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Lt. Col. Alan West knows how to make a negative ad

BY David Boze  on September 28, 2012 @ 12:43 pm (Updated: 8:53 am - 10/10/12 )

I love this new ad by Alan West. It's a negative ad that hits extremely hard, but also feels like a positive ad for what it says about him. It's one of the best I've seen so far this year. It's always a bonus if your opponent has a mug shot.

 

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  • sportsguru wrote...
    Finally
    September 28, 2012 11:57 am
    You got one right Boze, this was a good ad. Kind of a no brainer, however.
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  • messiah101 wrote...
    Boze
    September 28, 2012 12:02 pm
    I believe that most people would choose a person who in his youth got involved in a bar fight over a disgraced adult soldier who was basically asked to leave (drummed out) the armed forces because he did not follow orders.
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  • RonJ wrote...
    Messypants
    September 29, 2012 5:26 pm
    You have no clue what Lt. Col. West did for his country, which is what I expect from a wet diaper that clings to ones nether-side like yourself. Stick to topics that you know well (mainly cartoons) and leave the adults to their conversation.
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  • Habakkuk 1:9 wrote...
    Real motive?
    October 1, 2012 7:49 am
    Easy for messiah101 to say, since messiah101 has made racist comments on this board before.
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  • Common Sense Conservative wrote...
    Bar fights...
    October 2, 2012 1:54 pm
    ...are for people who don't have the moral character to join the military. And no, most normal people wouldn't identify with the drunken loser.
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  • cigarfan wrote...
    unresolved outcome
    September 28, 2012 12:04 pm
    Anyone can be arrested, the question for a thinking person is....was he ever charged and convicted?
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  • Drool wrote...
    Alan West....
    September 28, 2012 12:58 pm
    ....was charged with violating articles 128 (assault) and 134 (general article) of the Uniform Code of Military Justice. The charges were ultimately referred to an Article 15 proceeding rather than court-martial, at which West was fined $5,000. LTC West accepted the judgment and retired with full benefits in the summer of 2004.

    That certainly rises above a bar fight as a youth. I am surprised he was ever elected.

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  • Drool wrote...
    Alan West....
    September 29, 2012 3:38 pm
    U.S. officer fined for harsh interrogation tactics Saturday, December 13, 2003 Posted: 6:16 AM EST (1116 GMT)

    TIKRIT, Iraq (CNN) -- The commanding general of the 4th Infantry Division on Friday accepted a U.S. military investigator's recommendation and ordered administrative action against Lt. Col. Allen West, who was accused of using improper methods to force information out of an Iraqi detainee.

    Following a military hearing, West was fined $5,000 over two months, according to West's civillian attorney, Neal Puckett.

    The punishment does not affect West's eligibility for retirement and pension, Puckett said in a statement.

    West, 42, will be assigned to the rear detachment of the 4th Infantry Division awaiting the processing of his retirement request, the statement said.

    Maj. Gen. Raymond Odierno, the 4th Infantry's top general in Tikrit, could have rejected the recommendation and ordered a court martial. If he were to be found guilty at a court martial of the two articles against him, West could have faced 11 years in prison, a military prosecutor told CNN.

    The case stems from an incident August 20 at a military base in Taji, just north of Baghdad, when West was interrogating an Iraqi policeman, who was believed to have information about a plot to assassinate West with an ambush on a U.S. convoy.

    In testimony at an Article 32 hearing -- the military's version of a grand jury or preliminary hearing -- West said the policeman, Yahya Jhrodi Hamoody, was not cooperating with interrogators, so he watched four of his soldiers from the 220th Field Artillery Battalion beat the detainee on the head and body.

    West said he also threatened to kill Hamoody. Military prosecutors say West followed up on that threat by taking the suspect outside, put him on the ground near a weapons clearing barrel and fired his 9 mm pistol into the barrel.

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  • RonJ wrote...
    Drool you have no
    September 29, 2012 5:28 pm
    more of a clue than the wet clingy diaper. Go do some research and come back, maybe the adults will let you in the room.
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  • messiah101 wrote...
    RON J
    September 29, 2012 6:54 pm
    OK Ronnie tell us what you got.WEst is LUCKY he is not cooling his heels at Leavenworth
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  • RonJ wrote...
    Messy
    September 29, 2012 7:44 pm
    The Man did what needed to be done. Something you will never understand.
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  • messiah101 wrote...
    Ron J
    September 29, 2012 10:14 pm
    Evidently the US Army disagrees that what he did ,did NOT NEED to be done.And they kicked his arse out of the service.Soldiers FOLLOW ORDERS ,Lt Cols do not make policy. THat, you will never understand.
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  • RonJ wrote...
    Soldiers
    September 30, 2012 10:08 am
    make decisions that are in the best interest of they lead. Those decisions don't always follow the rules. In fact, the man (or woman) who blindly follows orders/regulations no matter what is a gutless wonder who has not the ability to think for him/herself. I would not under any circumstance follow or respect such a person. Mr. West made the best decision for his men. He could have done otherwise and protected his career. He saved the lives of his men at the expense of his career, and there are those here who denigrate and condemn him for it. Shame on all of you, and I'm glad I'll never be with you on a battlefield.
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  • messiah101 wrote...
    Ron J
    September 30, 2012 9:03 pm
    The WHOLE exceeds 1 group.In the military you can not have leaders of individual units making decisons that benefit only them.It simply does not work that way . I hope your not claiming to have EVER been a soldier because a truly TRAINED soldier gets that beat into their head from day 1.Sorry Ronny but you sound like a run of the mill wannabe.So put away your cammies and get back into your bra and panties
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  • RonJ wrote...
    Mindless sheep follow
    September 30, 2012 4:12 pm
    orders blindly, something you might understand had you ever served. Most of us that have understand that.
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  • messiah101 wrote...
    RonJ
    October 1, 2012 9:08 am
    No actually SOLDIERS follow orders.I was serving in a war zone when you weren't even a twinkle in your Daddys eye.Lt Col don't make NEW policy they follow LAWFULL orders.See thats where your confused. The order that West broke was LAWFULL.Now if West had BEEN ORDERED to discharge his firearm next to a suspects head and refused to do so ,no charges could be filed because that was a unLawfull order. Are we up to speed now Sonny?
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  • RonJ wrote...
    He was elected
    September 30, 2012 10:22 am
    because the people of his district know him for the hero that he is.
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  • Common Sense Conservative wrote...
    Drool: Since you lifted this from wiki....
    October 2, 2012 1:58 pm
    ...here's the salient passage: Asked if he would act differently under similar circumstances again, West testified, "If it's about the lives of my soldiers at stake, I'd go through hell with a gasoline can." I appreciate that lefties don't "get" what it means to be a man, but there it is. Col. West faced the consequences to protect his men.
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  • SeattleD wrote...
    Patrick Murphy reminds me of Romney
    September 28, 2012 8:48 pm
    except instead of being in drunken fight avoiding a war Romney was sober, assaulting class mates avoiding a war.
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  • Drool wrote...
    Mitt Does a Great Job....
    September 29, 2012 9:54 am
    of narrating an ad: http://youtu.be/B9xCCaseop4
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  • SeattleD wrote...
    AJ called Dumney a draft dodger but that is not really correct
    September 29, 2012 7:17 pm
    Dumney got 4 draft deferments. It pays to have a dad with connections.
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  • messiah101 wrote...
    Seattle D
    September 30, 2012 10:17 am
    Obtaining deferments is certainly a type of Dodging.
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  • TheSymbolForBoron wrote...
    Aj, how's the video coming?
    October 1, 2012 7:17 pm
    I've already seen '2 Bookkeepers, 1 Cup'. You were awesome in that one. I'm asking about the one Messiah or Lawn or somebody asked you to make a couple days ago. The one about explaining to your employers how you can spend 12 hours a day on this blog and still be a good employee...

    Please advise.

    Thanks.

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