He must access way different media than I do. There was indignation, outrage and condemnation all over the place.
Ditto.
Here come the Allen West for President comments.
—Well said.—
I’ll say! I love his recommendation for discipline too. Let the punishment fit the crime, and move on.
I like it.
Allen West plagiarized my post on the Washington Compost article about this.
That is a man,a soldier,and a leader.Go Allen West.
No, not well said. West is using equivocation in comparing bad acts by the Taliban as justification for these Marines desecrating the dead.
Marines are better than that. They have standards to live up to - these Marines failed. They should be disciplined - bust them in rank, give them the “Big Chicken Dinner(BCD)” - they will be an example of how not to behave for Marines in the future.
I like his response. And his suggested punishment fits the crime.
The marines were wrong to do what they did, but it was a firefight! In my opinion, their biggest mistake was making a video!
Great statement!
I had to laugh at Hillary Clinton tut-tutting about the incident.
Hillary has been known to pee in odd places. (The hallway of the Watergate Apts., for instance.)
What hypocrites!
I think West is being a little hard on the Marines with the letter of reprimand, but good for him in speaking up.
This nation has forgotten what war is. We think of it as a police actions with lawyers, judges, and courts of public opinion. The second the people actually fear for their lives they won’t give a rats ass about such nonsense.
As long as they weren’t facing Mecca....
I wouldn’t do anything to them - period.
But everything else is right on.
I concur, Well said Colonel!
Right on, right on!!!
Let the UCMJ do it’s job...let the media devote .25 of this attention to Fast and Furious, I would be impressed!
Thank you Col. West - BookMark
May God guide our course.
Tatt
I havn’t read the article.
But it seems to me everyone is forgetting the most obvious problem with these guys urinating on the dead. Our people still have to handle these dead bodies. Why the hell would you piss all over something that your buddy has to pick up and move?
STUPID!
not to mention making a video of it...that was DOUBLE STUPID.
the media can KMA, though!
Tell ya what. Tell the jokers they can avoid punishment if they go pee on a news reporter and video tape it.
As always, Congressman West is RIGHT ON! We are blessed to have Allen West in Congress!
What does Col West mean by
“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.”
I recall a good deal of outrage over these incidents.
This latest incident is indicative of a breakdown in discipline. I would think that a lieutenant colonel would be concerned about the implications.
Seems to me that Col West is grandstanding here.
I agree with Rep. West. They violated the code of conduct and should receive some mild form of discipline. But what they did was not the worst thing in the world.
"As for everyone else, unless you have been shot at by the Taliban, shut your mouth. . . ."
Here I disagree with Rep. West. All citizens have a right to express an opinion on this. The military represents our nation and works for us.