to fix the problems of the greedy class and our dysfunctional government, so that their future is all bright and as promising as it should be for them.
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After subduing the heavily armed bad guy, Stone, who was injured in the scuffle, saved the life of a passenger who had been shot. Amazing young men.
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No, we need to fix it for ALL young people.
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I can see the tackling the guy. We’d all like to think we’d do the same, but sticking your finger into a “squirting” wound finding the what he thought “felt like an artery” and keeping the pressure on. I’d have a very hard time with that.
Stone is a trained medic in the Air Force. He said his military training kicked in after tackling the guy. Clearly it did.
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As I’ve posted time after time having a gun in a situation like this ensures nothing. It only increases the liklihood of additional innocents being injured.
But having your brain properly properly wired, now that can work wonders!
Read it and weep Puppies/beej! No comments for you today!!!
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