Rep. Allen West on the reaction to the Marines incident: “Shut your mouth; war is hell”

Hotair ^ | 01/13/2012 | Tina Korbe

[womanvet]

< < Screw the AQ thugs. And #### the leftscum and their “outrage”! > >

Piss on 'em all.

LCOL West said what most Americans are thinking -- those b@stards were trying to kill the Marines, but the Marines beat 'em to the draw. Desecration is cutting off someone's head because he is a Jew, stoning a woman because she walked down the street without a male relative, or sending a child with a bomb strapped to him into a marketplace.

Every word that the leftist media used to describe these 4 heroes should be applied to the islamists around the world -- particularly here in the US: in the media, in our armed forces, in our Congress and legislatures, and especially in the White House.

The men deserve a liberty for doing their job well, not a punishment for reacting normally.

[morphing libertarian]

West is introducing good judgement, perspective, and proportionality into the discussion, which so far has been lead by the weeping and gnashing of teeth in the liberal media.

Had I been there, I would have done worse to the body and I appreciate what the marines were doing. The fact that this is a lad media story for days indicates how much of a need liberals have to bash the country and raise every fart to the level of a major scandal.

[morphing libertarian]

lad = lead

[bevperl]

Where is the leftist indignation and outrage when little girls right here in this country are murdered by their own fathers and brothers and they call this “honor” killings?!!!!!!!! Where is the leftist indignation and outrage when women and children are buried to their shoulders and stoned to death?!!!!!!!!! Where is the leftist indignation and outrage that 13
American Soldiers were slaughtered at Ft Hood by Major Hasan, “the enemy within” and this President cowardly calls this “workplace violence”?!!!!!!!!!! It was a TERRROIST ATTACK but the left and this President dangerously continue to appease terrorists and their terrorism of all of us! Where is the leftist indignation that this terrorist is still being paid by our tax dollars??!!!!

God knows what our Soldiers have seen in their tours of duty but I'll bet peeing on corpses would be considered child's play to what they have seen Al Qaeda and the Taliban do.
Dana Loesch is a fierce defender of our troops and I'll proudly stand with her anywhere, anytime!
Beverly Perlson
The Band of Mothers

[baddog 219]

All this who-ha about giving dead muslims a Islamic Baptism.

[anoldafvet]

Isn’t it amazing how people who have never been in the military, let alone a combat situation are always the first to denigrate our troops? Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Leon Pannetta, etc., you should be ashamed of yourselves. If I was there, I would have covered them with pig blood.

[tioga]

Rep West is a voice of reason. I could care less about this incident. Let them handle it in the field, not the MSM.

[tioga]

couldn’t care less........dang slow computer leaves me too much time to spot my mistakes.

[seekthetruth]

As a retired Marine, here is how I see it. Americans send their men and women into war, and yet, many have this synthetic, righteous belief that warriors can become effective mechanical killers while remaining perfectly civilized in an environment where killing human beings daily is common place while those being killed are trying their best to kill you first. One small deviation from civility and the critics jump to crucify you, instead of recognizing that you need their support to help you hang on to your sanity. The challenge becomes: How can I continue to remain an effective killer day out and day in without going stark raving mad? I’ll tell you how. You have to dehumanize your enemy. And, after long combat stretches, this gets easier and easier as you get shot at repeatedly and your closest buddies get shot and their life slips away in your arms. Endure this hell repeatedly and then tell me whether your only thoughts are of condemnation?

God Bless You! Thank you for your service to our country!

[seekthetruth]

I agree WE NEED ALLEN WEST IN THE NEW ADMINISTRATION!!!!!!!

Allen West as Secretary of Defense would be wonderful!

[bevperl]

Thank you for posting this and God Bless You and God Bless Our Marines!!

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks SeekAndFind.

[bevperl]

Thank you for posting this and God Bless You and God Bless Our Marines!!

[seekthetruth]

Agreed. Only thing I see suitable for criticism is their lack of the kind of judgement marines should demonstrate: I would have thought marines would have known better than making a video.

BUT, we don't know WHO made the video! Unless I missed it, there has been NO mention of WHO shot the video. Obviously the marines in the video did not, and I doubt a marine would have made the video, much less post it on the net! PLEASE, if ANYONE finds out WHO shot the video let us know!

[bevperl]

Where are the Republican candidates on the constant abuse of our military! They need to speak up!
As this administration releases terrorists, the prosecution and continued incarceration of our Warriors for doing their job, continues to be the norm!

Sgt Wuterich is the last Haditha Marine to be tried in a debacle fueled by Ex-Marine Murtha, who called our Marines cold blooded killers, for killing terrorists!! All the other Marines charged were exonerated and after 6 years and all the time and money spent prosecuting this most honorable Marine, the only charge that will probably stick is dereliction of duty!!! Disgraceful!! This was a 6 year witch hunt, as Sgt Tim says in the interview (below) with Tammy Bruce.

As this administration releases terrorists, our Soldiers continue to sit in Leavenworth. lst Lt Michael Behenna and the other cases of the Soldiers in Leavenworth should be fully reviewed by the incoming President! Some are there due to the insane “catch and release policy.” All of these cases should be reviewed by an incoming President and candidates should campaign on this issue! It is time the Presidential candidates spoke up about this abuse of our military Heroes.

I firmly believe this is an issue that can propel a Presidential candidate to the White House. There is a HUGE number of Americans in the military support community who are outraged over this issue!

Click on the link below. Tim Sumner of the 911 families, is interviewed by Tammy Bruce, regarding the prosecution of Sgt Wuterich, the last Haditha Marine on trial. His commentary is excellent and insightful!

Sgt Tim on last Haditha Marine on trial, Sgt Wuterich: “He is fighting for his life, his freedom and his honor.”
Tammy Bruce calls the Haditha trials an “obscenity”.http://tammybruce.com/2012/01/public-podcast-tim-sumner-of-911-for-a-safe-strong-america.html

C’mon Candidates, speak up!

Beverly Perlson
The Band of Mothers
www.thebandofmothers
www.defendmichael.com

[seekthetruth]

RIGHT ON!

Post # 44 is a MUST READ, right along with EVERY post on this thread in support of our Military!

[seekthetruth]

Make that post # 55 is a MUST READ!

Notice how the the hands of the marines are blurred? Looks like a photo alteration to me. For all we know, our Marines were standing there with folded hands in a prayer for the terrible evil souls of the Islamic terrorists!

Question remains...WHO shot the video?

[Fast Moving Angel]

I agree WE NEED ALLEN WEST IN THE NEW ADMINISTRATION!!!!!!!

Preferably in the Oval Office.

[chris_bdba]

He had the same reaction I did to them.IMHO anything that helps our troops deal with the psychology of war is fine with me and who ever brought these to the masses needs to be smacked really hard.This would’ve never been a big deal in WWII.

[DeaconRed]

"We Floridians think so too!" YES WE do.
However he is not my congressman, Sandy Adams is.