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Offline edpc

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Army Boots West Point Grad Who Touted Communist Revolt
« on: June 20, 2018, 12:23:28 pm »
WATERTOWN, N.Y. — The images Spenser Rapone posted on Twitter from his West Point graduation were intentionally shocking: In one, the smirking cadet opens his dress uniform to expose a T-shirt with a blood-red image of socialist icon Che Guevara. In another, he raises his fist and flips over his cap to reveal the hand-scrawled message: "Communism will win."

Less than a year after Rapone's images drew a firestorm of vitriol and even death threats, the second lieutenant who became known as the "commie cadet" is officially out of the U.S. Army with an other-than-honorable discharge.

Top brass at Fort Drum's 10th Mountain Division accepted Rapone's resignation Monday after an earlier reprimand for "conduct unbecoming of an officer." Rapone said an investigation found he went online to advocate for a socialist revolution and disparage high-ranking officers and U.S. officials. Officially, the Army said in a statement only that it conducted a full investigation and "appropriate action was taken."

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna884941


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Re: Army Boots West Point Grad Who Touted Communist Revolt
« Reply #1 on: June 20, 2018, 12:36:13 pm »
Good. This little creep was a disgrace to the uniform.
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Re: Army Boots West Point Grad Who Touted Communist Revolt
« Reply #2 on: June 20, 2018, 01:54:39 pm »
Does the louse have to pay back the cost of his government provided college education?
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Re: Army Boots West Point Grad Who Touted Communist Revolt
« Reply #3 on: June 20, 2018, 01:56:07 pm »
Quote from: Just_Victor on June 20, 2018, 01:54:39 pm
Does the louse have to pay back the cost of his government provided college education?

@Just_Victor they are seriously considering sending this little bleep a bill for his four year education since he didn't fulfill his enlistment contract.
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Re: Army Boots West Point Grad Who Touted Communist Revolt
« Reply #4 on: June 20, 2018, 02:03:35 pm »
Quote from: txradioguy on June 20, 2018, 01:56:07 pm
@Just_Victor they are seriously considering sending this little bleep a bill for his four year education since he didn't fulfill his enlistment contract.

He needs to pay back every penny of it.
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Re: Army Boots West Point Grad Who Touted Communist Revolt
« Reply #5 on: June 20, 2018, 10:56:42 pm »
musiclady wrote:
"He needs to pay back every penny of it."

Good luck getting it from him.
Prediction: they'll never collect a cent of it.

It's good enough for me that they're rid of him.
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Re: Army Boots West Point Grad Who Touted Communist Revolt
« Reply #6 on: June 20, 2018, 11:05:26 pm »
Quote from: txradioguy on June 20, 2018, 01:56:07 pm
@Just_Victor they are seriously considering sending this little bleep a bill for his four year education since he didn't fulfill his enlistment contract.

That would be grand!   Well Many grands actually.
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Commie Cadet Who Wore Che Guevara Tee Shirt Kicked Out Of US Army
« Reply #7 on: June 21, 2018, 01:17:40 am »
the guardian
Associated Press in Watertown, New York
Tue 19 Jun 2018 08.15 EDT

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jun/19/west-point-commie-cadet-us-army-socialist-views-red-flags

 A West Point cadet who wore a Che Guevara T-shirt to his graduation and posted a message online saying “communism will win” has been discharged from the US army.

The images Spenser Rapone posted on Twitter from his May 2016 West Point graduation were meant to shock: in one, he opens his dress uniform to expose a T-shirt with a red image of the socialist icon Che Guevara. In another, he raises his fist and flips over his cap to reveal the hand-scrawled message: “Communism will win.”

The images, posted later in 2017, drew vitriol and even death threats. Now the second lieutenant who became known as the “commie cadet” is out of the army with an other-than-honorable discharge.
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Re: Army Boots West Point Grad Who Touted Communist Revolt
« Reply #8 on: June 21, 2018, 01:22:36 am »
Topics merged.
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Re: Army Boots West Point Grad Who Touted Communist Revolt
« Reply #9 on: June 21, 2018, 01:27:44 am »
Excuse me. This Looked like it belonged in the Military Section.

I can't scan the entire TBR site before posting anything anywhere.
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Re: Army Boots West Point Grad Who Touted Communist Revolt
« Reply #10 on: June 21, 2018, 01:36:07 am »
Quote from: To-Whose-Benefit? on June 21, 2018, 01:27:44 am
Excuse me. This Looked like it belonged in the Military Section.

I can't scan the entire TBR site before posting anything anywhere.


I had considered it at the time of posting this morning.  However, it's also a current event and there are a ton of stories related to the children of illegals.  Sometimes you just need something different.
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Re: Army Boots West Point Grad Who Touted Communist Revolt
« Reply #11 on: June 21, 2018, 01:49:17 am »
Quote from: To-Whose-Benefit? on June 21, 2018, 01:27:44 am
Excuse me. This Looked like it belonged in the Military Section.

I can't scan the entire TBR site before posting anything anywhere.


A merge is not a rebuke. I've dared merge several threads from Our Mighty Priestess, @mystery-ak, and survived, so that must not be a bad thing to do.

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