Friday, January 13, 2012

Allen West On The Marine Pissing Incident: 'Shut Your Mouth, War Is Hell'


Daniel Harper at the Weekly Standard reports on Congressman and former U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Allen West's comments regarding the video that appears to show U.S. Marines urinating on dead Taliban bodies.

“I have sat back and assessed the incident with the video of our Marines urinating on Taliban corpses. I do not recall any self-righteous indignation when our Delta snipers Shugart and Gordon had their bodies dragged through Mogadishu. Neither do I recall media outrage and condemnation of our Blackwater security contractors being killed, their bodies burned, and hung from a bridge in Fallujah.

“All these over-emotional pundits and armchair quarterbacks need to chill. Does anyone remember the two Soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division who were beheaded and gutted in Iraq?

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