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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

The Army should require him to have a psychiatric evaluation. And if it is determined that he has mental health issues, he should be relieved of duty, with a medical flag on his 201 file, and placed under inpatient mental health care.

The Army often does this for those with alcoholism.

With such a flag on his file, he cannot be discharged until his health issues have been addressed, which could amount to several years. With infrequent evaluations by a medical board.

And as necessary, his physician may require him to take therapeutic medications. Once he is cleared, he may be discharged and turned over to the VA for follow up care.


61 posted on 09/28/2017 5:21:59 AM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy (Hitlers Mein Kampf, translated into Arabic, is "My Jihad")
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To: Godebert

WHY IS THIS EVEN A DEBATE???

Court-martial the idiot already! How far we’ve fallen...


62 posted on 09/28/2017 5:24:04 AM PDT by Magnatron
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To: Godebert

Court martial his butt and give him a dishonorable discharge.


63 posted on 09/28/2017 5:28:32 AM PDT by BuffaloJack (Men stand up for freedom; slaves kneel before their masters.)
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To: Godebert
They are worried about "hurting his career".

He shouldn't have a career. Can a committed communist truthfully swear to defend the constitution?

64 posted on 09/28/2017 5:31:56 AM PDT by tbpiper
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To: Godebert

Everybody who would want their kid serving in a rifle platoon under this butter bar step forward...you first, Mr. Rogan...


65 posted on 09/28/2017 5:33:00 AM PDT by ameribbean expat (Veritas Vincit)
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To: DuncanWaring
To tell the truth I never served, but I still have an opinion.

Bust his butt back to absolute buck private or whatever the absolute lowest rank is these days for Army convicts.

Let him serve the rest of his enlistment term in the Supermax.

After his term is finished he gets a dishonorable discharge, but...

Keep his butt in prison for a long time just to keep an eye on him. National security.

Just to state the obvious, gee, if something were to happen...

...that sure would be too bad...

66 posted on 09/28/2017 5:33:22 AM PDT by OKSooner
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To: Godebert

His career is in the toilet and deserves to be.


67 posted on 09/28/2017 5:35:13 AM PDT by Bayan
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To: Godebert
Yep, Rapone leading men on the field of battle.....he is the perfect example of someone needing a fragging.

Communist bastard.... he is probably a freaking coward who want his 15 min of glory.

68 posted on 09/28/2017 5:35:21 AM PDT by Meadow Muffin
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To: dfwgator
Definitely monkeys. I got a thing about sharks.

Water or fire.

69 posted on 09/28/2017 5:36:33 AM PDT by bagster (Shiniest tack in the box.)
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To: pepsionice

Don’t forget weekly drug tests. All reports must be single spaced and at least 10 pages. Make him feel every minute of those five years.


70 posted on 09/28/2017 5:42:32 AM PDT by Yorlik803
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To: Strac6
"It is not a military or civilian crime to endorse communism..."

The oath of office for an officer:

I, _____, having been appointed an officer in the Army of the United States, as indicated above in the grade of _____ do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservations or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office upon which I am about to enter; So help me God."

I can see several clauses in that oath that he has violated, which in the military, can warrant court-martial.

...not to mention the umbrella reg of "Conduct Unbecoming an Officer."

71 posted on 09/28/2017 5:44:05 AM PDT by Magnatron
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To: Godebert

Bust him to enlisted and deploy him to a spotting position on the artillery range.


72 posted on 09/28/2017 5:47:21 AM PDT by ptsal ( Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. - M. Twain)
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To: ptsal

Screw that. Court martial and a Firing squad. Public execution.


73 posted on 09/28/2017 5:52:08 AM PDT by Godebert (CRUZ: Born in a foreign land to a foreign father.)
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To: Godebert
The Army shouldn't overreact in punishing Lt. Spenser Rapone

The newspaper that ran this should be embarrassed. I am trying to picture any newspaper running this headline if Rapone had been pictured throwing up a Nazi salute and had displayed the words "Nazism will win" on his apparel.

Rapone is a Communist, a believer in a political system which taken countless lives - even more innocent lives than Nazism. He has openly justified violence against his political enemies. Anyone who would (rightly) take offense to a Nazi in his position in the US Army should take exactly the same offense to this Communist. This guy has no business in the US military.
74 posted on 09/28/2017 5:52:59 AM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: Godebert

They should make an example of him to the highest degree.


75 posted on 09/28/2017 5:53:36 AM PDT by CodeToad (Victorious warriors WIN first, then go to war! Go TRUMP!!!)
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To: yefragetuwrabrumuy
"And as necessary, his physician may require him to take therapeutic medications. Once he is cleared, he may be discharged and turned over to the VA for follow up care."

Wow..... are you kidding me? You want this dirtbag on the public dole for the rest of his life?

76 posted on 09/28/2017 5:53:37 AM PDT by Godebert (CRUZ: Born in a foreign land to a foreign father.)
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To: TruthFactor

Hang him up and shoot him.


77 posted on 09/28/2017 5:54:09 AM PDT by Beagle8U (Wake up and smell the Covfef)
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To: AnotherUnixGeek
"The newspaper that ran this should be embarrassed."

Anyone with a subscription should cancel it immediately.

78 posted on 09/28/2017 5:56:11 AM PDT by Godebert (CRUZ: Born in a foreign land to a foreign father.)
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To: Godebert

His career doesn’t need to be hurt. It needs to be ended.


79 posted on 09/28/2017 5:56:20 AM PDT by Little Ray (Freedom Before Security!)
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To: Little Ray
"His career doesn’t need to be hurt. It needs to be ended."

Lt. Rapone needs to be ended by firing squad.

80 posted on 09/28/2017 5:58:22 AM PDT by Godebert (CRUZ: Born in a foreign land to a foreign father.)
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