SEAL Falls on Grenade to Save Comrades

I sacrificed for my country too. I went shopping just like Dubya told me too. /sarcasm

Our soldiers' sacrifices deserve as much airtime as Cory Lidle. RIP. This war sucks; I'm sick.

blee, why do you have to go and crap all over this? Your sarcasm is disrespecting this fine man, his family, and his fellow team members. I'm sick, too - because of you.

AMEN!!! to that!

And to the person who said this war sucks, i'm sick! --- you don't know what sick is!

You two are just as disrespectful for complaining about Blee's post.

Now you are making me be disrespectful too!

A tip a final salute to a man who made the ultimate sacrifice for his country, his colleagues and (most importantly) his friends. He should be held in the highest regard by his peers and his countrymen and women. My thoughts are with his family and friends.

has anyone thought about the number of Iraqi people have died during this war?

america has brought this on themselves! and dragged us British into it!

@!$%# you for devaluing his selflessness.

not the time or place for your political stand Leo...RIP brave soldier...thank you for your sacrifice to keep me and my family safe.

War is politics. Our nation fights in Iraq because of politics. When a good man dies, there is no better time to question his death. By year's end nearly 3000 men and women of the United States of America will have died in Iraq... but to what end?

Are we safe from terrorists? No. Are Iraqis better off now than they were before the war? No. Are we safe from WMDs? No. Have the fundamental ideals of our nation been strengthened? No. Will any of us remember this man's name four months from now? Probably not.
Do any of us recall the the first American to die in Iraq was an illegal immigrant from Mexico? No.

This war is a disgrace and it shames all of us.

Obviously you remember the first person to die in Iraq. To tell you the truth, we are safer from terrorists in our own country. Think about all of the precautions we have taken now because of 9/11. Obviously no precautions can be failsafe because if someone really wants to do something, they can but there are more safety measures in place than there were before 9/11. The average US citizen is not going to come into contact with terrorists and so I think your statement that we are not safer from terrorists is incorrect.

Leo, just because you don't agree with the President's choices doesn't mean that this is the place to share them. This topic is about Michael Monsoor and his selflessness. I doubt you could ever understand the bond of brotherhood that is formed between men in this profession. I went to boarding school, fought with, and got beaten up with my mates and I can honestly say I understand what must have been going through his mind. This is the true American hero, someone who, despite their own lives, will give them up to save the lives of their friends. Also, the least you can do is support the country. The President is not the only one who's guilty and unless you are a person that actually writes to your Representatives (I highly doubt it.), you have no right to complain and expect people to take you seriously.

RIP Michael Monsoor.

Are Iraqis better off now than they were before the war? No

Well not to get into this here but this statement comes from what? The months you have spent on the streets of Iraq? Or from a Media induced one sided vision? Just curious I will go no further about this topic here this should focus on this mans brave and noble sacrifice

"Non Sibi Sed Patriae!" (Not for self, but country)

Rest In Peace my friend you deserve it

"May GOD bless all of the Soldiers in Iraq"

Calling all Newsvine athiests, calling all Newsvine athiests ...

RIP Squidee

Dulce et decorum est, pro patria mori. Another poor @!$%#er dies so people can make money.

Nice comparison--NOT! Since when do our teachers, doctors, construction workers, etc. (unless they are Reservists in the military) sent overseas away from their families for up to 15 months at a time, facing IEDs, rockets and gunfire--living in tents on cots under someone else's agenda? I don't disparage their often thankless service to the American people but (short of police and firefighters) how can you compare the two environments in which they work and the potentially fatal outcome of said service?

Did Iraq have anything to do with 9/11? (Hint: No.)

The trouble is, when people start asking us to "give it a rest this time" and concentrate purely on the heroic deeds of others, without questioning for what reason they had to die, well, that's when we get into a big mess that snowballs out of control.

Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11! Absolutely nothing - not one iota! (Though they'd like you to believe otherwise, and made every effort to achieve this.)

So when some poor soldier sacrifices his life, the least we can do is relentlessly question the reason he had to die. In this case, while his actions were absolutely heroic, the reason he is now dead is because he was fighting in a war that politicians have made every effort to associate with an emotionally-charged-but-completely-unrelated event: 9/11.

Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11 - get it into your head!!

It's sad but true, but this heroic soldier died for the lies of politicians, and nothing more.

What is even sadder is that people like you are not taking this opportunity to ask the questions, but are "giving it a rest this time", and the next, and the next, and the next, and the next... purely out of respect for the dead soldiers, of course.

I wonder if you can see how stupidly ironic that is?

When soldiers die, there is NOTHING more disrespectful than failing to question why they had to die, and making efforts to prevent others suffering the same fate.

If I've made you angry: GOOD! Now take that anger and do something about stopping this bloody war, before more heroic soldiers like Michael Monsoor die for nothing more than the lies of politicians.

Regardless of any political reasons Mikey Monsoor ended up in Iraq, he died in service to his country and our ideals--right or wrong. This concept seems to be overlooked by many in this forum. Some of us feel the need to try to make the world a better place, not just run our sucks and whine on internet forums!