The next five Freepers who book a room at the Sheraton and buy a Freeper Convention ticket by midnight Sunday 8/16 will be entered into a Free Republic T-shirt drawing!
Just as soon as you book a room and purchase your Convention ticket FREEPMAIL SeekTheTruth and you will be in the drawing! A beautiful Free Republic T-Shirt is waiting for you!!
(for a photo and more on Col. West, see the opening of this thread)
Shining brightly among the three stars in our banquet's All-Star speaker line-up is Col. Allen B. West (R). It's a great honor for Free Republic to have him as a very special guest, indeed. He receives standing O's everywhere he speaks as he travels across the fruited plain with messages all Americans should hear.
Col. West was on the front line of the War on Terror in the heart of the Iraqi resistance. He undertook extraordinary measures to safeguard the lives of his men and to protect Americans under attack by bloodthirsty Islamist gang leaders.
Yet, Col. West earned the disdain of leftist intellectuals and the rebuke of some disgraceful U.S. military honchos for protecting the lives of his troops.
West was no stranger to the battlefield, having received the Bronze Star and other decorations for valor. He commanded the 4th Infantry, 2nd Battalion, 20th Field Artillery Regiment near Tikrit, Iraq.
In the days following the toppling of Saddam's regime and preceding the dictator's capture in a filthy desert hole, he was responsible for the lives and safety of 700 troops sweltering in the field directly in the crosshairs of Sunni Triangle die-hard terrorists.
Allied forces captured an Iraqi policeman thug named Hamoodi. Four interrogation specialists worked for hours desperately trying to pry out of him the plans for an imminent ambush attack against the soldiers in 4th Division.
Nothing moved Hamoodi to crack. Finally, Col. West brought the prisoner outside, took out his sidearm and threatened to kill Hamoodi unless he talked. He then fired a warning shot into the sky, carefully holding the terrorist's head safely aside.
This did the trick. Hamoodi began singing, telling West the identities of the two men planning the attack. He also revealed their method of operation, and he included the site of the intended ambush. Col. West then reported the results of his successful, though unorthodox, tactic to his superior.
For thusly protecting the 700 soldiers in his care from a grisly, bloody attack and for cracking Hamoodi where professional interrogation had failed, the Colonel was immediately stripped of his command and became faced with the threat of court martial and prison time.
The "rest of the story" can be Googled or Yahoo-ed. It's an engaging war story with a thought-provoking ending. Col. West is a model military leader, precisely the kind of man any soldier would want watching his back in combat. His troops and his fellow countrymen (us) were denied his valiant service in a misguided effort to curry favor with the international Left and the Euro-Socialists.....to show them and all others in the "international community" that not all Americans are "trigger-happy cowboys".
Freepers, here's a chance to hear about this unfunny farce AND MORE information from this experienced military officer. You can be sure that we'll be reading about MORE travesties of this nature as the Afghan war continues or other battles elsewhere heat up.
Why? Because there's little doubt that Communista-In-Chief Obama and his left-wing advisors espouse every kind of irresponsible policies intended to hamper and emasculate our military.
We're going to ask Col. West to remain at his table for a while after the banquet if he can do so. All freepers, veterans and active military in our audience can shake his hand, thank him for his courageous, intrepid service.....and just chew with him about the conflicts and policies in the Middle East theater.
Don't let this one-of-a-kind opportunity slip out of your grasp, freeper patriots. Let's JAM the banquet room for Colonel West and our other two outspoken speakers.
Make your Convention Banquet and room reservations NOW while our special Freeper block of reduced-rate hotel rooms are still available!
Be in D.C. for this historic week-end!
EAGLES UP!
Leni
Booked the room and bought the tickets.... bringing my 83 year old dad, he will be in conservative heaven! :)