I love this guy!!
(via The Weekly Standard)
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.”
God bless this man!
Sad; the only one with a spinal column who (at least for now) won’t run for President.
Colonel Allen West, DAMN STRAIGHT !!!!!
How about this ticket RH ?
Rick Perry President, Allen West VP.
Michelle Bachmann, Speaker of the House.
Senate majority goes to the GOP, House majority remains GOP.
Hey,…we can dream can’t we ?
If you dream,…dream BIG !
I think a Perry / West ticket sounds great. Bachmann would be a good Speaker as well. I’m all for it! I hope Perry hangs in there for a while. Or…Palin jumps in! Talk about dreaming big!! 😉
Thank you for your words and your service Mr West. God Bless you
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