A Hero
See this man? This man is a hero.
One of his friends was dead, 12 others lay wounded and the four soldiers still left standing were surrounded and out of ammunition. So Salvadoran Cpl. Samuel Toloza said a prayer, whipped out his switchblade knife and charged the Iraqi gunmen.
The man deserves a medal. Phil Kosnett, the man "who heads the Coalition Provisional Authority" in Najaf seems to think so, as he's nominated him and several others in his battalion for the Bronze Star. In his own words, "They're probably the bravest and most professional troops I've every worked with."
Incidentally, here is the difference between our us and our allies, and the enemy:
Lt. Col. Francisco Flores, the battalion's operations officer, said the surrounded soldiers held their fire for nearly half an hour, fearful of inflicting civilian casualties, even as 10 of their number were wounded by rocket-propelled grenades and bullets from assault rifles and machine guns.
OTOH, our enemies seem bent on killing as many civilians as possible, even to the point of murdering a family.
Tali Hatuel, 34, who was 8 months pregnant, and her daughters, Hila, 11, Hadar, nine, Roni, seven, and Merav, two, were shot at point-blank range, after initial gunshots brought their car to a halt. The terrorists then sprayed the car with bullets to ensure that all the occupants were dead.
My hat goes off to men like Cpl. Toloza who fight against such monsters. The troops of El Salvador and the United States have my utmost respect.
(Via Common Sense and Wonder)
Posted by Blog Jones at May 3, 2004 03:19 PM
| Category: Other News
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