Navy Seal Story
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- readyok
Ok, the story is heartbreaking, heroic and tragic. The Navy Seal who dove on the grenade. But, is it just me, or was the photo totally doctored around his mouth? Was he perhaps smoking a ciggy that CNN didnt want on their front page? Here is the link to the story for those who havent read it:
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/04/08…Here is the photo:
- brains0
Major Doobage
- flashbender0
why do you hate freedom so much?
- readyok0
Doesnt it seem a little bit wrong that the media would doctor a photo? Arent they supposed to be reporting reality?
- HA! CNN?! No.brains
- well, yeah. But I'm used to it. The truth is relative... come to think of it, so is realityflashbender
- sikma0
a couple of areas in that photo show signs of being doctored
- stoplying0
"...he committed a selfless act -- jumping on the grenade and taking the full force of the blast."
I don't care so much about a possible photo edit. RIP dude.
- vrmbr0
liberal pussy!
- pr20
You are slightly brain retarded when u go into the army. You are definately not all right up there when u go into SEAL or whatever specilised killing unit... so no wonder he snaped.
- did you even read the article?daveFelton
- yes, man who doesn't have death wish grabs teh grenade and throws it out the window...pr2
- ...not jumps on top of it.pr2
- its not COD4, his instinct from his training was to save his buddies, by jumping on top of it.daveFelton
- vrmbr0
could've easily been a blurred lens, probably taken by amateur/friend/colleague with simple camera
- harlequino0
Not to belittle him, and I know fuck all about combat training. But isn't there any training or exercise to teach guys that when a grenade falls, you pick it up and throw it hard like a hot potato? Shit, that'd be my reaction.
- brains0
no way, you can see clone stamp all around. 100% flow.
- sikma0
the file name has word "art" in it
- readyok0
for sure clone stamp. And, good old airbrush with a flat color.
- thumb_screws0
open it in photoshop and have a look at the channels, definitely doctored, looks like he had a tat on his neck removed and was smoking
- i_monk0
He had top secret maps tattooed on his cheek. That's how they roll in the sea lion navy.
- pr20
the tat said: Born to Die
- Dr_Rand0
is this thread about a photoshopped image?
- pr20
or a crazy soldier?
- voiceof0
If he would have tried to grab and throw the grenade chances are it would have exploded at face level taking out and disfiguring a lot more people. I think a grenade has about 5 seconds after the pin pull, it was thrown, hit his chest, and fell to the ground; your not left with much time.
- It's never an exact period of time, can't count on it. it's pretty short though.ornj