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The Army shouldn't overreact in punishing Lt. Spenser Rapone
The Washington Examiner ^ | 9/27/17 | Tom Rogan

Posted on 09/28/2017 4:34:02 AM PDT by Godebert

The U.S. needs military officers who are skilled and intellectually curious and predisposed to challenging groupthink. Correspondingly, the Army shouldn't overreact in punishing 2nd Lt. Spenser Rapone for his apparent endorsement of communism.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: communist; rapone; treason
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To: MuttTheHoople

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7B-nlmdX0g


21 posted on 09/28/2017 4:44:09 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: MUDDOG
Spenser for court martial.

I'm all for "blanket parties"! Lots and lots of "blanket parties"!

22 posted on 09/28/2017 4:44:46 AM PDT by Road Warrior ‘04 (Molon Labe! (Oathkeeper))
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To: Fresh Wind

E-1 Private Rapone should be cleaning latrines for the next 5 years.


23 posted on 09/28/2017 4:45:19 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: ClearCase_guy
The media should not over-react to President Trump. We need politicians with diverse ideas and not just Liberal mouth-breathers.

Or is that just crazy talk?

Why did you use a question mark? This IS CRAZY TALK!

We need the presstitutes to expose themselves one by one as the radical leftist supporting nuts they are.

We need the leftist NFL supporters to be unemployed as their gate receipts reveal Americans are not going to support the radical "athletes" who want to insult our country.

We need the leftist politicians (both RATS and RINOs) to continue to get boxed into their leftist cages that they embrace.

24 posted on 09/28/2017 4:50:06 AM PDT by politicianslie (There are no MODERATE MUSLIMS. ALL MUSLMS are commanded by KORAN to kill infidels. ALL MUST GO!)
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To: central_va
LOL!

PLO (Permanent Latrine Orderly)

25 posted on 09/28/2017 4:50:07 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (Hillary: Go to jail. Go directly to jail. Do not pass GO. Do not collect 2 billion dollars.)
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To: MUDDOG

Actually, since they’ve invested over $100,000 into his West Point education...I think this deserves more thought.

In this case, I’d bring the young Lt to an installation and give him a one-man office (forbid him from supervising anyone), and put him in charge of a logistical function for his required service time (figure four years). Make him show up eight hours each day and be accountable for the purchase of equipment and supplies. Have quarterly audits done over his purchases of equipment. Force him to participate in the Army system and the capitalist system, with no excuses allowed.

At the end of four years, release him on schedule. My guess is that he’ll come to realize that he’s a poor candidate for communism.


26 posted on 09/28/2017 4:50:54 AM PDT by pepsionice
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To: central_va

Yup..... and remember.... the Secret Service Agent, Kerry O’Grady, who stated almost a year ago that she would “not take a bullet for President Trump” is still getting paid a six figure salary on our dime.


27 posted on 09/28/2017 4:51:19 AM PDT by Godebert (CRUZ: Born in a foreign land to a foreign father.)
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To: Godebert

How can someone that believes in communism defend our constitution? The two are complete opposite. Same thing with someone that believes in Sharia.


28 posted on 09/28/2017 4:52:59 AM PDT by Rusty0604
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To: Godebert

>>The U.S. needs military officers who are skilled and intellectually curious and predisposed to challenging groupthink. Correspondingly, the Army shouldn’t overreact in punishing 2nd Lt. Spenser Rapone for his apparent endorsement of communism.

Remember the opening scene from “Branded”? That’s what this commie deserves.


29 posted on 09/28/2017 4:53:52 AM PDT by Bryanw92 (Asking a pro athlete for political advice is like asking a cavalry horse for tactical advice.)
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To: Godebert

“The Army shouldn’t overreact in punishing Lt. Spenser Rapone”

True.

It is not a military or civilian crime to endorse communism, although it certainly would be grounds for revocation of his security clearance.

On the other hand, his derogatory comments about certain military and civilian superiors are flagrant violations of Articles 88, 133, and 134 of the UCMJ. They are punishable as a GCM may see fit, including significant time in the Disciplinary Barracks at Leavenworth.... and that is not an overreaction!


30 posted on 09/28/2017 4:55:06 AM PDT by Strac6 ("Mrs. Strac, Pilatus, and Sig Sauer: All the fun things in my life are Swiss!")
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To: Godebert

Overreact? This piece of crap should be article 88 for conduct unbecoming an officer kicked out and made to repaid the cost of his West Point education since he clearly has not fulfilled the agreement he signed when he entered the Academy. Out!!


31 posted on 09/28/2017 4:56:46 AM PDT by jmaroneps37 (Conservatism is truth. Liberalism is lies.)
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To: Godebert
"...The Army shouldn't overreact in punishing Lt. Spenser Rapone..."

Well, as long as anything worse than a gang of chinese prison gangsters sodomizing him in a vat of japanese beetles before throwing him into a moat filled with ravenous pirhanas is considered "overreacting", then I am good with this.

I would say you have got to be kidding me, but no.

32 posted on 09/28/2017 4:57:01 AM PDT by rlmorel (Liberals: American Liberty is the egg that requires breaking to make their Utopian omelette.)
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To: Godebert

>>establishment republican

Which equals Progressive, which is a Communist who doesn’t want a violent revolution. In the case of Establishment Republicans, they want the non-violent overthrow so they can keep making money while we are marched into slavery. They are more evil that actual Bolsheviks.


33 posted on 09/28/2017 4:57:27 AM PDT by Bryanw92 (Asking a pro athlete for political advice is like asking a cavalry horse for tactical advice.)
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To: Godebert

Boot him. Then investigate him for treason. You can’t use our 1st amendment rights to destroy America. If he’s calling for the overthrow of our system of government, but hiding behind its sacred tenets, he needs to be taken to task for treason


34 posted on 09/28/2017 4:57:46 AM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you. .)
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To: dfwgator
"Ultimately, it is utterly irrelevant that Rapone is a communist. Like all his fellow officers, 2nd Lt. Rapone has chosen to train, serve, and defend the nation and its Constitution; privately-held viewpoints do not affect that solemn responsibility."

Today's journalism has been totally corrupted by the myopia and double-standards of PC liberal tolerance. Would such words ever been written about the followers of the other totalitarian socialist ideology committed to the "violent overthrow" of the existing order and government - Nazism/Fascism.

"They openly declare that their ends can be attained only by the forcible overthrow of all existing conditions. Let the ruling classes tremble at a communistic revolution. The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains."

"Communist Manifesto" - Karl Marx (Held by Rapone in below selfie)

To be a Communist is to believe in the violent - NON-CONSTITUTIONAL - overthrow of the existing political order!

35 posted on 09/28/2017 4:58:09 AM PDT by drpix
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To: Godebert

He publicly insulted the people entrusted with his leadership and organized politically in a uniform.

He’s gone.


36 posted on 09/28/2017 4:58:26 AM PDT by struggle (The)
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To: Godebert

Mattis must take a look at West Point. They are obviously failing and have become too PC. This guy, Rapone, should have been kicked out of the Academy within 30 days in his freshman year - no excuse.


37 posted on 09/28/2017 4:59:09 AM PDT by elpadre (AfganistaMr Obama said theoal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-hereQaeda" and its allies.)
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To: MUDDOG

How many years before this happens? Punishment should be swift & fierce.


38 posted on 09/28/2017 4:59:29 AM PDT by FES0844 (G)
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To: pepsionice
Force him to participate in the Army system...

Old saying:

There's the right way, the wrong way, and the Army way!

39 posted on 09/28/2017 4:59:41 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (Hillary: Go to jail. Go directly to jail. Do not pass GO. Do not collect 2 billion dollars.)
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To: Godebert
Having seen MANY posts online from this guys social media, this should be open and shut. He has:

1. Made derogatory remarks about the CIC, SECDEF, his superior officers and NCOs.

2. Shown support for organizations that advocate the overthrow of the US Government.

3. Made direct statements of contempt regarding the Constitution (called it "crap") in direct violation of his oath.

40 posted on 09/28/2017 4:59:42 AM PDT by LambSlave
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