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Originally Posted by joe bloe
Allen West is an American hero.
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Allen West is a traitor who broke the rules in Iraq and was pushed out of the military. He is lucky that some of his superiors thought that the war already had enough bad publicity and made a deal for him to quietly resign instead of going through a court martial. His continued exhibition of what is most likely bi-polar behavior has been evident with his recent verbal attack on Debbie Wasserman Schultz among others.
From Wikipedia:
Iraq interrogation incident
While serving in
Taji, Iraq, West received information from an intelligence specialist about a reported plot to ambush him and his men.
[11] The alleged plot reportedly involved Yahya Jhodri Hamoodi, a
civilian Iraqi police officer.
[11] West, who was not responsible for conducting interrogations in Iraq and had never conducted nor witnessed one, had his men detain Hamoodi.
[11] In the process of detaining Mr. Hamoodi, soldiers testified that Hamoodi appeared to reach for his weapon and needed to be subdued.
[11] Hamoodi was beaten by four soldiers from the 2/20th Field Artillery Battalion on the head and body.
[12] West then fired his pistol near Hamoodi's head,
[11] after which Hamoodi provided West with names and information, which Hamoodi later described as "meaningless information induced by fear and pain."
[11] At least one of these suspects was arrested as a result, but no plans for attacks or weapons were found.
[11] West said "At the time I had to base my decision on the intelligence I received. It's possible that I was wrong about Mr. Hamoodi."
[11]
West was charged with violating articles 128 (assault) and 134 (general article) of the
Uniform Code of Military Justice. During a hearing held as part of an
Article 32 investigation in November 2003, West stated, "I know the method I used was not right, but I wanted to take care of my soldiers."
[12] The charges were ultimately referred to an
Article 15 proceeding rather than court-martial, at which West was fined $5,000.
[11] LTC West accepted the judgment and retired with full benefits in the summer of 2004.
You don't accept a "settlement" and a discharge if you're innocent.