Gotta love this guy!
http://dailycaller.com/2014/09/05/allen-west-just-got-a-sweet-new-tat/
I’d be more impressed by a complete lack of tattoos.
I like it
I think he’d look better with some gothic ILUV GUNZ knuckle tats.
At least it wasn’t Mom (in a heart) tattoo…
I like it as well. It’s a shame that tattoos are looked upon as a sign of irresponsibility or lack of intelligence.
I don’t think that tattoos are looked down apon as much as the location of tattoos. I have four tattoos, none where anybody can see. Forearm/sleeve, neck, knuckle, etc.; usually give a “look at me” impression. IMO anyway…
Has any one ever seen one of LTC (Ret) West’s subordinate come online to say what a super boss he was?
To me it’s a lot like a car with 20 different bumper stickers.
It’s ok to have strong political views or philosophies. I just never understood the need to promote them on my car or body. If you want to impress me…get branded.
Some tattoos I have no issue with. If a guy in the military wants to get his unit tattoo on his arm, I understand. Skulls, dragons, fairies and tribal arm bands to me are for idiots.
No, but the few officers that I know who worked for him respected him a lot. If they are still active duty I am sure that they are not allowed to comment about anything positive about him because of his current stand on the administration… Yes those political games are played in Big Army.
Well, to be fair I haven’t heard any of his subordinates say he was an asshole either.
Looks like I’m going to impress you in about a week then. 
And the most impressive brand is the one that goes unseen. Where you endured the branding solely for the status it represents and not to show off to others.
Actually I have heard one of his NCO’s say he was a great Man and a good leader.
Allen West is a good guy and my former congressman, I met him at the LGS. We happened to be making firearms purchases at the same time, how many people can say that about their congressional representative?
I have a Molon Labe tatto on the inside of my inner left forearm… Does not prevent me from being a licensed professional. Also helps that I wear dress cloths to work and you can’t see it unless it’s casual Friday and I wear short sleeved. I honestly do not see a problem with tattoos at all.
Why am I having flashbacks of “Kung Fu” right before The bad guys have second thoughts and leave or they get their ass kicked?
The only ones Steyr approves of are the ones you burn into your forearms by clutching a red-hot cauldron!
Old school here. When I was a kid it was not uncommon for veterans, especially gobs and Marines, to have a tattoo or so. It just meant that they had been there and done that, and probably gotten the tattoos while plowed. I saw a LOT of prison tattoos in LE, and that was–and is–a whole different deal. During that same era it was felt that someone with three or more tattoos was liable to be a “problem person”. Now all generalizations (including the ones I make here) are faulty, but I just don’t care for them. That goes double for cops and X 1000 for women.
I like and respect Allen West in any event. And–if I ever DID get a tattoo, it would be “Molon Labe”. But a hat suffices for me.
What about the Barbed Wire on the Bicept? :sarcastic:
I’ve got nothing against good tattoos, but I’ve never found an image that I liked enough to put on my skin permanently.