At his 2004 hearing, regarding his conduct of an interrogation. Department of the Army, 43rd Military Police Detachment (CID)(FWD), 10th Military Police Battalion, United States Army Criminal Investigation Command, (February 6, 2004), Memorandum, Subject: CID Report Of Investigation – Final – 0152-03-CID469-60212-5C1A/5C2/5T1, retrieved: September 28, 2010
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If it's about the lives of my men and their safety, I'd go through hell with a gasoline can.
— Allen West (politician)
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "If it's about the lives of my men and their safety, I'd go through hell with a gasoline can." in the context of "At his 2004 hearing, regarding his conduct of an interrogation. Department of the Army, 43rd Military Police Detachment (CID)(FWD), 10th Military Police Battalion, United States Army Criminal Investigation Command, (February 6, 2004), Memorandum, Subject: CID Report Of Investigation – Final – 0152-03-CID469-60212-5C1A/5C2/5T1, retrieved: September 28, 2010" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Allen West (politician)" (Quotes, 2000s)
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About Allen West (politician)
Allen Bernard West (born 7 February 1961) is an American politician and retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel. A member of the Republican Party, West represented Florida's 22nd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 2011 to 2013 and served as the chairman of the Republican Party of Texas from 2020 to 2021. He achieved the rank of lieutenant colonel in the United States Army but retired after an investigation of his conduct during the interrogation of a detainee in Taji, Iraq.
About Allen West (politician)
Allen Bernard West (born 7 February 1961) is an American politician and retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel. A member of the Republican Party, West represented Florida's 22nd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 2011 to 2013 and served as the chairman of the Republican Party of Texas from 2020 to 2021. He achieved the rank of lieutenant colonel in the United States Army but retired after an investigation of his conduct during the interrogation of a detainee in Taji, Iraq.
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