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The following story is a repost of Allen’s June, 2006 article: [ Allen West is currently running for Congress in Florida’s 22nd Congressional District. The seat is currently held by Rep. Ron Klein. ]
Why Liberals will not Confront the Enemy but will Condemn their Own
By LTC (R) Allen B West
Why Liberals will not Confront [...]

By Nathan Lim
An Election Post-Mortem
So, why did the GOP lose ? Did it even come as a surprise, seeing even most Republican senators, congressmen and pundits expected this ?
It isn’t hard to explain. The GOP lost the House and will probably lose the Senate ( still up in the air as of this writing ) [...]

 
Why Liberals will not Confront the Enemy but will Condemn their Own
By LTC (R) Allen B West
Why Liberals will not Confront the Enemy but will Condemn their Own
The real issue is simple. If Liberals admit there is a problem they could be called upon to act. See, Liberals are blinded, they are blinded by the [...]

I’ve asked LTC (R) Allen B West for his thoughts on the Marine charged with killing two Iraqis while searching a terrorist hideout. LTC (R) Allen B West is a man who has been there and knows. His article is powerful and thought provoking:
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Well, Tim, with what I know right now, it seems [...]

By LTC Allen B West (USA, Ret):
The subject of the young Marine in Fallujah is very near to my heart and emotional for me. See just a year ago there were sleepless nights for me and countless tears. A year ago I was the subject of a military hearing where my fate would be decided, [...]

This article was written 3 months prior to the presidential election and held by me until November 3rd at the writer’s request:
By Nathan Lim
SO WHY DID BUSH WIN? MOST OF THE PEOPLE I DEBATED WITH BY E-MAIL WERE DEAD SURE THAT BUSH WAS A ONE TERMER.
Here are my candid reasons and I believe these are [...]

This past week there has been a lot of talk about an incident in Iraq regarding Soldiers refusing to conduct a convoy operation. What is interesting about this story is that from what I understand it emanates from the exact US Military Base where I was assigned during my tenure there, Taji.
Now back in April [...]

By Lieutenant Colonel Allen B. West
You asked about what are we doing right in Iraq? Well first of all we are there doing something and that is the most important thing. We have been at war with terrorists since the Beirut barracks was bombed back in 1983 and we have shirked a responsibility to meet [...]

Recently, I asked Lieutenant Colonel Allen West if he would write an article for OpinionBug about Iraq. He graciously agreed.
OpinionBug is honored to have his article appear on our site. The article will be published in the Sunday, October 17th edition.

LTC Allen West has a distinguished service record with the United States Army:
Lieutenant [...]