Sergeant Meyer |
Medal of
Honor recipient Dakota Meyer responded to the comment by tweeting “Hey @ronpaul
have you lost your mind? That sword protected your freedom. Guess since I live
by it I deserve to get murdered as well? #wow.”
Meyer, a
former Marine sergeant, is one of three living recipients of the Medal of Honor
for service in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. He is credited with saving 13
American and 23 Afghan soldiers’ lives in a firefight in Afghanistan in 2009.
Kyle, a
former SEAL and author of “American Sniper,” left the Navy in 2009 after 10
years of service. He completed four deployments to Iraq and is credited with
killing 160 enemy combatants. He received two Silver Stars, five Bronze Stars
for valor and two Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medals.
Ron Pauls
comments are a good example of how easy it is for people to make off handed
comments, for no reason except to hear themselves talk, that can offend and
hurt a lot of people. In this case that included everyone who wears, or has
worn, the uniform of the United States –or really everyone who wears a gun and
serves to protect us, including law enforcement.
A stupid and
unthinking comment by Ron Paul, really dumb. He should retract and apologize
for it. But I doubt that will happen...
Live Long and Prosper…
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