[go star go]

while i fully support the military is seems asinine to believe that they fought so that they alone can have opinions.

[WritableSpace]

Bump!

[Max Combined]

LTC Allen B West (USA, Ret) is not the sharpest knife in the drawer, but his heart is in the right place.

[erik22lax]

I agree. Our citizens and government officials should first and foremost take the side of our soldiers who have sacrificed their personal security a countless number of times all so assholes who want this marine charged with war crimes can further their no war anti bush anti military terrorist appeasement horse manure. What is the media doing in a war zone anyways? Wars are fought by soldiers not by pencil neck geeks with a political agenda. As the Geneva convention goes you hit the nail on the head. Geneva convention only applies to combatants who wear a representative uniform of a state. Terrorists have no representative state although Iran, Iraq, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Spain, UK, Afghanistan, Lebanon, UAE,France, and the Phillipines have been breeding grounds for terrorists and anti American military/Government nonsense. I support my soldiers to the utmost extent I can as a citizen and will never oppose upgrades in pay, equipment, benefits, and unfortunately legal protection via dissent with the left wing media.

[mumzie]

Thank you, Colonel West. Your viewpoint is well stated, articulate, and irrefutable. Of course, I am not a member of the MSM, so I can say that.

Let our troops do their duty. No American journalist should have a greater loyalty than to the country that gave them the First Amendment. Seems to me that they forget that on a regular basis.

[Moose4]

LTC West...that name is familiar. What controversy was he involved in recently?

}:-)4

[expatpat]

I'm sorry about your ordeal --we here at FR were supporting you at the time, because you surely did the right thing. Thanks for your service, and for looking out for your men.

[Sundog]

I have laced up combat boots, I have been shot at, I have shot at VietCong targets. I did two tours of combat duty in Vietnam.


You, sir, LTC Allen B West (USA, Ret), are right on the money.

[conservativecorner]

A Democrat Gets it Right
As all of the Arab press, the majority of the European press and most of the liberal press in the U.S. denigrate the young marine who killed a terrorist faking to be dead, Texas Democrat Sylvestre Reyes is, in his own way, defending him.

Congressman Reyes suggested that the U.S. rethink it's policy of allowing embedded reporters in combat zones. The Democrat from Texas added: "we don't want to know everything that's going on on the field."

"We should not be providing the Al-Jazeera the kind of propaganda they've had the last couple of three days," added Reyes.

Finally, a democrat demonstrates logic and patriotism, with regards to the War in Iraq. Unfortunately, the left is likely to ridicule him for defending our troops.

[conservativecorner]

From the Corner at National Review:

MORE FALLUJAH [Rich Lowry]
E-mail, from a professor at military-related institution:

“Rich,

Re. your NRO post on Fallujah. I just received an astounding PowerPoint (what else) presentation from one of my former students who currently commands a brigade in Iraq. The insurgents used 60 of the Mosques as fighting positions and weapons caches during the battle - that's 3 of every 5 Mosques in the city. 653 IEDs were found and detonated by coalition forces - 11 IED "factories" were also found, not to mention the slaughter houses and just run-of-the-mill weapons stockpiles.

Where's the media in all this? Or, how about a better question: Where is our information offensive?”

[TheCrusader]

"Thirdly, what have we become in America when we prosecute our Warriors and coddle the enemy?"

Two words, self destructive.

We are very powerful militarily and we've developed this self destructive mentality that when we go to war we need to keep our power in check so as not to look like international bullies. When a country's war machine is hamstrung by a PC mentality it can only lead to disaster for our fighting men. I wish we could bring back the mentality that our fathers and forefathers had when fighting a brutal enemy. Get just as down and dirty as they are and defeat them swiftly and decisevely.

[TheCrusader]

"Ask yourself, how would TERRORISTS treat a wounded US serviceman or woman?"

We already found out through Jessica Lynch, a 110 pound female that they saw fit to rape and torture.

Thanks for your great service to our country, LTC Col. West.

[Ajnin]

First, let no person that has never laced up a pair of combat boots, gone on a combat operation, been shot, or shot at offer their “opinion” on this issue

I can understanding not passing judgement, but not having an opinion? Does the good Major feel that those that were never shot at and supported him should not have?