Man-crush still in effect.
WASHINGTON — He’s moved from Iraq and Afghanistan to a new type of battlefield: Washington, D.C.
Retired Army Lt. Col Allen West is taking the Capitol by storm with his “take-no-prisoners” approach. Fresh off a rousing star turn at the annual CPAC convention in Washington, D.C., the freshman congressman from Florida recently spoke with CBN and outlined his vision for America.
“Stand firm,” West told the CPAC audience to thunderous applause. “For this is the dawn of a new America.” Conservatives are smitten with West. A 22-year Army veteran, he’s a straight shooter with no love for political correctness.
“One of the things that I’ve noticed is that when you cross the Potomac, truth becomes subjective,” West told CBN News. “And I will not subscribe to that.”
Fighting Radical Islam
That includes his view on defeating radical Islam.
“Can we really defeat this enemy if we don’t acknowledge the role that Islamic ideology plays in terrorism?” CBN News asked West.
“When you look at the national security strategy, it does not talk about jihadism, does not talk about Islamic terrorism, does not talk about Muslim extremism — as a matter of fact, it talks more about global warming and climate change,” he answered.
“We have to be able to stand up and forthrightly declare there is an ideology out there that’s fueling this thing,” he said “You can’t say this is a ‘war on terrorism.’ Terrorism is a tactic, and a nation can’t fight a tactic.”
“And we have to have that dialogue up here in the halls of Congress and among our leadership,” he continued. “Or else, we’re just going to head down the road to perdition.”
HT: Patrick Poole