Better to have a republican war for oil than a democrat war for nothing.
It took two Delta operators winning the Medal to hammer that point home. A whole bunch of Rangers and other Delta operators dying. Good men, all of them, with far more balls than I've ever shown.
I remember watching a History Channel special on "The real story of Black Hawk Down." I had had a few Coors in me, and near the end of the show, I remember breaking down and crying like a baby for MSG Shugart and SFC Gordon. They
knew they weren't going to live when they volunteered to cover the wounded pilot. And they went in cheerfully, from what I heard.
It's a testament to this great land that we continue to produce men, and women, like that.