Allen West on Marines Incident: "Shut Your Mouth, War Is Hell"

http://townhall.com ^ | January 13, 2013 | Erika Johnsen

[NKP_Vet]

Allen West, like a boss. From The Weekly Standard:

“I have sat back and assessed the incident with the video of our Marines urinating on Taliban corpses. 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.

“All these over-emotional pundits and armchair quarterbacks need to chill. Does anyone remember the two Soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division who were beheaded and gutted in Iraq?

“The Marines were wrong. Give them a maximum punishment under field grade level Article 15 (non-judicial punishment), place a General Officer level letter of reprimand in their personnel file, and have them in full dress uniform stand before their Battalion, each personally apologize to God, Country, and Corps videotaped and conclude by singing the full US Marine Corps Hymn without a teleprompter.

“As for everyone else, unless you have been shot at by the Taliban, shut your mouth, war is hell.”

[cricket]

Wisdom at it's best. Say it again, and again, Allen. This needs to headline on Drudge.

Take that, all so sanctimonious (and thereby disgusting); who would never imagine; walking in the shoes of our Marines. (Nor could they; if they had to).

[Old Sarge]

“As for everyone else, unless you have been shot at by the Taliban, shut your mouth, war is hell.”

I've been shot at by the Taliban. I grok COL West.

[Calliecat]

I love this guy to pieces.

[miss marmelstein]

Excellent remarks! I could care less what our fine Marines are doing to Taliban dead bodies.

[RC one]

When you have screwed up so bad that the President has to get involved, you can bet your butt you’re military career is over.

[bigheadfred]

No, They weren’t wrong.

Blame it on a failed policy and the higher ups.

[varina davis]

Rick Perry agrees with Col. Allen West.

[OldNavyVet]

Those responsible for war are not those fighting on a battlefield ... where honor, horror and death prevail.

[patriot08]

“What a man!

View this short video of Col Allen West explaining Islam to a marine. (Start at about 1:35)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkGQmCZjJ0k

We need this man in the new Republican administration.
He is one of the few with guts enough to tell it like it is.
Our elected officials are limp wristed whips who are afraid of Obama and Muslims.”

[Silentgypsy]

This is why West should have a hand in running this country.

[Kakaze]

People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.

George Orwell

[arrdon]

Shoulda’ hosed ‘em and fed ‘em to the damned pigs - for live TV. Fight fire with fire.

[TribalPrincess2U]

Hell yes!

[maine-iac7]

and also - this clip where he explains Islam to a CAIR creep - “don’t blow sunshine up my butt...”

WE NEED this man. Newt has expressed his thought that he’d like Col. West for VP - YES - and the on to President following Newt. Our “enemies domestic” would be long dead and buried...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkWXEvOenNY

[davisfh]

"Take that, all so sanctimonious (and thereby disgusting); who would never imagine; walking in the shoes of our Marines. (Nor could they; if they had to)."

You're absolutely right. While I would prefer that they hadn't done what they did and invited a bunch of liberal wailing and moaning, I very much appreciate that they offed these evil people who are a prime example of worthless humanity. And, I am being generous in using the word "humanity."

With "offing" in mind, we need to off a multitude of totally worthless liberals whose malignant ideology has infected the minds of this nation's youth at the ballot box this fall. Unless we can expose their ideology for what it is, bring it into public view and dissipate the liberal stench with truth, we will eventually lose the battle. Sadly, I believe that we have forever lost the battle in most, if not all, of our major population centers. And that battle was lost by infecting young minds with the false message that the government (read that productive populace) owes them a living and that they need do nothing for their own betterment.

[Hoplite]

Ultimately, this line of reasoning comes down to the proposition that if our enemies do it, it's ok for us to do it.

So much for the argument that states that we're better than our enemies.

Personally, I find anybody attempting to defend this reprehensible behavior worthy of contempt.

[troy McClure]

“AMERICANS FOR A MUSLIM FREE WORLD.

WE LEARNED ALL WE NEED TO KNOW ABOUT ISLAM ON 9/11.”

[Jack Hydrazine]

“...Marines urinating on Taliban corpses.”

Piss Be Upon Them!!!

[maine-iac7]

Where is the outrage of our pols and media and even THE PEOPLE over O’Bmbles new rules of engagement that he put in force his very first spring - that gives all the advantage to the Taliban. Read up on that.

It resulted in DOUBLE of our soldiers killed in 2009 - double from the previous highest year back in the beginning.
TRIPLED in 2010. was on it’s way to QUADRUPLING in 2011 (numbers not in yet) - and the media, who ran a daily total under Bush, are quiet, and the politicians and even the PEOPLE are quiet.And a high 90% of Freepers can’t bother themselves

The new ROE means the Taliban get the first shot, means the soldiers aren’t allowed to have weapons locked and loaded on base, means they are often refused air cover when pinned down and being killed because ‘there MIGHT be a civilian” somewhere on the mountain - etc.,

Where’s the outcry when O’Bumbles quietly withdrew our troops from the strategic valleys of the Korengal - that kept the Taliban from filtering down through from Pakistan to Kabul - and gifted the Taliban with the valleys - and great caches of weapons. Our media and pols were silent.

Do you have an inkling of what that did for moral - after our soldiers fought and died in that “Most Dangerous Place on Earth” - always undermanned and under equipped? (And insult to injury, after a year and a half - and after giving the Taliban time to get dug in deep - they (O’Bumbles and team - and attacks in Kabul picked up - “oops” better send some troops back in - only just a handful - ducks in a shooting gallery.

Here’s some WAKE THE F UP clips for any of you reading this that GIVE A DAMN - and there aren’t a handfuls worth of even Freepers who will watch or give a damn. (I have years of past experience here to back that up.)

This Marine had to disobey orders to keep ALL this platoon from being killed. You remember this story - it was all over the news. Oh wait - no, it wasn’t. (and it was just one of many such incidents due to O’Bumbles traitorous ROE.

Our Soldiers have/are going through hell - and very few give a damn...other than a casual ‘Bless our troops.’

NOT IN THE US NEWS

http://defensetech.org/2010/04/20/american-troops-pullout-of-the-korengal-taliban-move-in/

more ammo gifted to the tallies

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uj6sRlzgik&feature=fvwrel

WE”RE PINNED DOWN

Let our soldiers be likehttp://www.mcclatchydc.com/2009/09/08/75036/were-pinned-down-4-us-marines.html fish in a barrel - and none dare call it treason...

Ever hear any account of WHY the Tallies were gifted with ammo> Ever here ANYONE of our pols even mention the ROE that is responsible for killing our troops in record numbers - to protect the Taliban?

I’ve only hear TWO - Col. West and Newt. \Do YOU even know what the ROE ARE?

Do I sound irate? Bet your ass. There USED to be some Freepers that were aware, that cared and that tried to keep you Freepers up to date - but they finally gave up that you gave a rats rump - and went elsewhere,

But post a thread with “O.J. or Jessica Simpson or Paris Hilton etc “ and Freepers come out of the woodwork.