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Before a lot of misinformation gets out I just want to say that as a former coworker of Alagie's, he is a good man and if he felt that his actions were the best or only way to put order in an oppressive regime, then so be it. I for one do not know much about Gambia, so I can't comment much on how right or wrong his actions were.
My question is: If put in the same situation, having left your country, enjoyed the U.S. so much so that you served in uniform, and you saw the oppression that your country's people are going through.....would you do the same?
(I put former National Guardsman, b/c I think he's now in IRR......could be wrong though)
http://wdez.com/news/articles/2015/jan/30/tennessee-man-charged-in-failed-gambia-coup-attempt/
My question is: If put in the same situation, having left your country, enjoyed the U.S. so much so that you served in uniform, and you saw the oppression that your country's people are going through.....would you do the same?
(I put former National Guardsman, b/c I think he's now in IRR......could be wrong though)
http://wdez.com/news/articles/2015/jan/30/tennessee-man-charged-in-failed-gambia-coup-attempt/
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I read about this, 1LT (Join to see), and the involvement of Americans and American military (or former military) in the coup attempt in Gambia. Your former colleague may be a good man, but an attempted coup d'état is illegal. Good people make bad decisions all the time (see the RallyPoint thread on the Navy Seal who cheated his friends out of hundreds of thousands of dollars).
I'm sorry to hear that your former colleague made this decision. It was a grave mistake.
I'm sorry to hear that your former colleague made this decision. It was a grave mistake.
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Yeah, can't say I would've done the same as him especially with a family too. Still trying to wrap my head around it.
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