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So anyone right of you is rabble, nice. You've turned into quite the liberal elite in the last year or so.

Are you sure you want this guy in a position of power? Really sure?

While serving in Taji, Iraq on August 20, 2003 as commander of the 2d Battalion 20th Field Artillery, 4th Infantry Division, Lieutenant Colonel West was in charge of the interrogation of an Iraqi police officer who was suspected of having information about planned attacks on American forces. According to the Iraqi police officer, Yehiya Kadoori Hamoodi claimed that during the interrogation, soldiers under West's supervision assaulted him attempting to get him to talk.

 

The police officer insisted that he did not know anything about planned attacks and was loyal to the United States Army. However, when the detainee didn't talk, Lieutenant Colonel West fired his 9mm pistol close to the man's head and at this point, the man, according to some mainstream media such as CNN (http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/12/12/sprj.nirq.west.ruling/), gave information about a planned ambush, resulting in its being thwarted. According to West, there were no further ambushes on U.S. forces in Taji until he was relieved of command on October 4, 2003.

 

In an interview with the New York Times, the Iraqi police officer, Yehiya Kadoori Hamoodi, said he felt he must have been falsely implicated by another alleged informant as being a plotting assassin and that the information he provided was useless and obtained under duress. At least one man named by Mr. Hamoodi was taken into custody, according to testimony, and his home was searched. No plans for attacks on Americans or weapons were found. The Times also reported Colonel West's own testimony that he did not know whether "any corroboration" of a plot was ever found, adding: "At the time I had to base my decision on the intelligence I received. It's possible that I was wrong about Mr. Hamoodi." The Army Criminal Investigative Division report on this incident likewise stated that no useful information was obtained from Hamoodi in connection with his interrogation by LTC West and his soldiers.Template:CID report cited by Tom Ricks in his book Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq (2006), pp 280-281

 

West, who at the time was just short of having 20 years of service, was charged with violating articles 128 (assault) and 134 (general article) of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, and was in danger of receiving an 11 year prison sentence, dishonorable discharge and losing his retirement benefits. West was processed through an Article 32 hearing in November 2003, where he admitted wrongdoing, was fined $5,000 over two months for misconduct and assault. He then submitted his resignation, and was allowed to retire with full benefits in the summer of 2004.

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So anyone right of you is rabble, nice. You've turned into quite the liberal elite in the last year or so.

I just don't feel like a victim like you people seem to do. You have a psychological need to feel threatened and victimized for some reason, God knows why. You're no better or different to the mugs that follow Sharpton and Jackson and believe their lies. In fact, you're the very antithesis of fundamental self-reliant American principles, always blaming someone else, whether it's immigrants, blacks, the poor, whoever. There's always someone keeping you true heartland patriots down.

 

Bah.

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I just don't feel like a victim like you people seem to do. You have a psychological need to feel threatened and victimized for some reason, God knows why. You're no better or different to the mugs that follow Sharpton and Jackson and believe their lies. In fact, you're the very antithesis of fundamental self-reliant American principles, always blaming someone else, whether it's immigrants, blacks, the poor, whoever. There's always someone keeping you true heartland patriots down.

 

Bah.

 

Now this speech is something to cheer about. :wacko:

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I just don't feel like a victim like you people seem to do. You have a psychological need to feel threatened and victimized for some reason, God knows why. You're no better or different to the mugs that follow Sharpton and Jackson and believe their lies. In fact, you're the very antithesis of fundamental self-reliant American principles, always blaming someone else, whether it's immigrants, blacks, the poor, whoever. There's always someone keeping you true heartland patriots down.

 

Bah.

 

I didn't know about what he did in Iraq but honestly don't have a huge problem with it. As to the rest of your crap, I don't feel anyone is keeping me down. I do feel like I'm getting fleeced though. I feel everyone should be self reliant. I want the government out of my business and out of my pocketbook as much as possible. I know this is hard for people like you who feel the government should be everything to everybody. I just simply want to be left alone. I'm not asking for any special treatment, I just want everyone to be treated the same, which is more than I can say for you and people like you.

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I didn't know about what he did in Iraq but honestly don't have a huge problem with it. As to the rest of your crap, I don't feel anyone is keeping me down. I do feel like I'm getting fleeced though. I feel everyone should be self reliant. I want the government out of my business and out of my pocketbook as much as possible. I know this is hard for people like you who feel the government should be everything to everybody. I just simply want to be left alone. I'm not asking for any special treatment, I just want everyone to be treated the same, which is more than I can say for you and people like you.

Have to agree here! Ursa got pwned!

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:wacko:

 

I find it the height of hilarity that perch still uses that avatar . . . when the joker wasnt/isnt portrayed as a socialist at all. He is an anarchist . .

 

Pure ignorance is amusing . . .

 

I still use my avatar because it pisses certain people off. If they weren't so bothered by it, it would have been changed long ago. I honestly prefer the one with my .454 Casull, but I prefer the reaction Obama the Clown gets

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I still use my avatar because it pisses certain people off. If they weren't so bothered by it, it would have been changed long ago. I honestly prefer the one with my .454 Casull, but I prefer the reaction Obama the Clown gets

 

Perch . . . IMHO, it just makes you look ignorant and uninformed.

 

Considering you are neither . . . it demeans you to use it.

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