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2017-09-27 Home Front: Culture Wars
West Point alum posts pro-Kaepernick ‘Communism Will Win' photo, prompts outrage
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Posted by Besoeker 2017-09-27 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11133 views ]  Top

#1 TAH brought this up this morning. I felt no need to post it as he is in Ranger School and this will go over like a fart in church. But Screw him anyways.
Never, ever let commies lead your Children into battle.

No greater lack of Character or Courage can be faound than those that accept that bullshit as a "system".
Posted by newc 2017-09-27 00:17||   2017-09-27 00:17|| Front Page Top

#2 Is this actual grounds for dismissal today, and was it twenty years ago?
Posted by Raj 2017-09-27 01:56||   2017-09-27 01:56|| Front Page Top

#3 Nidal Hasan syndrome? So this lad's political views took the Army leadership by complete surprise? I'd like to know more.
Posted by Besoeker 2017-09-27 03:37||   2017-09-27 03:37|| Front Page Top

#4 infantry Officer Spenser Rapone

Somebody's trying to get out of combat posting?
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2017-09-27 04:24||   2017-09-27 04:24|| Front Page Top

#5 Someone trying to get out of their 4 year obligation (plus 4 reserve, during wartime)? Something about payback if unfulfilled?
Posted by Procopius2k 2017-09-27 07:54||   2017-09-27 07:54|| Front Page Top

#6 Oh, to be a fly on the wall at Thanksgiving: Kaepernick-Loving West Point Communist Disavowed by Father
Posted by Vast Right Wing Conspiracy 2017-09-27 09:24||   2017-09-27 09:24|| Front Page Top

#7 Oh, and here's a real rib tickler:



The USA will bounce the little f*ck and the newest martyr for "free speech" will be born...
Posted by Vast Right Wing Conspiracy 2017-09-27 09:38||   2017-09-27 09:38|| Front Page Top

#8 He was an Army ranger and dd a tour in Afghanistan? Now, I don't understand.
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2017-09-27 10:04||   2017-09-27 10:04|| Front Page Top

#9 What the hell happened to this guy? This is more of the millennial, living on Xbox dreamland shit. Back to reality son.
Posted by 49 Pan 2017-09-27 10:25||   2017-09-27 10:25|| Front Page Top

#10 IIRC his photos evidence at least one UMCJ violation.

Reality hit him in the face during Afghan ops and he wanted out. But he took the oath and this is a lousy way to attempt it, if he had any honor or self-respect.

Gaming the system. And lovin' on Colin K. who not only adores Fidel but is a Muslim convert, one hears. Hoping for money, attention, and an easier job from someone on the left, especially if it gets him a lot more money and attention ....
Posted by Knuckles Slineger2610 2017-09-27 10:41||   2017-09-27 10:41|| Front Page Top

#11 And WRT reality hitting him, IIUC his deployment was as an enlisted soldier. Which means he entered the academy after that tour. Which means ....

yeah. Sigh.
Posted by Knuckles Slineger2610 2017-09-27 10:43||   2017-09-27 10:43|| Front Page Top

#12 Rib-tickler link: https://www.weaselzippers.us/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Screen-Shot-2017-09-27-at-2.29.46-AM.png
Posted by Vast Right Wing Conspiracy 2017-09-27 11:02||   2017-09-27 11:02|| Front Page Top

#13 I'd say ship him off to Afghanistan but if he's gonna be an infantry officer responsible for the lives of good soldiers that won't do. There must be some other highly undesirable post where he can serve out his four year hitch.
Posted by Abu Uluque 2017-09-27 11:19||   2017-09-27 11:19|| Front Page Top

#14 Abu, the Army got anything equivalent to the Navy's scraping of barnacles? ...how about keel hauling?
Posted by AlanC 2017-09-27 11:57||   2017-09-27 11:57|| Front Page Top

#15 He likes communism and silent messaging. Let him complete Ranger w/o graduation. Issue him a set of earplugs and assign him to the office of the Defense Attache, US Embassy Havana while his case is pending AR 15-6 investigation.
Posted by Besoeker 2017-09-27 12:18||   2017-09-27 12:18|| Front Page Top

#16 Are you now or have you been a memeber of a group that "advocated the violent overthrow of the US government"?

Cannot get a security clearance. Career limiting move.
Posted by Injun Bucket8891 2017-09-27 12:42||   2017-09-27 12:42|| Front Page Top

#17 CO Beach Clean-Up Detail at Diego Garcia?
IIRC, the US Army used to stash problem people in the Canal Zone and Gum (Sorry, Joe!) back in the Ye Olde Days.
Posted by magpie 2017-09-27 13:38||   2017-09-27 13:38|| Front Page Top

#18 Options
Posted by newc 2017-09-27 16:44||   2017-09-27 16:44|| Front Page Top

#19 Also: West Point statement
Posted by newc 2017-09-27 16:56||   2017-09-27 16:56|| Front Page Top

#20 Apparently dad is not pleased. This, along with the NFL fiasco combined with the Hollywood meltdown has focused the silent majority in a way not seen in my lifetime.
Posted by Rex Mundi 2017-09-27 17:40||   2017-09-27 17:40|| Front Page Top

#21 Future Massachusetts Senator?
Late evening Snark O'The Day
Posted by magpie 2017-09-27 17:49||   2017-09-27 17:49|| Front Page Top

#22 Send him to work on the staff of the US Embassy in Zimbabwe so he can endure the glories of communism (since we don't have an Embassy in North Korea).
Posted by rjschwarz 2017-09-27 22:25||   2017-09-27 22:25|| Front Page Top

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