[Max Combined]

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

[conservativecorner]

Maybe not the most articulate, but we haven't walked a mile in his boots while people are shooting at us either.

[M. Peach]

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

Please elaborate - What causes you to denigrate someone who fought for you - and who sounds very articulate to me?

[Tannerone]

LTC is right on!!!!!!!! Answer his question if you have the guts which you probably do not have. How many of you have been shot at or shot? Until you have been in either situation keep your mouth shut on condemning this marine. For those of you than have never been shot or stabbed I'll tell you about it.

It is a living nightmare if you survive. You do not feel anything at first. you are totally in a numbed state and in shock. I won't go into the feeling after the shock wears off.

Thanks God it is a mental and physical trauma that few experience. So if it has not happened to you keep your dang mouth closed on condemning this marine. I personally would like to volunteer to stand in the line for target practice of Kevin Sites. His quest to stardom is going to get a lot of our military killed. And has already.

[TheCrusader]

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

Oh he's sharp alright, and brave enough that he wouldn't let this modern PC crap stand in his way of doing his duty. He fired his weapon near the head of a terrorist to scare crucial information out of him to protect his men; the terrorists carve off people's heads to show their meanness. Col. West understood how to deal with sub-human beasts like these. Don't confuse bravery with stupidity, I greatly admire the man and would want a commander just like him if I were serving in a hell hole like Iraq.