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West: To protect my men âIâd go through hell with a gasoline canâ
EFL. This speaks for itself:Lt. Col. Allen West admitted during an emotional preliminary hearing today he used wrong methods to extract information from an Iraqi detainee but insisted American lives were at stake. Accused of threatening to kill the Iraqi if he didnât disclose details of an imminent plot against U.S. soldiers, West was asked by his defense attorney if he would do it again. Here it is: "If itâs about the lives of my men and their safety, Iâd go through hell with a gasoline can," he said, according to Reuters. And then this... "But thatâs whatâs going on out there in the streets here, and thatâs how I feel about my boys," he told the hearing, held in Saddam Husseinâs hometown Tikrit. "There is not a person in this room I would not sacrifice my life for." Posted by: Dragon Fly 2003-11-20 |
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