Molan Labe

Molan Labe, Greek for “Come and get them”.

King Leonidas was the king of Sparta in 480 B.C. He had command of the land forces of the Spartans and at Thermopylae was in charge of all the allied Greek land forces. Leonidas and his band of 300 elite Spartans stood with impressive courage to face the mighty Persian force, although they knew they would die. It is said that Leonidas told his men to eat a hearty breakfast because they would have their next meal in the Underworld.

King Leonidas hand picked 300 men each with a living son at home. It is said that this meant that the fighter had someone to fight for. It also meant that the noble family line would not die out when the hoplite was killed. The Spartan king Leonidas, who like the others, had a young son at home personally led his troops into battle. The 300 knew that they would die and performed all the rituals as if going to an athletic competition before fighting to the death at Thermopylae. After three days of fighting and having killed countless numbers of Xerxe’s elite troops, they were finally overrun and the 300 Spartans were killed to the man, including King Leonidas. The other 7000 either departed or surrendered.

When Leonidas and the Spartans were preparing to make their stand, a Persian envoy arrived. The envoy explained to Leonidas the futility of trying to resist the advance of the huge Persian army. “Our archers are so numerous,” said the envoy, “that the flight of their arrows darkens the sun.”

“So much the better,” replied Leonidas’ lieutenant Dienekes, “for we shall fight them in the shade.”

It was said when the envoy told the King of Sparta and his troops before the battle to “lay down your arms” Leonidas replied, “Molan Labe“, come and get them.

Is there anything you would fight to the death for? Your country, your children, freedom? Many great Americans have made great stands for what they believe in and have gone down in the history books of this great nation.

Leonidas, King of Sparta

Leonidas died in the third day of battle with 300 brave men. The battle so frustrated the Persian, self-proclaimed God/King they they slowed their assault on the freedom of the surrounding countries, giving the Greeks time to assemble their military and stop Xerxe’s move to conquer the world.

While it seems this country has gone soft and freely gives up right after right to the government, there are still some that stand for truth, justice and freedom.

Thousands of our military personnel are fighting for freedom from radical Islam right now. A regime that seeks to oppress its people, destroy Israel and rule the world including our America and the American people. Almost eight years now our soldiers have been fighting. They sign up for four years at a time so by now 100% of them have volunteered to be where they are. This is for you guys and girls who when faced with the demand to lay down our freedom, you stood up and proclaimed, “Molan Labe”.

I came across the Molan Labe quote here on a new members profile, Thanks Jack.

Ken Maddox of OneAngryMan.com