"The end is important in all things." The Hagakure
As we prepare for another round of Republican fundraising in the form of another Benghazi hearing, Allen West has gotten it into his head that he has some right to speak to the capabilities of Lieutenant Colonel and Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth. And why not? After all, he is an ex-Lieutentant Colonel and ex-Congressman, himself.
But here's the thing.
While Duckworth has continued until this day to serve in the National Guard after having her legs blown the hell off in combat, West was a well-regarded Army officer until the day he decided to slap around a prisoner and fire a gun near his head, in an act best described as, Dirty Harry-esque.
He was then forced out of the Army in disgrace.
And whereas Tammy Duckworth has served her time in Congress capably, Allen West served his clownishly, never missing an opportunity to bluff and bluster and lie outrageously to the cameras about the President, the Congress--damn near everything. He then went on to lose his bid at re-election to a relatively unknown opponent because, really, he sucked just that much.
His biggest platform since then has been as a commentator at right-wing site, PJTV. That came to a rather abrupt end after he managed to get into an altercation with a woman there that led him, somehow, to call her a "Jewish-American Princess".
And that brings us to today, where he has no right to wonder about Rep. Duckworth's "loyalties", no right to hold himself up as any authority on how to serve this country, and where he certainly has no grounds to speculate about anyone's ability to do their job. In fact, the best thing he could do for this country would be to use his two good legs to have a seat and let a real war hero get to work.
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