Originally posted by Symmetric Chaos
So who was the greatest soldier of the last 9 years?
how about my friend PFC Pinkston who was in iraq on convoy security, he was caught by an IED, a few miles out of our base gate. his vehicle flipped and was pinned down due to a harness he was wearing and the fact that he was manning the 50 cal on top of his vehicle. he lost his arm and the side of his body was crushed he held on for about two weeks before passing away. he had bn enthusiastic about being a marine and in less then a yr was in iraq being a real warrior.
he didnt have 100 kills under his name he never fired his wpn at the enemy. what he did was patrol and protect his convoy from enemy attacks and suspicious looking roads and streets. he had bn doing it for well over 4 months and had two months left for his tour to finish and go home to his family. during that time he had stopped his convoy at three separate occasion saving the lives of his unit from IED attacks.
he was one of those marines that you didnt have to order to do his job b/c he was already on it. many marines teased him b/c he had just turned 19 and had joined right out of high school and wasnt muscle bound like all the other stereo type jock marines. he use to follow me to the gym always seeking to improve himself as a marine and as a man always trying to escape the fact that he was just a teenager.
he died a man and as a warrior he saw what other ppl never will, not just war but other countries and ppl from all walks of life.
i think the problem here is that many of you romanticizes what it is to be a hero and you throw your video games and movie heroes and think its cool and funny but you no squat what is to be one. their are countless ppl that have real extraordinary feats from climbing a side of a mountain and taking the enemies position to an iraq Ssgt taking 8 shots and a grenade to protect his lcpl clearing the room and dragging his men to safety before passing away those ppl are heroes.
not some 2 thousand yr samurai who exist only in myths, or your game console.
Originally posted by WO Polaski
im going to profile that because its the truest thing ive read on this site in weeks. 😄even if youre lying about your friend (not saying you are), youre absolutely correct.
you want to know the sad part? i went to three different memorials but i dont remember a single one of their names, what i have are pamphlets with their name, picture and history/ military record in my shadow box. sometimes its too hard to hold on to those memories or even want to.
Originally posted by Dr Will Hatch
I'll give you that, not to mention that Khan roughly had the same amount of cultural influence that Alexander did, just in more subtle ways. Not to mention that Khan propegated his genes moreso than anyone else in history. That has to count for something.
Questionable, as Alexander arguably conquered a larger diversity of people.
There's some cat in Africa who has father over 90 children.
But Genghis was a total bad-ass.
Originally posted by Dr Will Hatch
Yup, pretty much.8% of all Asian men share Khans Y chromosome, btw.
That sounds like fanciful bullshit, sir. Considering Genghis was buried in secret and his tomb has yet to be found, so where is the definitive DNA sample for testing?
I'm thinking it's nothing more than a 120(+/-) million Asians trying to feel better about themselves, probably due to their smaller penile size.
Like how Americans love to claim they're 1/80th Cherokee or Sioux.
Originally posted by Dr Will Hatch
There's very strong circumstansial evidence. Originally it was assumed that only 8% of male Mongolians shared his heritage, but some genticists crossed referenced and found there were about 15 million more who also matched. Anyway, we're veering off topic.
Like what? Considering there isn't a sample of his DNA.
8% of Mongols + 15m doesn't equate to 8% of the total [male] Asian population.
Yeah, but you started it.