[Ispy4u]

Looks like the rest of the story will soon come out.

There is no way in hades that congresscritters will be able to not release the side of the story we haven't heard yet.

[Cicero]

Good. It's about time.

[joesnuffy]

They ought to be hauling up the CG of the 4th ID and the idiot that brought charges against Lt. Col. West in the first place...imo

[Grut]

Best guess: if the Congresscritters' demands don't generate much press, they'll cite the 'ongoing investigation' and drop the matter. I could be wrong, but mostly congressional members don't much care what the military does, so long as it does enough of it in their districts.

[muawiyah]

Why is it every writer adds in their belief that Col. West was "threatening to kill" the guy?

It was obvious to me that Col. West knows his Ba'athists quite well. Whenever one of them wanted to pistol whip some poor victim they'd clear their pistol first to avoid accidentally shooting themselves.

Col. West cleared his pistol. The Ba'athist terrorist took that as a prelude to losing teeth and having a funny jawline the rest of his life, and caved!

This approach has it's counterpart with a technique used by the Spanish Inquisition ~ they'd simply direct that the "instruments of torture be displayed" to their target!

The supposed "threat" existed only in the mind of the Ba'athist. It's not likely Col. West threatened to shoot the guy ~ hey, after all, he emptied his pistol!

[LibKill]

If I was in a white-knuckle life-or-death situation like that, I would sure hope that I had a Col. West for a Commanding Officer.

It would beat some 'by the book' pi$$ant by about a million light-years.

[RightOnline]

Please. Somebody grab the paddles and charge 'em up. Some Republicans actually showing some real stones.

[Dubya]

Thanks for posting this.

[Dubya]

Some of us have been writing our Congreeman and Senators about this. I hope it will be looked into and a metal awarded to the Lt C.

[freetradenotfree]

Committee on Armed Services DEMOCRATS Carl Levin (Michigan) John Warner (Virginia)

for the last 8 years are only appointing people that agree with United Nations International, and that the Truth

[diamond6]

My hats off to these two congressmen. All I can say is ...
thank God.

[Ben Bolt]

Digital memo in house bump .

[FreedomCalls]

Lt. Col. Allen B. West

[Nam Vet]

YEAH, YEAH, YEAH !!!!!!! Some sanity from the congresscritters!!!!

Nam Vet

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Based on the information currently available to them, Hunter and McHugh believe that West's actions may well have been necessary to protect the lives and safety of his fellow soldiers and not the actions of a criminal, as he is charged.

OOO-RAH!

[doug from upland]

Good to hear this. Have Democrats who supposedly support the troops raised the issue?

[MissAmericanPie]

Thank goodness some in Congress are willing to undo an injustice.

[Conspiracy Guy]

Bump