Republican congressional recruit: ‘Enemy is infiltrating our military’

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Friday, November 6th, 2009 -- 1:58 pm
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03fthood Republican congressional recruit: Enemy is infiltrating our militaryOne of the Republicans' most favored congressional candidates -- a former commander at Fort Hood, Texas -- said Friday that the "enemy" had infiltrated the US military after a Muslim Army psychiatrist allegedly massacred at least 13 at the Texas military base.

According to the Hill, the comments were made by GOP candidate Allen West.

Allen West (R-Fla.), a retired military colonel who served as a commander at the Texas base, said in a release that Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan's attack may indicate a broader effort by Islamic extremists to recruit downtrodden members of the military.

"This enemy preys on downtrodden soldiers and teaches them extremism will lift them up," West said in a statement. "Our soldiers are being brainwashed."

The release added that West claims "the horrible tragedy at Fort Hood is proof the enemy is infiltrating our military."

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The National Republican Congressional Committee in October selected West as one of 32 new members of its "Young Guns" program designed to promote challengers and open-seat candidates in the 2010 midterm elections. West formerly served in Iraq and Afghanistan and was the 2008 Republican nominee to unseat Rep. Ron Klein (D-Fla.) in the state's 22nd district.

Added The Huffington Post:

"This enemy preys on downtrodden soldiers and teaches them extremism will lift them up," West said, in a statement titled "Terrorists Are infiltrating Military". "Our soldiers are being brainwashed."

While admitting that more information was needed about Thursday's tragedy, West nevertheless called for a renewed effort on the part of the military to prevent Islamic extremism from penetrating its ranks.
"The most importantly thing right now is that we objectively assess this situation," West said. "But it is imperative that we take steps to make sure this does not happen again."

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  • Mad Military Man
    If, by enemy, he means fundamentalist Christians then yes, he is right. The military is being infiltrated by the enemy of reason, decency and just plain common sense.
  • Savantster
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    I think he meant the enemy OF fundamentalist xtians.. as in, he's saying anyone that isn't a fundamentalist xtian should be considered the enemy.

    Otherwise he makes no sense, and there was nothing other than this person's religion that had any semblance of "terrorists".. If the guy was atheist, I'm sure this GOP slime would be saying "godless heathens must be eradicated!".

    Belief in religion is a mental disorder. You have to accept as real things that don't exist, you have to ignore fact to hold on to your delusions.. when that happens with _anything_ other than "god", we lock those people up and medicate them and try to "cure" them.. perhaps it's time to start trying to cure those afflicted with religion.
  • LSDFuture
    Infiltrating the military? What is this politician yapping about? I served on Fort Bragg from 01-05 and there were threats of firearm violence made from every unit, from good Christian boys who saw the chaplain every weekend!

    There's no boundary when it comes to desperation. In my batallion There was a 1SG with a spotless record who took cocaine to get out of deployment. These high ranking soldiers are suffering from being backstabbed. They commit to a military career in hopes that immaculate service will give them options and have injured psyche when their expectations are disregarded.

    "But it is imperative that we take steps to make sure this does not happen again." Again, what is this fool talking about? Racism? Segregation? Denying certain citizens to serve their country? The only steps that should have been taken, and is standard procedure, is to lockdown the base after the first report. The base commander should be boxing up his belongings and getting ready to retire TODAY.
  • Wildcat
    Religious extremists need to be purged from our military. Let's start with the Air Force academy and the cabal of Christian Taleban that infest that institution.
  • yoshimum
    If the time ever comes that you are standing in the middle of a room, Muslims on one side, Christians on the other, and you state your anti religious opinion out loud, you can bet it will not be the Muslims who forgive your hatred of their faith. But the Christians in the room will not kill you for it, they will love you anyway. They might bore you to death with their stories of Jesus and their undying love for God, but they certainly will not slit your throat, stone you or behead you for your denial.
  • dickerson3870
    How do you know this, Yoshi? I presume from your comments that you are neither a Christian or a Muslim. I am a Christian and it pains me to say that we have "Christians" in this country who have murdered doctors simply because they perform legal medical procedures. Two such murders immediately come to mind (and numerous attempts). One was very recent, and the doctor was murdered as he was leaving his church one Sunday!

    A "Christian" also bombed the Murrah federal building in Oklahoma City killing 168 people including a couple of dozen children who were in the on-site nursery.

    Do you remember the "Christian" who bombed the Atlanta Olympics killing one person and causing the death of another, Yoshi? He also bombed a bar in Atlanta simply because it was frequented by lesbians. Furthermore Yoshi, he bombed a couple of abortion clinics (killing a security guard).

    I don't know where you are from Yoshi, but I have a 'sneaking suspicion' based upon your "hasbara". I don't think you know a lot about this country aside from the fact that it is sometimes derisively referred to in your country as "the bank" and it gives your country tons of military equipment and other aid. As a Christian, I would prefer NOT to have your endorsement, Yoshi!

    FROM WIKIPEDIA: Eric Robert Rudolph (born September 19, 1966), also known as the Olympic Park Bomber, is an American far-right radical described by the Federal Bureau of Investigation as a terrorist[2] who committed a series of bombings across the southern United States which killed two people and injured at least 150 others.
    Rudolph declared that his bombings were part of a guerrilla campaign against abortion and the "homosexual agenda". He spent years on the FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives until he was caught in 2003. In 2005, as part of a plea bargain, Rudolph pled guilty to numerous federal and state homicide charges and accepted five consecutive life sentences in exchange for avoiding a trial and a potential death sentence.
    Rudolph was connected with the white supremacist Christian Identity movement.[3] Although he has denied that his crimes were religiously or racially motivated,[4] Rudolph has also called himself a Roman Catholic in "the war to end this holocaust" (in reference to abortion).[5]
    Rudolph is most well known as the perpetrator of Centennial Olympic Park bombing in Atlanta which occurred on July 27, 1996, during the 1996 Summer Olympics. The blast killed spectator Alice Hawthorne and wounded 111 others. Melih Uzunyol, a Turkish cameraman who ran to the scene following the blast, died of a heart attack.

    SOURCE - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Robert_Rudolph
  • yoshimum
    Too tired for a long reply right now.
    I am an American.
    Christians do NOT kill for, and in the name of, God, muslims do.
  • phiddledd
    "Downtrodden soldiers"? The Ft. Hood shooter was a physician and a major, hardly "downtrodden." And he was a Muslim before he joined the Army. The retired colonel cites absolutely NO evidence our sources for his assertions about our military being infiltrated and brainwashed.

    In other words, BULLCRAP AND FAIL!

    Retired Senior USN officer, 28 years active duty.
  • damixaustex
    "And he was a Muslim before he joined the Army. "
    And he was serving before the US Military started it's religious end times crusade under GW Bush.
  • philedrifter
    Right, which means he chose to kill a few American soldiers instead of being shipped out in their army to kill his own countrymen.

    This guy deserves a medal, considering it's common knowledge it's the US that's the aggressor here.
  • dan
    He didn't chose to kill American soldiers for some logical "reason." He was an American. His job wasn't going to be "killing" anyone. He was a shrink. He is a spree killing wack job and could have been any religion, political persuasion or nationality.

    Did you just say the mass murdering nutjob deserved a medal? Have you lost your mind?

    Are you pretending to be anti-war, to make people that are actually anti-war, look like completely immoral idiots?
  • damixaustex
    Philedrifter taking it to the extreme for illustration.
    He missed the extension of my point which is when people work for a company that changes it's purpose, then they become disenchanted, they get another job. When people go beserk with guns at the workplace, it's usually for a more personal reason, like passed up for promotion, etc.
    Bottom line, there's never any solid logic to find behind a mass killer like as this.

    Well, yes there is. Who in their right mind would hand a gun to a psychologist! The profession attracts imbalanced people.
  • damixaustex
    Not his own countrymen. He's American, from Virginia.
  • philedrifter
    Middle Eastern-American.
  • socialismorbust
    How do these fuckers get voted into office?!
  • philedrifter
    They make campaign promises; you know? They lie.
  • Kurt_O
    From the headline ...‘Enemy is infiltrating our military’

    Very true -- ZOG (our Zionist Occupation Government) has their operatives well placed in senior high command throughout all branches of the U.S. military.
  • philedrifter
    For the 100th time: it's not 'teh jews' it's the BANKERS!
  • Kurt_O
    I didn't use the phrase "the Jews," you did.

    Are you not familiar with JINSA?

    ---snippet---

    One of JINSA's most important programs is to invite, with the assistance of the Pentagon and the U.S. Department of State, retired U.S. senior military officers to Israel and Jordan. The General and Flag Officer's program, as it is known, includes meetings with Israeli and Jordanian political and military leaders.

    More than 200 retired Admirals and Generals, including Shock and Awe theorist Adm. Leon "Bud" Edney, USN, Lt. Gen. Jay Garner, USA, Maj. Gen. David L. Grange, USA, Maj. Gen. Jarvis Lynch, USMC, Maj. Gen. Sidney Shachnow, USA, Adm. Leighton "Snuffy" Smith, USN, Adm. Carlisle Trost, USN and Brig. Gen. Thomas E. White, USA, have participated in the trips over the last 21 years. Participation in the program makes no requirements of the invitees to make statements, form opinions or maintain any further relationship with JINSA, yet many trip alums have participated more than once, and 50 past participants co-authored a statement on violence in the Palestinian-controlled territories that appeared in the New York Times in October 2000.

    Jason Vest, writing in left-leaning The Nation[1], describes the program this way:

    "The bulk of JINSA's modest annual budget is spent on taking a bevy of retired US generals and admirals to Israel, where JINSA facilitates meetings between Israeli officials and the still-influential US flag officers, who, upon their return to the States, happily write op-eds and sign letters and advertisements championing the Likudnik line."


    Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Institute_f...
  • philedrifter
    I don't care. It's not the jews, it's the bankers. I've read wiki on 'zionist movements' and it's all BS anti-jew propaganda that was released before WW1, WW2, specifically designed to foment hatred of Jews. (Protocols of Elder Zion = bs propaganda)

    It's not any race, it's not any nationality, it's the fucking bankers and their fractional reserve banking. It's allowed them to take over the world and they purposely start wars so they can continue to increase the world's debt to themselves, making them the masters and everyone else the indentured servant.
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