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Who's Allen West?
and fails miserably
Who's Allen West?
Yes. Who is he and why is he important?
If you don't know who he is, then he's not important [to you].
Allen West is Darrin's hero.
CAIR is one of Darrin's villians.
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He looks like Kendall Gill's uncle.
I'm surprised he's not spamming the forum with Chris Christie videos.
Admirable motives, poor judgment.While serving in Taji, Iraq, on August 20, 2003, West was in charge of the interrogation of Yahya Jhodri Hamoodi, a civilian Iraqi police officer suspected of having information about attacks on American troops in the area.[citation needed] Interrogators had been informed the detainee knew about a planned ambush. When the detainee refused to talk, LTC West was asked to assist. Hamoodi continued to withhold information, and West was accused of firing his pistol past the prisoner's head, frightening him into talking. According to West's sworn statement,[6] the detainee told West:
[The attack] was to occur Friday morning in Saba al Boor vicinity of the police station by positioned snipers supposedly being brought in from Fallujah. [The detainee] was to ID my vehicle and myself for these rooftop firers. We took this information and the following day established flask CPs and used AH-64s overhead. There was no attack and no further attacks have emanated from the town since the apprehension of [the detainee] and his named associates.
At least one suspect was arrested as a result of the information obtained through the detainee's information. The suspect's home was searched, but no plans for attacks or weapons were found. West testified he did not know if "any corroboration" of a plot was ever found. He added: "At the time I had to base my decision on the intelligence I received. It's possible that I was wrong about Mr. Hamoodi."[12]
West, who had completed almost 22 years of active service, was charged with violating articles 128 (assault) and 134 (general article) of the Uniform Code of Military Justice. He was processed through an Article 32 hearing in November 2003, where he stated "I know the method I used was not right, but I wanted to take care of my soldiers" and was fined $5,000. LTC West accepted the judgment and retired with full benefits in the summer of 2004. Asked if he would have act differently if under similar cir stances again, West testified, "If it's about the lives of my soldiers at stake, I'd go through with a gasoline can."[13]
Not the makings of a good politician, IMO.
Mr West is something of a conservative darling, because he is black and a veteran.
The interrogation incident makes him appealing to certain " 'em" jingoists, Darrin seems to number among them, but makes him unlikely to ever achieve national office.
Representative he might get, Senator, probably not. My guess on that.
Still better than Bachmann.
One of these swashbuckling politco types who draws a lot of attention and otherwise gets nothing accomplished? Got it.
Maybe it's too much to ask for sober, boring politicians who eschew sensationalist, petty crap like that.
The results of the last election would seem to suggest a mandate for fiscal realism.
Yet it's the nature of the American political beast today. Make a name for yourself and then perhaps you can cash in after you leave office with a book, or two, and your own talk show.
Never mind if you actually served the sovereign people of these United States well in the Congress.
"results of the last election would seem to suggest a mandate for fiscal realism."
Watch Fox Repug Propaganda network much?
The ty economy and JOBS always hurts the in bents (the jobs hurt hasn't been this bad and long in decades) AND there is always a loss of in bents in every mid-term.
Not at all.
Parrot spin much?The ty economy and JOBS always hurts the in bents (the jobs hurt hasn't been this bad and long in decades) AND there is always a loss of in bents in every mid-term.
Odd that thinking that multi-year, trillion dollar federal deficits might be on the minds of a majority of voters is now spreading "propaganda."
I'm not sure croutons could put together a post without the reliable Fox/"repug" strawman.
"federal deficits"
just another VRWC bogus issue that THEY created and are using, eg, WI, to cut the deficit on the backs of the poor, young, sick, old while leaving the Banksters and MIC untouched except for more tax cuts.
Be sure to look under your bed before you go to sleep tonight. The "VRMC" might be there.
Not under my bed, the VRWC is everywhere. boo!!
If only he were a race-baiting, America-hating Marxist, maybe he could spend the next 20 years being the spiritual mentor of the next POTUS (of the hopenchange variety).
You mean like the one you voted for with full knowledge the alleged mentor?
@ RG, what makes a good politician then......in your opinion?
@ Boutons, for a guy that is CONSTANTLY harping about scare mongering, why do you do it so much?
Voting in 08 was like a game of "would you rather?".
CAIR is a terrorist organization that needs to be disbanded with many of its officers sent to Gitmo.
Obama and Bush seemingly both lacked the cajones to do what needed to be done. Do you have any guess why Bush wimped out?
He was busy talking to Jesus about the wars...
Jesus prevented Bush from cracking down on CAIR, how? Or is it your contention that Bush was too busy praying to Jesus to do his job thoroughly?
Who is Allen West? He's all that stands between you and a pardon for your crimes against humanity.
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