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white cloud

(2,567 posts) Thu Jun 7, 2012, 08:02 PM Jun 2012

West's actions in Army disgraceful; he wants to represent us?

Rich Dickerson, Stuart

Letter: West's actions in Army disgraceful; he wants to represent us?

Tea party politicians have no shame. Here's Allen West commenting on our fallen soldiers on Memorial Day. This is an individual who prosecuted by a military court of violating Articles 128 and 134, for acts prosecutors say amounted to torture. He lost his temper with an Iraqi policeman, watched his men beat a man, then fired his gun near the man's head, all out of anger.

He was fined $5,000, and the Army saw fit to offer West a "broken sword" or early out, which he took rather than be disgraced. Now he is in the House of Representatives. Go figure.

I thank him for his service to our country. Yet his credibility falls well short of civil service.
http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2012/jun/07/letter-wests-actions-in-army-disgraceful-he-to/

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West's actions in Army disgraceful; he wants to represent us? (Original Post) white cloud Jun 2012 OP

Right wing, led by Allen West, is becoming ever more frightening white cloud Jun 2012 #1

Thank god he is out of the military. He should have gotten a dishonorable discharged. The southernyankeebelle Jun 2012 #2

Should have been standing at a court martial. era veteran Jun 2012 #3

Yes, that should of happened. But let's face it had he stayed in he would have been southernyankeebelle Jun 2012 #4

white cloud

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1. Right wing, led by Allen West, is becoming ever more frightening

Reply to white cloud (Original post)

Thu Jun 7, 2012, 08:03 PM

Jun 2012

Jim K. Stone, Port St. Lucie

Letter: Right wing is becoming ever more frightening

The Republican Party is getting scarier every day. Rep. Allen West is just another example of how frightening the right wing has become. They don't seem to let facts interfere with their conspiracy theories. He makes a statement about 71 Democrats being Communist, and his disciples claim this can be verified on the Internet, where you find a list of 71 members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.

Being a progressive does not make one a communist. With this reasoning you can also find many sites connecting the Nazi Party and right-wing extremists.

It seems the only qualifications for the Republicans today are the interests of the wealthy and repeating the force-fed rhetoric where truth doesn't seem to matter, the willingness to sign a Boy Scout pledge and most importantly the refusal to compromise. If you connect these dots the answer is a fascist state.
http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2012/jun/04/letter-right-wing-led-by-allen-west-is-becoming/