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Liberal media ignores three black men about to make history

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Floridatexan

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SheWrites wrote:In the midst of war, and at the time we were still engaged in fighting in Iraq, West did what he had to do to protect his soldiers.  That's what a commander or any man/woman in uniform does.  They are not there with the flag in mind or the cause of war - only keeping their men and women alive in the midst of war.  

I'd love to see Wordslinger or Seaoat as a commander.  Talk about wussies.

War is hell.  He saved the lives of his soldiers.

Now, I would not vote him into office nor do I feel he is a voice for Florida.  But in that situation he saved lives.

Life is different in the midst of war.  Context must be considered.  Hindsight is 20/20.

By law was he right? Hell no.  But in real life, concerned for loss of life, yes he did the right thing.  

Two edged sword - live by the law or save lives.  



Whose life did he save?  He was paranoid for his own sorry skin and has admitted since then that he didn't even know whether the person he tortured was a real threat.  He's a dangerous hate monger.  

http://republicinsanity.tumblr.com/post/125072603303/allen-west-2015-update

"...Today, we’ll update on our original profile from a year ago on the rabidly insane former Florida Congressman Allen West, a living testament to Godwin’s Law, who continues to disseminate outrage into the far-right fringe of the Republican Party, and using any and all media outlets he can find to convince people that liberals and progressives are monsters dead set on razing our country to the ground.
No longer in office, Allen West still travels the country to fire up Tea Party kooks, who cheer him on no matter how horrible the things he says are. Here are some of his quotes from the past year (And remember, don’t think about them too hard, these are all coming from a person who is too insane to make observations that are in any way logical):

On May 15th, 2014, Allen West is on Fox News, where he says the media’s coverage of Boko Haram kidnapping of hundreds of girls in Nigeria was just a “distraction” story to avoid talking about Benghazi.
On August 5th, 2014, West says Democrats would nominate Hilary Clinton just for the purpose of calling her opponents sexists.
Allen West pens his daily column for August 15th, 2014, where he says that President Obama is “siding with groups like ISIS because he supports their goal of building an Islamic caliphate”.
On August 20th, 2014, West claims the Democratic Party is “anti-Semitic” and “aligning itself with Islamists”.
On October 3rd, 2014, Allen West makes the paranoid claim that undocumented immigrants are spreading a childhood respiratory illness through America, as part of a plan of biological warfare orchestrated by the Obama administration for providing shelter to the undocumented migrant youths from Central America to help spread it. He would repeat this claim on October 8th.
One day after the 2014 elections, on November 5th, West is interviewed and explains why Democrats lost:

“You look at the history of the Democrat Party and it’s always been about fear-mongering, intimidation of the voters, coercion. They’re the party of segregation. They’re the party of the Ku Klux Klan.”

(This, of course,  neglects to mention the “Dixiecrats” of the 1950s all left the Democratic party over the Civil Rights Act and became Republicans. Many of whom have still been caught with ties to white supremacist groups, including but not limited to the KKK.)
On November 19th, 2014, West says that an “incredible cry from the American people” is coming for President Obama’s impeachment so that Republicans wouldn’t even have to ask for it.
On February 2nd, 2015, Allen West goes on Newsmax and says that Congress should “censure President Obama for being an Islamist sympathizer”.
On February 26th, 2015, West calls upon more American politicians to have the courage to “call out President Obama as an Islamist”.
On April 20th, 2015, Allen West is speaking in Texas, and blames a rise in high school football injuries on taking Christian prayer out of schools.
On June 26th, 2015, West publishes a column on his website about how the Supreme Court ruling on Gay Marriage could lead to a new civil war:

“With this ruling, the Supreme Court is essentially saying individuals have civil rights based on their sexual behavior, and setting up a monumental battle with the free exercise of religion. This could well be the straw that breaks the camel’s back – that camel being the up till now silent, passive Americans who have been cowed into “tolerating” societal changes that go counter to their fundamental beliefs.

The SCOTUS decision on same-sex marriage is not about the issue itself — it is about individual religious freedom and the imposition of the State’s will against faith. After all, it is the original reason why the Pilgrims fled England. And since there is no place for men and women of faith to retreat — they will make a stand. This ain’t first century Rome.“

Four days later on June 30th, West is interviewed, and gripes about the Confederate flag coming down, blaming it on “Islamofascists and socialists” who are “just like ISIS and the Taliban”. His proof of the rising collusion between the two? Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was on the cover of Rolling Stone (again, don’t try to make sense of his logic).
That’s just the past year. Worse yet, West’s wide donor base has allowed him to pay Facebook for the honor of his website’s articles to qualify as “trending”, and pop up in the news feed on the right side of the page. Keep your eyes peeled, and when people link to his “news articles” or editorials, feel free to link to the CSGOPOTD profile so whoever is foolish enough to share his distorted review of reality is aware of how the author of the story they decided to help disseminate could potentially cause asphyxia in people with nut allergies, because he’s that much of a deranged, baying at the moon psycho."

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Floridatexan

Floridatexan

2seaoat wrote:I do not call ALL enlistees dumb potato peelers.  One of my three best friends dreamed of going to Annapolis and went to a private military high school, was an A student, a good athlete, and he had hundreds of options when he chose the Navy.  He put in his twenty years and got a great position at Dial corporation.  My best friends brother also Annapolis and became a commander as his specialty was nuclear, and he went into the private sector and excelled.  I had twin friends who dreamed of being Coast Guard officers and they reached their goal.

Now the reality.   The kid who was drinking in school at 14, had failing grades, and was always trying to get attention.....he enlisted.....got out and could not hold a job.  Out of my class of 750, not counting the officers who went to service academy..........we probably had ten people join the military in 1970, and almost to the last one they were kids with NO options, and struggled.  I remember Gary who in fourth grade my teacher had me go out in the hall and spend an hour a day teaching him how to tell time.  A quiet kid who just struggled in everything.   I saw him at our 35th reunion, and had an enjoyable conversation where he had a family and had retired from the navy after 30 years......he had no batman uniform.....he was never a tough guy going in and he certainly was not a tough guy leaving, and he optimized his options and lived a good life.

I am very vocal about the illusion.   Like men are created only when America has a 10 to 1 advantage, and is displaying courage when occupying nations which have done NOTHING to America.  Men are created in many ways, but this pretend fantasy world of militarism as an automatic just has never melded with the reality I have lived......some tough people join the military, and some do not.......some wussies join the military and some do not.

The best part....the tough guys I know who were military.....never mention their service.....NEVER........because they are not wussies with something to prove.


My FIL was the same way...WWII and Korea. I don't know what he and his fellow military retirees talked about when I wasn't present, but he rarely discussed his service when I was around. However, my daughter dated an ensign...a graduate of the Naval Academy. I became involved in the legal proceedings when he was apprehended...at my home when the SP's and the police arrived. He was sent to prison. He probably didn't have a high enough rank to avoid the consequences of his actions, unlike West.

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