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2006-10-25 Iraq

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Posted by Chuck Simmins 2006-10-25 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11130 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Words fail..Live free or die....Thank God we still produce men like this

Posted by Warthog 2006-10-25 00:44|| 2006-10-25 00:44|| Front Page Top

#2 It's this type of soldier that will win us the War on Terrorism. I'm beginning to think that one good warrior like Ghent is worth a handful of officers.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2006-10-25 02:15|| 2006-10-25 02:15|| Front Page Top

#3 The President has already taken counsel on new rules of engagement, from local Commanders. These should be implemented, sooner rather than later. Risks to US soldiers like Ghent, has to be lowered or we feed the opportunists.

Posted by Snease Shaiting3550 2006-10-25 02:53|| 2006-10-25 02:53|| Front Page Top

#4 Wowsers. Thank you, Spc Ghent. Your bravery is splendid and those you saved are a gift. The blushing shyness is icing. Hooah!

Posted by .com 2006-10-25 04:45|| 2006-10-25 04:45|| Front Page Top

#5 With a 9mm peashooter, no less.

Posted by Mike 2006-10-25 07:23|| 2006-10-25 07:23|| Front Page Top

#6 It appears the best defense is indeed a good offense.
Perhaps a scaled-up version of Ghent's response should be considered standard policy for Iraq as a whole.

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2006-10-25 07:33|| 2006-10-25 07:33|| Front Page Top

Seeing this day after day while growing up has to make an impression.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2006-10-25 07:40|| 2006-10-25 07:40|| Front Page Top

#8 Brass.

Posted by anonymous5089 2006-10-25 07:43|| 2006-10-25 07:43|| Front Page Top

#9 Something is wrong when people like him get the same medal than JF Kerry.

Posted by JFM">JFM 2006-10-25 08:11|| 2006-10-25 08:11|| Front Page Top

#10 A twenty year old National Guardsman. A son to make a mother proud.

Posted by trailing wife 2006-10-25 08:14|| 2006-10-25 08:14|| Front Page Top

#11 God bless you and yours, Spc. Ghent. These stories need to be shouted from the rooftops more and more. It absolutely amazes me that we still produce fine men like Ghent. And, I agree, this tactic should be implemented on Iraq as a whole. Imagine a bunch of red-heads running around with 9mm pistols taking out the enemy.

Posted by BA 2006-10-25 09:34|| 2006-10-25 09:34|| Front Page Top

#12 "...does not talk much about his year in Iraq..."

I've seen this before. My father was of the WWII generation and he and his peers never had much to say.

It wasn't till 30 years after the fact when I was an adult that, after a few beers, he told me about a couple of incidents he had while a CB in the South Pacific.

All Hail Spc. Ghent!!!

Posted by AlanC">AlanC 2006-10-25 09:38|| 2006-10-25 09:38|| Front Page Top

#13 Interesting, my mother is from Rochester NH. Very small place. I still have a lot of relatives there. Take my word for it though, Ghent is a rarity up there. By and large NH is a liberal nut house. My grandmother being case in point. I've got tons of aunts, uncles and cousins up there and for the most part they are LLL. There is one cousin who is a staunch Republican. The only reason my mother is not is because she's lived in the South since she was 19. Met my dad (born in the hills of Georgia) when he was stationed at Pease. It's funny cause the whole liberal mindset doesn't jive at all with the Catholic mindset. Perhaps it is this conflict that causes such strong cognitive dissonance? Anyways, HOOAH for Spc Ghent, may he go forth and multiply...New Hampshire needs more like him.

Posted by AllahHateMe 2006-10-25 09:50|| 2006-10-25 09:50|| Front Page Top

#14 "He's so bashful," said his grandmother, Loretta Lambert of Rochester. "He's like, 'Why am I getting a medal?'"

This is typical of true heroes. I had the chance to interview two Medal of Honor recipients back in the 80's. Both of them echoed the same sentiments as this young man. One of them remarked, "I don't really know why they made such a big deal out of it. I was just doing my job."

Posted by mcsegeek1 2006-10-25 10:22|| 2006-10-25 10:22|| Front Page Top

#15 AllahHateMe -- we're not all liberal nutcases, that's mostly the border regions, where the Massholes have immigrated to.

I read about Ghent in the Union Leader -- a great writeup for this man.

Posted by Carl in N.H.">Carl in N.H. 2006-10-25 11:38|| 2006-10-25 11:38|| Front Page Top

#16 Another great story Hollyweird will never understand.

Posted by wxjames 2006-10-25 12:31|| 2006-10-25 12:31|| Front Page Top

#17 Carl, well I'm glad to hear that. I suppose my perceptions are distorted by my past experience. I have so little in common with my relatives in Rochester, I rarely go to see them. About the only time I go up there is with that traveling Southern exposition called NASCAR. HAHA. The seats are suprisingly filled in beautiful Loudon, and I would dare wager that most of THOSE people are not like my relatives! One funny story, YEARS ago when I was a wee lad. We were up there and a man of African extraction rode a bike across the street in front of my uncle's car. Being the enlighted liberal democrat that he is, guess what he said? 'Don't see too many of those up here.' Yeah, and southerners are racist? Keep the faith up there Carl.

Posted by AllahHateMe 2006-10-25 13:41|| 2006-10-25 13:41|| Front Page Top

#18 Yeah! I remember seeing this story plastered all over the NY Times, Newsweek and Time NOT!

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