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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: Godebert
No need to overreact.

Just put him up in front of a firing squad comprised of Gold Star Wives and Gold Star Mothers.

And no need to rush - by noon today will be fine.

Or:


41 posted on 09/28/2017 5:01:25 AM PDT by Vlad The Inhaler (World's Most Powerful Nation Falls To Invasion Of Mexican Peasants!)
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To: Godebert

He has all the potential of being a traitor if he is not one now. He needs to be discharged from the military with a dishonorable discharge.


42 posted on 09/28/2017 5:01:49 AM PDT by wild74
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To: Gay State Conservative

When I was on a carrier in the Seventies, someone had written on the inside of a stall in one of the fancier heads “B.O.C.” which was obviously a reference to the band Blue Oyster Cult.

At some point, someone had put letters vertically below each of the three characters to spell out “Brothers of Communism”.

They made every division officer on the ship have a meeting with those under him to discuss the seriousness of subversive activities while a member of the US military.

I thought the whole thing was absolutely stupid at the time...after all, it was obviously a joke, right? Someone writing on a bathroom stall out of boredom?

I have since come to learn there are some things you can’t do much joking about, and this is one of them, IMO.


43 posted on 09/28/2017 5:02:26 AM PDT by rlmorel (Liberals: American Liberty is the egg that requires breaking to make their Utopian omelette.)
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To: dfwgator

Use rocks instead of bars of soap


44 posted on 09/28/2017 5:03:25 AM PDT by King Moonracer (Bad lighting and cheap fabric, that's how you sell clothing.....)
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To: Godebert

What US Senator sponsored Mr. Rapone?


45 posted on 09/28/2017 5:03:31 AM PDT by Mashood
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To: struggle

“Code Red” was invented for guys like this.


46 posted on 09/28/2017 5:05:05 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: exDemMom

>> He needs to be discharged, ASAP.

Oh, and what about that “million dollar education shoved up your a$$, a nickel at a time”? (Ring tappers - academy grads - will recognize that anecdote.)
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Che Guevara, Huber Matos, Camilo Cienfuegos - all screwed or killed by the Cackstro brothers because they got too popular. This numbnuts must have slept through all his history classes.

Taxpaying Americans should demand a refund.


47 posted on 09/28/2017 5:05:24 AM PDT by QBFimi (It is not your responsibility to finish the work of perfecting the world... Tarfon)
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To: Godebert

This is a “WTF” moment reading this. He is a danger to his subordinates and superiors and has no place within the Army unless its cleaning commodes at Leavenworth.


48 posted on 09/28/2017 5:05:38 AM PDT by vetvetdoug
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To: Vlad The Inhaler

BFL


49 posted on 09/28/2017 5:06:02 AM PDT by rlmorel (Liberals: American Liberty is the egg that requires breaking to make their Utopian omelette.)
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To: Godebert

The Army should hang him; but only after recouping the costs of educating his sorry, ungrateful, turn-coat ass.


50 posted on 09/28/2017 5:06:20 AM PDT by Arm_Bears (Rope. Tree. Politician/Journalist. Some assembly required.)
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To: Strac6
It is not a military...crime to endorse communism....

I disagree. He violated his Cadet oath, then the West Point Honor Code, and then his oath as an officer.

IMHO, he should be shot.

51 posted on 09/28/2017 5:07:37 AM PDT by onedoug
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To: Godebert
"Correspondingly, the Army shouldn't overreact in punishing 2nd Lt. Spenser Rapone for his apparent endorsement of communism."

I find this so absolutely stupid that I can find no way to effectively respond to it.....

52 posted on 09/28/2017 5:08:55 AM PDT by unread (Joe McCarthy was right.......)
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To: Godebert
In the old days this problem would have been eliminated.
53 posted on 09/28/2017 5:11:35 AM PDT by McGruff (Lock Her Up! In a Padded Cell!)
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To: MUDDOG

LOL


54 posted on 09/28/2017 5:13:06 AM PDT by HombreSecreto (The life of a repo man is always intense)
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To: Godebert

They also probably thought that the State of California rushed to judgment regarding Charles Manson.


55 posted on 09/28/2017 5:13:59 AM PDT by HombreSecreto (The life of a repo man is always intense)
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To: pepsionice

I agree. he owes a debt which must be paid in full.

It doesn’t have to be paid doing what he wants to do. We must have some remote outpost that only needs one full time soldier to man it. He’d be perfect there.


56 posted on 09/28/2017 5:14:09 AM PDT by cyclotic (Trump tweets are the only news source you can trust.)
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To: Godebert
The U.S. needs military officers who are skilled and intellectually curious and predisposed to challenging groupthink.

I wonder if they thought that Major at Fort Hood fell into this category? Who in their right mind, would ever trust this dude?

57 posted on 09/28/2017 5:14:24 AM PDT by Mark17 (Genesis chapter 1 verse 1. In the beginning GOD....And the rest, as they say, is HIS-story)
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To: Fresh Wind

PLO! That was a very funny movie.


58 posted on 09/28/2017 5:15:46 AM PDT by HombreSecreto (The life of a repo man is always intense)
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To: TruthFactor
I’d give him a choice... Firing squad or hanging.

Death or boonga.

59 posted on 09/28/2017 5:16:29 AM PDT by bagster (Shiniest tack in the box.)
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To: bagster

Shark or Death By Monkeys.


60 posted on 09/28/2017 5:18:01 AM PDT by dfwgator
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