ALLEN WEST ON THE MARINES INCIDENT: 'SHUT YOUR MOUTH, WAR IS HELL'

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ALLEN WEST ON THE MARINES INCIDENT: 'SHUT YOUR MOUTH, WAR IS HELL'

Posted By: Seawitch [Send E-Mail]
Date: Monday, 16-Jan-2012 18:15:44

THIS IS ONE OF THOSE TIMES WHEN I FEEL THAT ARMY LT COL (RET) ALLEN WEST STANDS AMONG THE AMERICAN MILITARY GIANTS LIKE GENERAL PATTON AND GENERAL PULLER, UNLIKE SOME CORPORATE FLAG GRADES THAT HAVE FORGOTTEN, "SEMPER FIDELIS" GOES DOWN THE RANKS AS WELL AS UP. "BAND OF BROTHERS" IS REAL, IT IS NOT A MADISON AVENUE SLOGAN. THE MILITARY IS A VOCATION, NOT A 'JOB'. DAMN IT! SO FAR, HON. ALLEN WEST, U.S.A. HAS BEEN THE ONLY MAN WITH BALLS TO STAND UP FOR THE MARINES, UNLIKE SOME PENCIL PUSHERS (IN COSTUME) WHO HIDE BEHIND A DESK, COMPUTER OR HAD ANYONE SHOOT AT THEM. IT'S CALLED 'THE AFTERMATH OF THE HEAT OF THE BATTLE'. THEY DON'T HAVE THE BALLS OR GRIT TO GO INTO BATTLE BUT THEY SURE CAN GIVE 'LIP' SERVICE INSIDE THE BELT WAY. GO SOLDIERS!! Regards, Seawitch ******************************************************** Allen West on the Marines Incident: 'Shut Your Mouth, War Is Hell' BY DANIEL HALPER Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.), a former Army lieutenant colonel, sends THE WEEKLY STANDARD an email commenting on the Marines' video, and has given us permission to publish it. “I have sat back and assessed the incident with the video of our Marines urinating on Taliban corpses. I do not recall any self-righteous indignation when our Delta snipers Shugart and Gordon had their bodies dragged through Mogadishu. Neither do I recall media outrage and condemnation of our Blackwater security contractors being killed, their bodies burned, and hung from a bridge in Fallujah. “All these over-emotional pundits and armchair quarterbacks need to chill. Does anyone remember the two Soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division who were beheaded and gutted in Iraq? “The Marines were wrong. Give them a maximum punishment under field grade level Article 15 (non-judicial punishment), place a General Officer level letter of reprimand in their personnel file, and have them in full dress uniform stand before their Battalion, each personally apologize to God, Country, and Corps videotaped and conclude by singing the full US Marine Corps Hymn without a teleprompter. “As for everyone else, unless you have been shot at by the Taliban, shut your mouth, war is hell.” LINK: http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/allen-west-marines-incident-shut-your-mouth-war-hell_616699.html