Former Repiblican Representative Allen West of Florida is critizing the conduct of the 10 US sailors who were captured and quickly released by Iran yesterday, saying they should have resisted arrest.
Allen West rightfully highlighted the political fallout that comes from the imagery of detained and embarrassed US military personnel. Being a retired US Army lieutenant colonel gives some wisdom to the criticism that the personnel should have fought back, if only to prevent Iran from being able to make claims that Iran’s military force is unimpeachable and mighty (it isn’t).
West also criticized the conduct of the 10 detained sailors, saying they should have assumed a defensive posture and called in for help in order to prevent any incident or threat from developing into something dangerous, like a political loss of face being televised from Iran around the globe.
Read more about Allen West’s opinion on page 2.
Thank you, i am humbled by this request… love the poem
Yes Sir, that’s how it’s always been!
NEVER surrender.
Damn the torpedoes!
Ill bet they were ordered to stand down.
Do we know anything about what happen? No, we can’t put ourselves in that situation! It might be a farce to keep us busy for something! This government hasn’t told any truth for a long time!
Are you kidding. O told them what to do and they followed orders. This just smells of O.
We are in world war 3 even if he never announced it . its here . its started . yes sailors should of stood ground
None of us know exactly what happened. The DOD will not give us that kind of information. The fact is we have 10 sailors to be thankful that they are still with us. The second part is this government has tied the hands of our military leaders.
Mr Olson you must be the kind of guy who is a great backseat driver and one hell of a couch quarterback!!!
Another set up by the muslim in chief and his Iranians and muslim administration.