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"I'm A Marine: Marines Were Going Down and I Had to Help Them"
2006-03-18
Cpl. Jacob Knospler, his jaw mostly blown away by a grenade, did not wake up for a month. His first clear memory is of President George W. Bush standing over his bed at Bethesda Naval Hospital. "How the hell you doin'?" asked the president. Knospler couldn't really answer, but he liked Bush. "I felt bad for him 'cuz he comes down to the hospital, sees all the wounded people there and knows he put them there," he said.

...As a boy dreaming of becoming a warrior, Knospler had hunted deer with his father. He has begun hunting in the Pennsylvania woods again, though he has changed shooting arms because of his blind eye. His shooting skill, he says, has come back more easily than he might have thought. He feels a jumble of emotions about his wound, including bitterness, though never regret. "I'm a Marine," he says. "Marines were going down and I had to go in and help them."

Posted by:Captain America

#7  You have to understand the media. The them the concept of 'honor' and 'duty' is completely alien. Take their reaction to the CBS fiasco.... "Never mind the forged documents... what about the accusations?". Look what they did to Tillman.

They understand duty, and honor and courage as much as I (a guy BTW) understand PMS....
Posted by: CrazyFool   2006-03-18 22:52  

#6  You guys casting aspersion on pms? I mean, linking it to the media and all ....
Posted by: lotp   2006-03-18 22:09  

#5  What I find irrating is that good people like Cpl. Knospler put there asses on the line to protect their fellow warriors and us.

While the assholes, like at pmsNBC, sit back, critize, and minimize his valor.
Posted by: Captain America   2006-03-18 22:08  

#4  The guys a hero thru and thru and hes still recovering..and his family is carrying the burden with him..

think pmsMBC coulda wrote a more sympathetic and understanding article?

fuck no, they're incapable.
Posted by: RD   2006-03-18 20:55  

#3  Get used to it, GS. You'll see lots of this between now and the election. This is the democrats idea of looking tough on national security - misquoting or denigrating the service of our military dead or wounded. F' em.
Posted by: 2b   2006-03-18 20:50  

#2  I'll wager that if you asked Cpl Knospler if this hit piece accurately describes the interview he thought he gave, he'd say "NO! They left most of it out.".

On the other hand, I'm sure the MSNBC editors are as pleased as punch.
Posted by: Glunter Sneash8888   2006-03-18 20:18  

#1  CPL Knospler's devotion to duty and heroism are precisely why the dems will never be able to relate to service men and women. They are far too devoted to themselves to relate to CPL Knospler.
Posted by: Besoeker   2006-03-18 20:17  

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