Credo
"Sign on, young man, and sail with me. The stature of our homeland is no more than the measure of ourselves. Our job is to keep her free. Our will is to keep the torch of freedom burning for all. To this solemn purpose we call on the young, the brave, the strong, and the free. Heed my call, Come to the sea. Come Sail with me." -- John Paul Jones
"Pardon him, Theodotus; he is a barbarian, and thinks that the customs of his tribe and island are the laws of nature" --George Bernard Shaw, "Caesar and Cleopatra"
"And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music."--Friedrich Nietzsche
"A kind Providence has placed in our breasts a hatred of the unjust and cruel, in order that we may preserve ourselves from cruelty and injustice. They who bear cruelty, are accomplices in it. The pretended gentleness which excludes that charitable rancour, produces an indifference which is half an approbation. They never will love where they ought to love, who do not hate where they ought to hate."--Edmund Burke
“You say that it is your custom to burn widows. Very well. We also have a custom: when men burn a woman alive, we tie a rope around their necks and we hang them. Build your funeral pyre; beside it, my carpenters will build a gallows. You may follow your custom. And then we will follow ours.”--General Sir Charles Napier
"Μολὼν λαβέ" -- Leonidas
"Blogito Ergo Sum" -- Neptunus Lex
It’s about time. Thank you, LT Murphy.
The personal fortitude to keep doing what must be done and not give in to panic or inaction in such a terrifying situation is unimaginable to me.
As we keep saying, Where do we get such men?
And I thank God for them every day.
Here’s a link to LT Murphy’s local paper. Great articles and a video interview with his parents.
Thank you to Lt. Murphy, his fellow SEALs and their familys. You are what makes this country great. I am in awe of you.
With the absolute most respect:
AWC
Marcus Lutrell wrote a good book that gave a more detailed account of his colleagues heroic actions in “Lone Survivor”. It is a hell of a book about courage and the warrior spirit. Lutrell does his fell SEALs proud in commemorating their actions that fateful day. Read it.
::: Salute :::
I finished reading Sole Survivor earlier this year – a hard read but a book that all Americans should read… I had hoped that Lt. Murphy would receive the MOH for his heroic actions that day.. I’m glad to see that he did..
bryan
And gray walls moulder round, on which dull Time
Feeds, like slow fire upon a hoary brand;
And one keen pyramid with wedge sublime,
Pavilioning the dust of him who plann’d
This refuge for his memory, doth stand
Like flame transform’d to marble; and beneath,
A field is spread, on which a newer band
Have pitch’d in Heaven’s smile their camp of death,
Welcoming him we lose with scarce extinguish’d breath.
True warriors do excist and I salute you, LT Michael Murphy…
THE USA LOST AN EXTREME HERO!
HEAVEN GAINED SOME ONE IN ITS
HIGHEST REWARD!GOD HAS NO GREATER
LOVE THAN A MAN WHO LAYS HIS LIFE
DOWN FOR HIS BROTHER!
ALL MY PRAYERS GO TO THE MURPHY FAMILY!