Serving as the commander of 188th Military Police Company of the 504th Military Police Battalion,[22] Moore was perceived to be reckless, but very strict. He insisted his troops salute him on the battlefield, against his training, as such recognition facilitates an officer being targeted by an enemy.[23]
Breitbart News Executive Chairman Stephen K. Bannon unleashed a stream of indignation at failed presidential candidate Mitt Romney after Romney impugned West Point-grad and Vietnam veteran Roy Moore’s “honor and integrity” Tuesday.
“What did [Mitt Romney] say yesterday? … That judge Moore lacked honor and integrity and that’s why he couldn’t vote for him?” Bannon asked the audience in a packed Fairhope, Alabama barn who had come to support Judge Moore’s U.S. Senate bid.Despite currently holding no elected office or position in the Republican Party, Romney jumped into the Alabama U.S. Senate race Monday to undermine Moore’s campaign, tweeting, “Roy Moore in the US Senate would be a stain on the GOP and on the nation. Leigh Corfman and other victims are courageous heroes. No vote, no majority is worth losing our honor, our integrity.”
The tweet incensed Bannon. “Judge Moore is a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point,” he said. “Judge Moore served his country in one of the toughest wars we ever had, in Vietnam.”
“That’s honor and integrity, Mitt,” Bannon said, calling out Romney directly. “And while we’re on the subject of Vietnam, and honor, and integrity, you avoided service, brother.”
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As a member of The Church of JESUS CHRIST of Latter-day Saints (i.e., the "Mormon" church), I would LOVE to see a Mormon in the White House - - - , just so long as that Mormon is NOT Mitt Romney, who, just like Orrin Hatch, would habitually ignore and/or violate his sworn oath of office to the Constitution of the United States of America, by merely continuing support of the "politically correct" status quo which is destroying our nation and our heritage.
ReplyDeleteJust like so many other Latter-day Saint missionaries, if he had really wanted to, Mitt Romney could have served his full-time Church mission AND served in the Armed Forces.
If his children and/or grandchildren are of military age, there's nothing stopping them from being missionaries AND soldiers.
I have a friend who served with me in Viet Nam.
He never had to go, as he was wealthy, and married, with children.
Just like the Romney family, he and I are both Mormons, and in addition to being a field artillery officer in the United States Army stationed on the DMZ in the old Republic of Viet Nam (where we were often shelled by enemy 122mm rockets), my friend also served a full-time mission for The Church of JESUS CHRIST of Latter-day Saints (i.e., the "Mormon" church).
As a matter of fact, MANY Mormon missionaries were in the Armed Forces serving in Viet Nam.
Well said.
DeleteOn this day, exactly fifty years ago, in Portland, Oregon, at 1630 Hours Pacific Time, on Pearl Harbor Day, Thursday 07 December 1967, I was formally inducted into the ranks of the United States Army!
ReplyDeleteSeptember of that year for me.
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