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The court of public opinion is now in session. I often wonder about what would I have done if placed in the same situation. Protect your men from harm at what cost? Had it been in Viet Nam would it ever had been brought up or even known about? The dark secrets are many, but I am not looking to hear about them. I'm not a priest. Its a woulda, coulda, shoulda thing question at most.
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1. His wrongful methods for interrogation did not actually extract any meaningful information
2. LTC West leniently received an Article 15 instead of facing a court-martial
3. LTC West was still able to retire with full benefits despite the incident being on his record
https://web.archive.org/web/ [login to see] 0044/http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/27/world/struggle-for-iraq-interrogations-colonel-risked-his-career-menacing-detainee.html?scp=1&sq=How%20Colonel%20Risked%20His%20Career%20by%20Menacing%20Detainee%20and%20Lost&st=nyt
2. LTC West leniently received an Article 15 instead of facing a court-martial
3. LTC West was still able to retire with full benefits despite the incident being on his record
https://web.archive.org/web/ [login to see] 0044/http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/27/world/struggle-for-iraq-interrogations-colonel-risked-his-career-menacing-detainee.html?scp=1&sq=How%20Colonel%20Risked%20His%20Career%20by%20Menacing%20Detainee%20and%20Lost&st=nyt
THE STRUGGLE FOR IRAQ: INTERROGATIONS; How Colonel Risked His Career By Menacing Detainee and...
In western Broward County, where Lt. Col. Allen B. West, 43, is preparing to start life over as a high school social studies teacher, the grass is green, the air is moist and the pressure is
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No. He's every bit the scumbag he appears to be.
Being conservative not only doesn't change that, but kinda just underlines it.
Being conservative not only doesn't change that, but kinda just underlines it.
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SPC Jesse Davis
This dude is unironically following me across the platform to vote down everything. Lmao what a life.
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SPC Jesse Davis ,There is a lot of that from the right on this site. Plus they block any dissenting opinion because they can't defend their position with facts.
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SPC Jesse Davis
Neither Cpt. Prickett or myself have the ability to delete comments here, so hard to see where this is really going.
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