It’s been maddening, to say the least, to see the plausibility of events that I witnessed questioned by people who have never served in Iraq.

Yes- how dare we question!

I still say he's a douche, and spewing hearsay rather than firsthand perspective.

It's my fault. I posted firsties and the blog crashed.

Traffic suddenly went through the roof for some reason. It's coming back down now.

It is worth it to go over to Hot Air where Bryan has the link to his blog and read the entry on May 8, 2006, about 3 or 4 months before he was ever "boots on the ground" in Iraq. He was in Germany at the time. Looks like he already had the theme in his mind for his future writings.

Pure theater!

The only comment I have is that he writes quite well for a private in the U.S. Army. I spent 4 years in the military and I can assure you that a soldier with those writing abilities would have been quickly plucked from the grunt ranks and setup as an assistant to some officer. Well, more like a clerk. Actually, I don't think he would have even made it into the infantry. The Army would have noticed those writing skills after his ASVAB test and the recruiters would have pushed him into some other MOS instead of infantry. I still think this is a sham.

I foresee a blanket party in the Alpha Company, 1/18 Infantry, Second Brigade Combat Team, First Infantry Division.

I only wish the people who leak stuff to Seymour Hersch wd come out so quickly

OTOH? They are actually going to do something to investigate more thoroughly what happened to Pat Tillman, the antithesis of the POS who wrote those articles,etc. This is from al-Guardian, but it was also on the radio this AM...

There must be accountability.

im sure hes popular around the ole mess hall today.....

I hope all his buddies start writing their own blogs
methinks there might be some dirt on Beauchamp, too

re: #7 willtay73
When I left the Army in 99 I was in the Infantry and we had everything from guys with MBA's to those who came from professional careers in the civillian world. There wasn't any real effort to get them out unless they were just FUBAR and you would be better off without them.

re: #7 willtay73

The only comment I have is that he writes quite well for a private in the U.S. Army. I spent 4 years in the military and I can assure you that a soldier with those writing abilities would have been quickly plucked from the grunt ranks and setup as an assistant to some officer. Well, more like a clerk. Actually, I don't think he would have even made it into the infantry. The Army would have noticed those writing skills after his ASVAB test and the recruiters would have pushed him into some other MOS instead of infantry. I still think this is a sham.

You might have something, I was pulled out of ranks in basic and sent off to see an officer (it's basic and I was scared sh*tless about being sent to see an officer) they wanted to put me in a highly technical MOS.

The Ward Churchill or Dan Rather of the US military? Honor, Integrity and Truth are irrelevant. Simply spew a lie over and over and pretend it's fact.

I admire that he is willing to stand up to the heat.

Why did he join in the first place?

Free education? Seriously, I don't get it.

re: #11 bluegrass boy

Maybe Mother Sheehag could adopt him..he sounds like her kind of kid, unlike Casey, a hero.

OT:

AOL has more details on the family in Conn.

how people can treat each other this way is just beyond my understanding.

i need to close IE and go away for a while.

re: #11 bluegrass boy,

He's especially popular with the (imaginary) screaming nut-case carrying-around-a-piece-of-skull crowd. The boy just has very colorful imaginary friends.

Probably the only friends he has.

His blog is pretty strange.

Hopefully, they'll get him out. He's a cancer to his unit now.

1st ID - Isn't that The Big Red One? I'm sure the vets of that division are happy to have this guy wearing that uniform.

OT

Oscar the cat knows when you are about to die.

all I really want to do is teach history and lay around and read and hustle around and repair the world (tikkun olam)

Heh. The guy has been reading Jewish moonbat literature.

I love this quote from Black Five:

Every unit has a Scott Thomas, the whiny pissant whose brilliance is never recognized and who is always being abused by the chain of command for stuff that's not his fault. It would be normal to hear folks telling him to STFU and do his damn job.

There's always one. Whether it be in the armed forces or a mundane office.

Every community has its weasels, we shouldn't be surprised to find them even in the company of heroes.

re: #7 willtay73 Um, not disputing what you say (or at least not very much) but I was a college graduate when I enlisted in the Army during Vietnam; refused the officer route (for two reasons: one is I wasn't sure how the hell I'd react in combat, much less how good a "leader" I'd be in combat and two because it would have extended my tour of active duty by some 10 months or so) and remained in the infantry. It's possible he was combat arms and it's remotely possible that part of what he says happened did happen, but I wouldn't bet on it.

Ok, the guy is a soldier. On top of that he really is in Iraq.
I do believe however that he is fabricating this stuff.
American troops are not , I reapeat are not playing with baby parts.
it would be interesting to find out if he is actually a combat troop. I am not saying that he is not, but I would like to know.

I'm glad Michelle posted that "poem" of his....

Every morning I get up and I’m a little more liberal than the day before....

Every morning I get up and think I’m a tool for global corporations.....

Every morning I get up and say I’m Scott Beauchamp, in the army, living in Germany, and this is my life, and I’m going to be treated like shit today and do landscaping and janitorial work and practice killing people and there could be no other way to appreciate what I had or what I’m going to have once I get out other than enduring this now when all I really want to do is teach history and lay around and read and hustle around and repair the world (tikkun olam) and sift through knowledge and improve culture and learn how to sail and work in soup kitchens and start a family and really, I mean REALLY study the best the western civilization has to offer and facilitiate the mystery and power through everything I do, but I cant do it ....

Looks like he can't stick to a pattern without going off on a wild rant before too long.
He also does not do a thing to proove any of his story's points.

Yes, it's going to be interesting to see the reaction of the chickenhawks among the milbloggers - you know all those folks who served and might have a thing or two to say about the writings of Pvt. Beauchamp.

Michael Yon might have something to say about things as well, since he's been to FOB Falcon in the past.

I get the sense that Beauchamp will have to get his facts straight.

Of course, what is most fascinating is that TNR revealed Beauchamp, but has yet to actually weigh in on whether they can corroborate the details in Beauchamp's stories. All they can say is that they're working on it. If you're in the business of reporting and journalism, aren't you supposed to do the fact checking before you publish?

Most curious.

If this guy does another tour, he's going to be on point a lot.

re: #10 NY Nana

OTOH? They are actually going to do something to investigate more thoroughly what happened to Pat Tillman, the antithesis of the POS who wrote those articles,etc. This is from al-Guardian, but it was also on the radio this AM...

There must be accountability.

There is nothing more to be gained from any more investigations in regards to the Tillman incident. It was a friendly fire incident and tragic, but there is nothing left to be gained by continually regurgitating the events surrounding his death. I guess people won't be happy until every member of that squad commits suicide over the guilt they are experiencing. Maybe then people will shut up and let him rest in peace.

It must be hard fighting the war in Iraq at the same time he is fighting against U.S. troops.

Day time reading-
Anti-Israel Activist Mike Staunch: Israel Must Be Dismantled

Islamists and Leftists in Detroit declare "Death to Zionism"

OK now his company mates can either verify what he described and vouch for him or reject him.

It’s been maddening, to say the least, to see the plausibility of events that I witnessed questioned by people who have never served in Iraq.

I'll bet.

So then what is it when your story is questioned by someone who does serve in Iraq. Someone like say:

Maj. Kirk Luedeke, the public affairs officer at FOB Falcon, wrote a letter to the Weekly Standard, in which he emphatically denied several of Thomas' accounts. He claimed unequivocally that there was no mass grave discovered in the base's area of operations. "None. Zero. Zip."
Luedeke has called for Thomas to identify himself and blames the magazine for falling for his claims. "Foer can produce all of the alleged 'eyewitnesses' he wants -- unless these individuals are willing to back up their claims with real evidence, it's just so much garbage on a computer screen. Some people seem to forget that the burden of proof should be on the New Republic to back up his unsubstantiated claims and not the other way around."

Heh, he's Fwench.

Absolutely true, just like all the crap in that book/movie Jarhead.

/Dont get me started on how full of shit that was

He is John Kerry.

MBA's are a dime a dozen at UOP. More to the point, I can't write for sh!t but I have a Master's. Who cares. I have professional career as well. I am just saying is that private writes darn well for some grunt. I left the Army in '95 and I remember anyone with any skills like that getting plucked right out of the unit and sent up to command S1, S2, S3, or S4. It just does not make sense to me that somebody with those writing skills is a private in the Army. I am not saying it couldn't happen but it gives you something to think about.

Real soldiers.

....and repair the world (tikkun olam)

Sounds like he and Paris Hilton could hook up and do this tikkun olam thingy.

re: #25 loppyd You're lucky if it's only one!

Fits the profile of Killitary I think.

Coz

re: #36 Geepers

Yes, that certainly does throw gum in the works. Of course, the retort will likely be that of course the PAO has to take that line - he's the propagandist for the military or some other such nonsense.

It's more difficult when you get folks like Michael Yon, Greyhawk and Blackfive weighing in.... and the numbers are only going to grow as others dissect his record.

It shouldn't take long to figure out this guy's billeting and chronology of events.

from his blog

I'm somewhere in Kuwait. Its a dry hot, like what suicides feel when they stick their heads in the oven.

?
first, whenever i've opened an oven it's always felt humid.
second, when people kill themselves with an oven, they usually use a gas oven so they can strike the match and blow themselves up. the gas doesn't give off any heat. i don't think i've ever heard of anyone crawling into an electric oven to kill themselves. ouch!

but regardless, this guy's writing style is straight out of an episode of Dragnet.

#15 - How about the Jéan Francois Kerrié of the US Military. In no time he'll be a headliner at some anti war demonstration along with Saint Cindy and the rest of the Code Pinkos. Who knows maybe they'll even bring Hanoi Jane out of semi retirement.

re: #7 willtay73

I disagree. Not sure when yoy served. But when I was in( 81-90) there were plenty of fairly smart guys in the infantry.

There was a picture of him at Malkin or Mudville. He looks like every Dud I a ever knew.

Given his rank E-1 and what appears to be his description of doing extra duty( usually given with loss of rank following Article 15) I suspect that what we have here is DFC.

Dud, first class.

EURASIA INSIGHT
POPULAR IMAM RULES OUT ISLAMIC REVOLUTION IN AZERBAIJAN

A popular Sunni imam in Baku believes that there are no grounds for an Islamic revolution in Azerbaijan. In an interview with Day.az website, Qamat Suleymanov, who is the leader of the Abu Bakr religious community, said that Azerbaijan has no forces capable of staging a revolution [yet]. He also came against religious interference in politics [for now]. Suleymanov said that members of the Abu Bakr community, which is one of the largest in Azerbaijan, "serve God and the Fatherland but not the government." The following is an excerpt of an interview with Day.az website on 21 July headlined "The head of the Abu Bakr mosque: `We serve God and the Fatherland but not the government".

I was initially reluctant to take the time out of my already insane schedule fighting an actual war in order to play some role in an ideological battle that I never wanted to join.

I'm not sure at what he's driving at here (a dog, perhaps?) I have to assume he means the battle between the left and right and not the battle between the West and islamofascism.

This guy's a terrible writer. He was reluctant to join a battle he never wanted to be in. That's what we call "redundant", Scott. And why, if you were so reluctant, did you join this battle? Unless that statement I'm quoting is a lie, and you were more than eager to join this battle. But- you wouldn't write lies, would you Scott?

He apparently got demoted at some point:

I’m active Army & an Iraq vet.

I just pulled up “Scott Thomas Beauchamp” on the secure “Army Knowledge Online” website. It lists his current rank as "PV2." (That data is kept accurate via pay records on that website.)

In his Sep 06 blog post he listed his rank as “Private First Class”. That indicates that without a doubt he was busted at least one rank as part of Article 15 proceedings under the Uniform Code of Military Justice, and he likely has a strong ax to grind with his chain of command.

(reader e-mail to Michelle Malkin)

re: #48 oilbertan

#15 - How about the J? Francois Kerri?f the US Military. In no time he'll be a headliner at some anti war demonstration along with Saint Cindy and the rest of the Code Pinkos. Who knows maybe they'll even bring Hanoi Jane out of semi retirement.

Maybe they can dig up St. Pancake.

Ok, that was bad.

430 N. Koreans Said To Die of Hunger In Past Month

No one suffering in the world as much as the Palestinians.

Barack O'Bama.

And to follow up. He may be in the military and he may be in an infantry unit but I don't think he is 11B, not one bit. He could easily be a payroll clerk or intel specialist assigned to that unit. He could be taking stories he hears at chow and embellishing them a bit, or a lot.

re: #31 Dirk Diggler

If this guy does another tour, he's going to be on point a lot.

Naaa Dirk. Guys like this get you killed. Point guys save your life.

In my day we had a name for soldiers of his quailty.

shitbird

in order to play some role in an ideological battle that I never wanted to join.

That may make sense if he had enlisted before 9/11.

re: #32 Just_A_Grunt I agree with you about further investigations etc., but when a three star general is found to have obstucted justice, I think there must be some accountability for that.
The grunts that served with (and maybe were involved in the friendly fire) do deserve to have this let go and I do feel for them; friendly fire is truly horrible. But that a three star general lied and obstructed military investigators should not go unpunished.
Just sayin..........

re: #53 scottthecanuck

born to be fragged

Oh he has a post on his blog about that too. Something about becoming and officer and getting fragged. All of that stuff was written before he went to Iraq. He was stationed in Germany. He arrived in Iraq in July or August of 2006

re: #34 njdhockeyfan

It's soldiers like him who become statistics in friendly fire accidents.

I suspect he'll be pulled out pronto.

From Scott Thomas Beauchamp’s blog, May 18, 2006:

I know that NOT participating in a war (and such a misguided one at that) should be considered better than wanting to be in one just to write a book...but you know, maybe id rather be a good man than a good artist...be both? Some can and some cant...i guess it all depends on how great an artist, or how great a man they want to be. Sometimes it feels like i have to choose between being totally loyal to thoughts of my future family OR totally loayl to chasing down the muse. must find a middle ground.

when people kill themselves with an oven, they usually use a gas oven so they can strike the match and blow themselves up

I think they just turn on the gas and breathe it, generally.

This is going to be a big problem..........

.The international street gang MS-13 is unifying its violent members across the U.S., including the D.C. area, attempting to strengthen its criminal operation by creating a single organization.

"Traditionally, the gang consisted of loosely affiliated groups known as cliques; however, law enforcement officials have reported increased coordination of criminal activity among Mara Salvatrucha cliques in the Atlanta, Dallas, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., and New York metropolitan areas," states a confidential letter sent out earlier this month from the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Southern District of Illinois.

"MS-13 is attempting to become a unified criminal enterprise operating under one leadership."

The Washington Times has obtained a copy of the letter and an Army intelligence presentation on the growth of MS-13, or Mara Salvatrucha.

Federal law-enforcement agents say the gang is adopting tactics used by major Mexican and Colombian drug-trafficking groups and has become a gun-for-hire for many major Central and South American drug-trafficking cartels

. [Link: www.knowgangs.com...]

re: #55 Ben Hur

psst, Ben, he's not Irish as far as you know.

Scott, I support the troops ( well troop in your case ) but not the ( well your private ) mission

Have the lefty blogs started attacking yet?

Libya's Other Captives

The real test for Mr. Gadhafi is when will he get around to freeing the Libyans. Libya received the lowest marks possible in the most recent edition of Freedom House's annual ratings of political freedoms and civil rights in world nations. The press-freedom watchdog group Reporters Without Borders concluded in a report on Libya in 2006 that the Gadhafi dictatorship is "one of the world's most repressive regimes as regards civil liberties."

The regime's victims include, to name but a few, a cyber-dissident, Abdel Razak al-Mansouri, who was imprisoned for posting criticisms of the regime on the Internet, and a journalist, Daif Al Ghazal, who was tortured, then murdered by agents of the regime, after speaking harshly about the Revolutionary Committees Movement. Al Ghazal's body was found with marks of torture; another journalist, Abdullah Ali al-Sanusi al-Darrat, has spent more time in prison than any other journalist in the world. His whereabouts are unknown, and he is presumed dead.

Libya's most famous democratic dissident, Fathi El Jahmi, who has called for free elections and a free press in Libya, was imprisoned just days after talks began to normalize relations between America and Libya. Although pressure from President Bush secured his release briefly in March 2004, Mr. El Jahmi's continued calls for democratic reforms in Libya resulted in his reincarceration a mere week later. Mr. El Jahmi is currently in detention. All this is necessary because of Mr. Gadhafi's declared goal of subsuming all of Europe and America under a Muslim Caliphate, which he articulated last year in an interview with Al Jazeera, where he warned Europe and America: "They should agree to become Islamic in the course of time, or else declare war on the Muslims."

he's a douche...have fun

Let them eat thier own, in the end only one will be left standing, and that makes them easier to kill.

re: #49 Endangered in MASS

He definitely has an ax to grind. I am not saying people that serve in the infantry are stupid, that is all some people want to do. I know when I joined I demanded to be in the infantry even though the recruiters tried to push me in another direction. I still did not get my way and I ended up in ADA. All I am saying is something is not right about this. The grammar, the stories, all of it.

re: #7 willtay73

I resemble that remark.

What th...

Two U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan convert to Islam - paper

re: #63 Peter Verkooijen

Big narcissism in that quote there.

re: #68 Charles

Have the lefty blogs started attacking yet?

That's your job to find out...remember you take one for the team and all ;) :p

Elsewhere in military-hating wacademia;

Sold on War

...Between the years 1962 and 2005 defense spending has increased from around $50 billion to nearly $500 billion, a 1000 percent increase over 43 years.

/breathtaking hyperbole stupidity

Daily Barometer (OSU) invites your cluebats here.

wanting to be in one just to write a book get into politics.

John Kerry

re: #47 bosforus

Actually, the thing with gas ovens is they asphyxiate on the gas fumes, cutting off oxygen to the brain, like a form of Gas Chamber.

this is typical liberal behavior. assuming for a second that everything he said was 100% accurate. why didn't he report it? because liberals don't waste their time contributing to society through proven methods of authority and social order, they'd rather get as much dirt as they can and spin it 180 degrees and demonize those they are afraid to confront.

#63 Peter:

Oh, dear. Looks like someone thinks he's the next Wilfred Owen. And THAT'S why he enlisted.

I wonder if the good private is getting a lot of new latrine cleaning duty?

re: #73 njdhockeyfan

Going Undercover?

re: #58 bulwrk

In my day we had a name for soldiers of his quailty.

shitbird

Liar, Traitor and scoundrel work

re: #73 njdhockeyfan

Why is that news?

7/26/07 ( Narathiwat, Thailand ) - Islamic terrorists attack two groups of teachers with roadside bombs and shoot a 44-year-old man to death.
7/26/07 ( Tiarza, Pakistan ) - A Pakistani soldier is killed when Taliban militants fire a rocket into a base.
7/25/07 ( Doda, India ) - A civilian is abducted and murdered by the Mujahideen.
7/25/07 ( Mogadishu, Somalia ) - At least three civilians are killed when Islamists bomb an intersection.
7/25/07 ( Baghdad, Iraq ) - Islamic terrorists stage two massive car bombings that slaughter over fifty Iraqis celebrating their country's soccer win in the street.
7/25/07 ( Kirkuk, Iraq ) - Two farmers are shot to death by Muslim radicals.

I love this comment directed at Beauchamp at the TNR page:

That I even have to ask this question raises serious questions in my mind about your motivation in writing this whole series, because if I had witnessed such an act, I would be talking to my command and wanting to stop things like that from going on, not shopping the story to the New Republic under a pseudonym.

But that is just me.

Bang.

This guy is a disgrace to the uniform. Time for a court martial. That is, of course, if he's really in the military. Leftists will lie about anything if it suits their agenda.

re: #60 realwest

I'm with you Realwest

re: #66 cbinflux

re: #55 Ben Hur

psst, Ben, he's not Irish as far as you know.

[Link: www.foxnews.com...]

re: #64 Occasional Reader

true, but either way the gas isn't hot...well, until it ignites

An Arabic Public School

Read the Sun’s coverage of plans to open an Arabic-language public school in Brooklyn.

Col. Jessup..............where arrrrrrre you?

re: #68 Charles

Have the lefty blogs started attacking yet?

I don't know, but I have "Daily Kos" and "Daily Kos Kids" showing up in my right sidebar news feed drop down menu.

I suspect there is a UCMJ article, about conduct unbecoming. I know there is one for officers, so the name of the offense probably isn't 'conduct unbecoming', but passing off false information designed to denigrate the troops he serves with.

At any rate, for his own protection, I suspect he gets a transfer back to Germany.
Maybe he gets the Big Chicken Dinner and then can march naked in San Francisco.

re: #64 Occasional Reader

guess i've been watching too many cartoons/movies

re: #33 insanity police

Day time reading-
Anti-Israel Activist Mike Staunch: Israel Must Be Dismantled

Islamists and Leftists in Detroit declare "Death to Zionism"

Those are some crazy MFers.

As far as Private Scott Thomas Beauchamp, he should be court marshalled. But he might have to wait because Harry Reid, Pelosi, and Murtha are in line ahead of him.

re: #90 Ben Hur

re: #66 cbinflux

re: #55 Ben Hur

psst, Ben, he's not Irish as far as you know.

[Link: www.foxnews.com...]

Maybe he should spell it O'Bama.

He claims his actions now are to give credibility to his future writings.. was he recruited by the military or by some journalist to go in army? Seems to me if he was sent there to write bad stories about the Army.. he joined under false flag plans, and should be booted back to news room. I'd like to learn how he got the writing gig.. has he been sending off stories since the day he signed up?.. waiting for my bus to take me to recruitment center.. said i'd defend the constitution ect ect ect.. off to airport for flight to training base.. what a dump! so ww2!.. getting my boots fitted..
How long has this jerk been working for the propaganda effort of liberals?

Future of Israel lies in Negev, Galilee, says Rice

The arrogance is astounding.

Thank you very much, but I think the Israelis are capable of making their own decisions.

re: #39 Ben Hur

He is John Kerry.

Maybe he and Kerry can organize a little medal throwing
party in front of the White House upon his return to the states.....after his testimony about false atrocities in front of a congressional committee, of course.

re: #68 Charles

Kos, Atrios, and HuffPo are still silent, but it's easy enough to predict their coordinate spew.

I cannot for the life of me see how anyone could think he had any sort of writing skills beyond the 7th-grade level. I'm not going to lambast his blog writing, but I never thought the Diarist writing was any good at all - and I'm an editor.

Also, he complains that people are questioning the plausibility of his article, not that they are questioning the TRUTH of it. In other words -- how dare they question whether the things I say happened COULD HAVE happened (bluster, bluster, whine whine -- hoping no one notices that I'm not defending that they DID happen, but they sure could have, I think! wah wah wah... they're just right wing nutjobs attacking a poor soldier's overheated imagination and potential book deal!)

Ah well, as a soldier and writer, he's a flop. But at least he's earning his chops for a future in academia.

re: #88 ladycatnip

Don't worry, he is probably getting enough shit from the other guys in his platoon. I guarantee he is the troop that all the soldiers screw with. I am sure they pull pranks on him, tease him until he cries, and then they laugh at him when he runs away.

I call 48 hour rule on this one. Both as to the basic story he told and to his service record and intent. I don't have enough info to decide, and apparently nobody else does yet, either.

Tikkun Olam? Hah, some people just need killt to get there too. The infantry isn't there to preach my Zaddik wannabe. This Foxtrot Sierra Bravo is way over due for a stint at Fort Rielly, a good place for either an attitude readjustment or an accident on the Q course.

re: #101 loppyd

Really.

Can you see any difference in why Kerry was in Vietnam for a couple of months? With a camera crew?

re: #95 Ed Mahmoud's Sock Puppet

Article 134

Though not specifically mentioned in this chapter, all disorders and neglects to the prejudice of good order and discipline in the armed forces, all conduct of a nature to bring discredit upon the armed forces, and crimes and offenses not capital, of which persons subject to this chapter may be guilty, shall be taken cognizance of by a general, special or summary court-martial, according to the nature and degree of the offense, and shall be punished at the discretion of that court.

re: #95 Ed Mahmoud's Sock Puppet

My thoughts also, what he is doing doesn't fit with an effective military and I bet there is a sanction against it already on the books.

...

Stop the NY Public School Madrassa on HANNITY TONIGHT

re: #100 Ben Hur

Can you imagine an Israeli Secretary of State saying, "The future of America lies in Massachusetts and Virginia, not in the Western territories?"

re: #93 shug

Col. Jessup..............where arrrrrrre you?

You can't handle the truth!

re: #100 Ben Hur

Future of Israel lies in Negev, Galilee, says Rice

The arrogance is astounding.

Thank you very much, but I think the Israelis are capable of making their own decisions.

Condi clueless has gone off the deep end.

re: #112 godfrey

re: #100 Ben Hur

Can
you imagine an Israeli Secretary of State saying, "The future of
America lies in Massachusetts and Virginia, not in the Western
territories?"

No...because that would be pretty effin scary.

re: #108 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Bingo.

re: #85 Dustoff-507

I am surprised he isn't telling the story about the SDO getting tossed from the 3 rd story barracks window in a wall locker too.

This turd is a major DUD.

Well, he outed himself. Now, what about hard evidence like pictures of his unit's alleged exploits?

-S-

Still no names on the Seattle bomb threat

re: #103 justamom

More to it is the words that he uses. A grunt in the infantry is talking about reprisals and plausibilities.

#96 bosforus:

guess i've been watching too many cartoons/movies

Now if my friend Rocky were hiding in this oven, would I turn on the gas? Would I throw in this lit match?

Alright, rabbit, you've convinced me. We'll look for Rocky in the city.

(I *love* citing this)

Hugh Hewitt's pal from Boston, Dean Barnett, had his three speculations, with the most likely being that TNR will announce itself satisfied with an internal review that the stories are true, but refuse to release corroborating information to 'protect its sources'.

That being said, there is a small chance that while all the stories are pure fiction, the author is indeed in the Army. Maybe someone angry with the military because, say, he got busted a stripe and half a months pay for failing a urinalysis for marijuana.

Even with background checks, and the monitoring of soldiers in training, one or two losers are bound to squeak past.

But I've read enough, and know enough, the 'chow hall' story, whether written at TNR or by a disgruntled soldier, is pure unadulterated fiction. 99% sure the Bradley/dog and child skull stories are also BS.

I had a feeling a couple of days ago about this.

re: #111 Ben Hur

Fat bastard the Islamic apologist in the video makes me sick. He has such a condescending and snooty attitude. I can picture him drinking tea, and plotting the spread of the Caliphate.

re: #97 POLAR WIND Uh, just one significant correction to something you said "But he might have to wait because Harry Reid, Pelosi, and John Fucking Murtha, Ex-Marine, are in line ahead of him.
Fixed that for ya!

re: #110 Terp Mole

Mike's appeal got to you?

Well gall durn it it is all Bush's fault and besides we need to keep congress focused on the really important issues like opening an investigation into why so many victims of Hurricane Katrina didn't have health insurance. I think all the big insurance companies knew a hurricane was coming and deliberately withheld coverage.
/just giving ideas to any Kos diarists out there lurking.

re: #107 Ben Hur

re: #101 loppyd

Really.

Can you see any difference in why Kerry was in Vietnam for a couple of months? With a camera crew?

None at all.

Anyone around here can tell you by hatred of Kerry knows no bounds.

In response to this post: deployment

in short, our units deployment is postponed until further notice...maybe even cancelled....

Some friend or family replies:

i heard that on the news. i've been waiting for you to call and confirm.

next we kick ass in the mid-term elections - and get the next congress to start bringing everyone home.
then you won't have to go at all.

Boy I bet she's disapointed in Pelosi and Ried.

I'd like to thank Pvt. Scott Thomas Beauchamp for his commendable performance which was

intended to provide my(Pvt. Beauchamp's) discreet view of the war; they were never intended as a reflection of the entire U.S. Military.{ed note: yea, right.}

as he's not only provided, regardless the stories validity, our enemies with another propaganda coup; turned some portion of the Iraqi people away from our efforts; but also served as a point of incitement against US forces while serving as a poster-boy for enemy recruitment. Of course, this says nothing of what Pvt. Beauchamp's efforts might yield to the idiots in the US who would see us surrender yet have no earthly conception of the consequences an Iraq surrender or defeat will mean - not only in the Mid-East but internationally.

For Pvt. Beauchamp's efforts, at the very least, he should be permitted to lead a one-man patrol at the beginning of each new offensive or day in Iraq. I, for one, would look certainly look forward to reading each of his daily perspectives - for as long as they might bare fruit.

How long before he cuts a movie deal?

re: #121 Occasional Reader

Cripes, are you my brother? That was one of our favorites.

Mmmm, you might, rabbit, you might.

re: #117 Endangered in MASS

re: #85 Dustoff-507

I am surprised he isn't telling the story about the SDO getting tossed from the 3 rd story barracks window in a wall locker too.

This turd is a major DUD.

They took him up in a chopper...

re: #32 Just_A_Grunt

I can understand your feelings, but accountability is long overdue, and for the family of someone who died from friendly fire, this case has gone on far too long. There should be closure, if there is anything that can ever take away the pain of losing a child.

My husband served for 2 years ; drafted the day after he graduated from CCNY, but was stateside,from 1962 to 1964.

If the truth had been told from the get-go? It would have been far better. Every single kid who enlists is a treasure, and should feel confident that there will be no cover up, if the worst should happen. They deserve, and have earned through their heroism, our unconditional support, yet the reaction of the donks is creating another domestic Viet Nam..but the kids know exactly what is happening here.

re: #117 Endangered in MASS

re: #85 Dustoff-507

I am surprised he isn't telling the story about the SDO getting tossed from the 3 rd story barracks window in a wall locker too.

This turd is a major DUD.

Because that story is true!
/

By the way, Mr. Beauchamp, it's "discrete," not "discreet."

"My pieces were always intended to provide my discreet view of the war; they were never intended as a reflection of the entire U.S. Military. I wanted Americans to have one soldier’s view of events in Iraq."

Pure BS as we all know. His "pieces" were always meant to sensationalize and were far from "discreet" As well there is nothing credible about writing "honestly about my experiences" when they begin with the subtrefuge of anonymity.

Beauchamp has no doubt achieved his aim of becoming a darling of the anti-war side who will stand by him whether or not his allegations are corroborated.

However the New Republic must be proven right to maintain their credibility. Any efforts at refuting Beauchamp should be aimed at making the "Beauchamp pimps" reconsider policies concerning anonymous contributers who have nothing to offer but hurled stones.

re: #108 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

re: #95 Ed Mahmoud's Sock Puppet

Article 134

Though not specifically mentioned in this chapter, all disorders and neglects to the prejudice of good order and discipline in the armed forces, all conduct of a nature to bring discredit upon the armed forces, and crimes and offenses not capital, of which persons subject to this chapter may be guilty, shall be taken cognizance of by a general, special or summary court-martial, according to the nature and degree of the offense, and shall be punished at the discretion of that court.

I'd say he is due at least a Special Courts Martial with a Big Chicken Dinner and a year in the pokey. It'll give him more experiences to write about, and if Hillary becomes POTUS, she can pardon him and appoint him as an under-secretary at DOD.

Since we're talking about liars...

Nifong: Offers Apology, Says No 'Credible Evidence' of Crime in Lacrosse Case

Nifong's apology came as a judge began the process of considering whether to hold the former Durham County district attorney in criminal contempt of court for his handling of the discredited lacrosse case. The apology was accepted by attorneys for the three falsely accused players, who had previously rejected Nifong's attempts to make amends.

re: #130 Pawn of the Oppressor

The Moonbat actors are probably already dreaming about it.

Kerrytales. The Swiftboats will soon launch.

re: #105 Mike C. I agree with you, but would make it 24 hours for his service, status, unit and times and places served. Army probably already has that information. And probably has info on how he went from Private First Class to just Private (probably an Article 15 proceeding under the UCMJ).

re: #68 Charles

As of this post, nothing on DU via a search using "Scott Thomas" Beauchamp or just Beauchamp. Guess they're trying to sort this out and come up with a party line - along the lines of the Jamil Hussein meta - "see, he's real, but who cares about the lies, omissions, exaggerations, he's real!"

His HS yearbook lists him as most likely to die alone while wanking.

I wonder how much this guy was paid for his fairy tales?

He says he's a PRIVATE. What happened to his PFC rank as stated in his blog?
Did he lose it and have a grudge now to smear the military?
I've known a few guys who lost their rank and afterwards were not too happy with the military since their demotion. And they always blamed others.

My pieces were always intended to provide my discreet view of the war

And by the way, Private Arts n' Letters, the word you're looking for is discrete, not discreet. By definition, in publishing your calumnies in a national magazine, you were not being discreet.

Hell, with all Hollywood fighting to make "anti-war" movies, Beauchamp has a shot at a screenplay deal.

re: #112 godfrey

I'm still waiting for Israeli officials to say,

"While the United States has the right to defend herself, we want the US to consider the ramifications of her actions. The Israeli government condemns the killing of innocent civilians......"

re: #128 Geepers

Some friend or family replies:

i heard that on the news. i've been waiting for you to call and confirm.

next we kick ass in the mid-term elections - and get the next congress to start bringing everyone home.
then you won't have to go at all.

But- I thought he was reluctant to "play some role in an ideological battle".

re: #138 loppyd

Well, thank you Captain Obvious, Mike Nifong. Anyone who had been following the case would have seen the holes big enough to drive a truck through - especially when you tried railroading the Duke three in the media without any evidence actually linking them to a crime.

If the US military is so evil, how come they didn't frag this little piece of shit?

He'll cash out big for this attack on his fellow soldiers, don't worry. Movies, books, speaking engagements. He's going to be a very, very, very rich man.

re: #133 NY Nana
The general in question is already retired. What do you want them to do tar and feather him? It is already established that it was a friendly fire incident so what more is there for the family to gain?

re: #145 prkw

Didn't he also claim to be advancing to Officer?

[Link: www.tanklimo.com...]

Sometimes it feels like i have to choose between being totally loyal to thoughts of my future family OR totally loayl to chasing down the muse.

Chasing down the muse and insulting the crap out of her:

i make me feel stupid

"Shit, I don't know...put a 556 in his head"
On the street below the mans brown face dissolves into a thick red mist. The lights in the cities houses shut off in unison. Elecricity rationing. Water rationing too. You ever tried to survive for more than a few hours in hundred and twenty degree weather without water? In the streets the kids bodies start convulsing in semi-orgasmic rhythms. Their pants fill up with shit and piss and the smart ones sneak out to the fields to hidden caches of water jugs and trinkets of candy from the american soldiers.
"See that sarge, kids digging or something?"
"Well, better safe then sorry. Cap his ass Leclaire."
"You sure sarge?"
"Well, im either right or wrong. And if I'm wrong im still right because i could have been right even though i was wrong."
They watch the sliver of red sun fall slower and slower, silhouetting the little barbarians falling bodies. The Chaplain turns and walks back towards the FOB in contemplation. Gotta rack out early tonight. Handing out bibles in the marketplace tomorrow, early. Unintelligible rap blares out of the open doors of the HUMVEE.

You make me feel like you're stupid too.

After reading the fey little douchebag's myspace postings the only words that come to mind are... Fey Little Douchebag.

7 officers to be punished in Tillman case.

re: #103 justamom

Ah well, as a soldier and writer, he's a flop. But at least he's earning his chops for a future in academia.

There is an opening for a moonbat prof in Boulder, from what I hear.

OldLineTexan

re: #131 godfrey

godfrey, where the hell were you... I had the perfect window of opportunity to use the "if my friend Rocky were hiding in here" reference not long ago, after Mike C. asked rhetorically "would you [the Iranians] set off an underground test nuke of unknown yield right next to your research facility that has lots of delicated centrifuges?" Nobody got it.

OT...Seething alert:

Pope's private secretary warns of Islamization of Europe

BERLIN (AP) – Pope Benedict XVI's private secretary warned of the Islamization of Europe and stressed the need for the continent's Christian roots not to be ignored, in comments released Thursday.

''Attempts to Islamize the west cannot be denied,'' Monsignor Georg Gaenswein was quoted as saying in an advance copy of the weekly Sueddeutsche Magazin to be published Friday.

''The danger for the identity of Europe that is connected with it should not be ignored out of a wrongly understood respectfulness,'' the magazine quoted him as saying.

Gaenswein also defended a speech Benedict gave last year linking Islam and violence, saying it was an attempt by the pontiff to ''act against a certain naivety.''

re: #76 Terp Mole

...Between the years 1962 and 2005 defense spending has increased from around $50 billion to nearly $500 billion, a 1000 percent increase over 43 years.

/breathtaking hyperbole stupidity

Especially since inflation would be 814% over 43 years at 5% / yr. average.

You know, like that $5000 luxury car in 1962 that costs over $40,000 now? Nickel sodas?

re: #136 scottthecanuck

Beauchamp's views were discrete inasmuch as he was taking only a discrete amount of facts and surrounding them by a whole bunch of nonsense and exaggerations to conflate a story that sounded really good to the editors at TNR.

Oh, my yes - Uncle Jimbo is so all over this guy - just go and look at his freaking picture, if you haven't already. "I am Private Beauchamp, and no one appreciates my genius" is almost written on his forehead, and I think I see "I can't get laid" written on there too.

Yeeee gods.

And Allahpundit was sooooo right yesterday.

re: #138 loppyd

and Sharpton and Jackson continue to twiddle their thumbs as if they had nothing to do with it.

You join the military to honorably serve the nation, kill the enemy and keep your f***in' mouth shut. Court martial the wimp and discharge him.

Three sisters were found stabbed to death in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, raising suspicion they were killed by relatives because of suspected immoral behavior, a human rights organization said.

The three sisters, 16-year-old Nahed Hija and her sisters, 19-year-old Suha and 22-year-old Lina, were found dead from multiple stab wounds, buried in a shallow grave in the central Gaza Strip early Sunday morning, said Hamdi Shakkour of the Palestinian Center for Human Rights.

Shakkour said they suspected the women were victims of "honor crimes," in which women are murdered by male relatives because of suspected intimate relations - not necessarily sex - outside of marriage....

Link

re: #68 Charles

Have the lefty blogs started attacking yet?

It would be a rather "fey" attack.

re: #158 OldLineTexan

re: #103 justamom

Ah well, as a soldier and writer, he's a flop. But at least he's earning his chops for a future in academia.

There is an opening for a moonbat prof in Boulder, from what I hear.

OldLineTexan

Chutch's job is open.

D'oh!

re: #152 Just_A_Grunt

I do not want to get into a fight over this with you, as you obviously served, probably in 'Nam, and I have only the utmost respect for what you did for us.

Saying that? As a parent? I would want justice done, even after X years, if G-d forbid, it was my child who gave their life.

re: #164 bosforus

re: #138 loppyd

and Sharpton and Jackson continue to twiddle their thumbs as if they had nothing to do with it.

Loathsome race pimps.

BBIAM

don't ask don't tell.

I'm telling - he looks G A Y.

Not that there's anything wrong with that...
but if he's a leftist.. well-- we all know some left-wingers have a propensity to lie.

I am always divided on how to respond to the chickenhawk insult; on one hand my creds in that field are impeccable [CIB 5 battle stars] but on the other hand I believe it is an irrelevancy to suggest that only combat vets have a right to discuss military affairs. I could not ride a race horse but I can tell which one wins.
Sounds like Beetle Bailey is alive and bitter.

re: #165 Kreuzueber Halbmond

Amen.

What Beauchamp is doing has a familiar ring to it.

Isn’t this the route Kerry took before he ran for the Senate?

re: #137 Ed Mahmoud's Sock Puppet

Good post , as I seem to remember that article was a catch all and covers a wide variety of offenses.

re: #163 Catttt

kudos to JD Johannes who had him pegged down to Company level.

He was feelin' the heat.

re: #171 loppyd

i hate to feel like a parrot for talk radio but it's true, they pull crap like this and ruin these kids' lives and then go after Imus (not that I care too much for Imus, I had honestly never heard of him before) demanding apologies like they were reparations and when the tables turn they're seen for who they really are, outright unapologetic hypocrites.

re: #127 loppyd

However much you hate him. I hate him more. I loathe him with every fiber of my being.

there are only two US combat warriors:

Markos
&
John Kerry

the rest of us are chickenhawks.

American Muslims support terrorism.....
CAIR-MI: Agents Raid 2 Muslim Charities
In Dearborn, U.S. accuses 1 of ties to Iran, terrorism

In a news release, the U.S. Treasury Department said that the Goodwill Charitable Organization is a Hizballah front group that solicits money from Hizballah members who live in the United States. Based in Lebanon, Hizballah has killed more Americans than any other terrorist group besides Al Qaeda, according to the U.S. government.

"We will not allow organizations that support terrorism to raise money in the United States," said Stuart Levey, the Treasury Department's undersecretary for terrorism and financial intelligence.

The other charity that was raided, Al-Mabarrat Charitable Organization, often holds fund-raisers in metro Detroit and enjoys support from many in the area.
...
"People are scared to donate" to charities or mosques, Dawud Walid, head of the Michigan branch of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, said of concerns raised at the meeting. Islamic law requires Muslims to donate a certain percentage of their income for needy people.

re: #159 Occasional Reader

Did I say "delicated" ?

Damn, I'm a moron.

re: #175 pocomoco

What Beauchamp is doing has a familiar ring to it.

Isn’t this the route Kerry took before he ran for the Senate?

Good thinking. I could see Reid, Schumer and Durbin ETAL having this guy giving testimony ala John Kerry. And ofcourse noone would be invited to counter him.

My comment at BLACKFIVE:

I notice in the one of the excerpts above that Beauchamp uses the phrase "tikkun olam". On the off-chance that he is Jewish, I'd like to put on record that some of us believe tikkun olam consists of serving in the fight against America's enemies.

From Blackfive - in a nutshell:

The incidents described by Private dung beetle did not happen in the way he described them, but some event containing morsels of truth did and then our fabulist enbellished it to match the narrative of the voices in his head.

re: #147 godfrey

Prescient, are you? He hasn't been signed yet, but it is just noon time..ah, but Hollywood is getting ready to spit on the military...again.

Between the years 1962 and 2005 defense spending has increased from around $50 billion to nearly $500 billion, a 1000 percent increase over 43 years.

Defense spending as percentage of GDP. Note how high it was under evil warmonger JFK, and how low it is under benevolently peaceful GWB.

NEXT!

This was a reply to one of his Blog Entries. Sergeant First Class Cheryl McElroy owns him badly.

My gawd, what pathetic BS. How old are you? Three?
Every morning you get up, you are first and foremost a Soldier, sweetpea. I'm an Iraq war Veteran twice over, and your little rant makes me want to vomit.
I saw your "diary" in the New Republic and I get the feeling you've got a reputation as a whiny problem child. I ran across a few of your type as an NCOIC, and my stock answer for them is this: You were not drafted, you enlisted. You are now a Soldier in the United States Army and your primary mission is to fight and win the nation's wars. If you cannot handle that, do us all a favor and GET OUT. If you really have the integrity and guts to stand by an accusation, you don't hide behind a pseudonym ; you directly confront those you accuse instead of publishing your crap on a website notorious for smearing this country and the military. Your feckless statements are a disgrace and you certainly don’t do anything to honor your fellow Soldiers with your tripe. I seriously doubt that any of what you say is truthful. I want to see the responses from your fellow troops in the 1st Infantry Division. I'll bet they have a few choice words for you.
Sergeant First Class Cheryl McElroy
US ARMY (RET)
Veteran of Desert storm, Bosnia, Operation Iraqi Freedom

My brain being made of African ivory, encased in Algerian teak, makes it impossible to understand or comprehend the spoken or written word.

However, I do have one redeeming quality, sir.

I am an American fighting infantryman, whose sole purpose for being on this planet is to seek, engage and destroy the enemy by fire and maneuver, and NOT to needlessly sacrifice my life for my country, but rather to force my dumb bastard opponent to sacrifice his life for his country.

/What Ben Hur's boss will from now on make Ben Hur say when not having an answer to one of his questions.

My boss is a bad ass.

re: #17 loppyd

Why did he join in the first place?

Free education? Seriously, I don't get it.

He mentions something about wanting to "write a book" in the linked entries above.

I'm figuring he took a look at "Jarhead" (fabricator writes book, book gets made into movie, fabricator gets a percentage), saw the traction anti-war stories have in modern media, took stock of his abilities and pre-existing attitudes, and put two and two together. I was only half-kidding when I asked "how long before he cuts a movie deal?". When the hammer falls on this guy, he'll be able to claim "persecution", and blammo, instant fame.

I'm willing to bet this guy was the kind of little shit who joined up talking about what a killer he would be and how he would kill anything that moves and as soon as he realized the real military doesn't work that way, started this crap, saying all the things he wanted to say and do, but attributing it to other as fact.

"Yeah, I'm gonna go and shoot anyone who looks at me funny, yeah, thats it . POW!"

"Knock that shit off Beauchamp."

"Yes, Sarge"

Begins typing Sarge would walk around shooting anyone who even looked at him

That'll show him

This shitbird better hope he gets pulled out of Alpha Company, 1/18 Infantry, Second Brigade Combat Team, First Infantry Division 'cuz everyone in his rifle company is gonna want to "administer some wall to wall counseling" to his lying azz!

re: #182 Mike C.

re: #159 Occasional Reader

Did I say "delicated" ?

Damn, I'm a moron.

I was quoting from memory, and my memory is filled with typos.

According to Major Kirk Luedeke, a public affairs officer at Forward Operating Base Falcon, a formal military investigation has also been launched into the incidents described in the piece.

Although the article was rigorously edited and fact-checked before it was published, we have decided to go back and, to the extent possible, re-report every detail. This process takes considerable time, as the primary subjects are on another continent, with intermittent access to phones and email. Thus far we've found nothing to disprove the facts in the article; we will release the full results of our search when it is completed.

I wonder how the two will compare when both are completed.

re: #172 FrogMarch

I'm telling - he looks G A Y.

Not that there's anything wrong with that...

My gaydar is Soviet-quality, but his Gaydar Cross Section is like a B-52.

Seems Pvt Beauchamp was busted a grade. Hmmm

re: #188 cpuller Whoa, great post and quote! Do you have a link for that?

re: #177 cbinflux

re: #163 Catttt

kudos to JD Johannes who had him pegged down to Company level.

He was feelin' the heat.

Oh yeah. Couldn't happen to a more deserving guy, either. Man, I wouldn't want to be him right now, but I would like to watch. :)

Sheriff urged to close immigrant hotline

PHOENIX - Latino leaders and faith-based organizations want Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio to disconnect the hotline he created for people to report information about undocumented immigrants, saying it raises the chance of racial profiling.

But Arpaio said Wednesday that he won't disconnect the hotline and stressed that deputies would investigate people only if authorities had probable cause.

Arpaio for POTUS!

re: #170 NY Nana
My time was after 'Nam, I was one of those Cold Warriors. I respect your sentiments as a parent, I am one also, but the whole Tillman situation is hot button item for me and I don't mean to take it out on you. It is just that I know some of those that were actually involved in incident, not all the officers and others that were not there, and they made no attempt to cover up or tell it any way other then what became apparent once the firing stopped. It is just everytime this flares up again they are sickened with fear waiting for the subponea or orders to once again tell their stories to some judge, congressman, or JAG officer. They live in fear that if one part of any part of their previous testimony is different they will then be also be on the hook. One part of them says please convict me of something and send me to jail to ease the guilt and the other part says they did nothing wrong and shit happens.
I agree with the urge to blame somebody, but in trying to blame somebody for the cover up you are punishing the ones who were actually involved.

I took the liberty of leaving a message on BlackFive:

One of the biggest Morale boosters for the A Co. 1/18 would be to "rotate" this SOTE (Scum Of The Earth) to peeling potatoes somewhere in Alaska. Better yet, Somalia!

This self-centered throwback is bad for company morale, period. Replace the whiny child, "it" is bad for Unit cohesion. Can his lily-white ass, send him somewhere where he won't do anything bad to/for anybody. Gonna suck to be him - don't think he's untouchable, BTW. Just sayin'

In this modern electronic age, it's easier and easier for the rotten eggs to float to the top, and get their 15 minutes of fame. Andy Warhol is eating his heart out right now...

With the MSM doing a global search for the malcontents, it's rather trivial now to find 'em in each unit. It just depends on the level of intelligence of the whiners as to whether or not they are gonna bend over and crack a smile! After the 15 minutes wears off, though, comes the payback, and we all know what that means. Once off the MSM's radar, he's gonna be sleeping scared. Guaranteed.

Gotta feel sorry for the POS. NOT!

JAFLW

re: #193 Occasional Reader

What, you got a memory ? If they're on sale at Lowe's this weekend, I might just get me one.

CNN Omits 9/11 Conspiracy Comments From Video

#186 NY Nana:

but it is just noon time..ah, but Hollywood is getting ready to spit on the military...again.

Not one, single film in that list with the message "our enemies really are enemies, and our military are doing a noble thing in fighting them". Not. One.

The dude expressly stated that he joined the Army to give himself credibility.

That's not narcissism, that's solipsism - he is literally attempting to use the entire US army as a tool to achieve his own personal goals.

And failing miserably, as one would expect. And resenting it terribly, which is the only bright spot in the story. The weasel is in psychological pain, which is at least slightly satisfying.

When someone "lives a lie," one must suspect more lies will follow. Check him out, then prove him out or throw him out.

My guess is the latter.

in an ideological battle that I never wanted to join.

Bull.

Presuming he is talking about the literal battle, he volunteered.

If he is talking the figurative battle between those that wish to slander the troops and those who do not, then he also wrote his piece voluntarily.

The only thing he seems to have been "dragged into" is a debate. In other words, he expected to say his piece without criticism or rebuttal.

re: #199 cbinflux

Arpaio's too bada** to ever become president, and that's a sad and simple fact. despite all the results he gets, his methods would be scorned like none other. i say keep him hear with us. cbinflux, are you from the phx area? i'm on the west side, near glendale.

Simply put he is a BLUE FALCON.

re: #197 realwest

re: #188 cpuller Whoa, great post and quote! Do you have a link for that?

[Link: ghostsonfilm.blogspot.com...]

Here you go!

re: #199 cbinflux

and i seriously wonder if he'll even get the memo on this one

Jesus H Christ, I know this kid. No, not him personally, but I have had a puke like him in every infantry unit I have served in. Smart, whiny and lazy. Shit. I will take a good ol' farm boy or an inner city punk over half a dozen clowns like this kid. He actually subtracts from the combat readiness of the unit.

Now watch the worthless little shit become an MSM hero.

Puke.

re: #181 Killgore Trout

American Muslims support terrorism.....
CAIR-MI: Agents Raid 2 Muslim Charities
In Dearborn, U.S. accuses 1 of ties to Iran, terrorism

In a news release, the U.S. Treasury Department said that the Goodwill Charitable Organization is a Hizballah front group that solicits money from Hizballah members who live in the United States. Based in Lebanon, Hizballah has killed more Americans than any other terrorist group besides Al Qaeda, according to the U.S. government.
"We will not allow organizations that support terrorism to raise money in the United States," said Stuart Levey, the Treasury Department's undersecretary for terrorism and financial intelligence.

The other charity that was raided, Al-Mabarrat Charitable Organization, often holds fund-raisers in metro Detroit and enjoys support from many in the area.
...
"People are scared to donate" to charities or mosques, Dawud Walid, head of the Michigan branch of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, said of concerns raised at the meeting. Islamic law requires Muslims to donate a certain percentage of their income for needy people.

Welcome to Metro-Detroit.

re: #187 Occasional Reader

Defense spending as percentage of GDP. Note how high it was under evil warmonger JFK, and how low it is under benevolently peaceful GWB.

NEXT!

Thanks OR, useful info....

re: #208 jcm Indeed.

re: #200 Just_A_Grunt

re: #170 NY Nana
.......... One part of them says please convict me of something and send me to jail to ease the guilt and the other part says they did nothing wrong and shit happens.
I agree with the urge to blame somebody, but in trying to blame somebody for the cover up you are punishing the ones who were actually involved.

Roger that. The survivors live in a special kind of Hell.

As I said every unit has a Private Beauchamp who is more or less universally disliked as a whiny loser. No one understands them and they are always getting screwed over. They always have aspirations to grandness coupled with an absolute uselessness and laziness that ensures they will never achieve it.

To Private Dungbeetle from ChickenHawk Natalie,

It's come to my attention that in order for one to have a legitimate opinion concerning any issue, one must have direct experience. Fair enough. I won't comment further concerning the legitimacy of the Iraq War.

But being that I am positively sure you have never been President of the United States, I now request that you silence your uninformed opinions concerning any decisions of the implementation of the Iraq War. Because you have never been President, your opinions Dung are null and void.

What a sanctimonious little prick. The blowback, like his military career, may be more than he bargained for.

Oh, Scott, about your writing ability? You'll regret losing your day job.

re: #209 cpuller Thank you kindly! Love all of her comment there and some of the others too.

If anyone can "look" homosexual, Beau is a three-dollar bill.

Old bitch empires gone in the teeth

This is a memory
of you swallowing those delicate flowers
glued together in the shape of a crucifix,
of those voiceless miracles buried in your stomach.
I've waited patiently
nervously holding strangers hands
counting dead birds on the beach
playing games with bitch empires gone in the teeth
and seeing the skull beneath your flesh.
If you havent invented desire
I'll inherit the ghost
and proudly
with a paper rose.

Like wow man, that's deep. I wish I could write with such passion and insight.

re: #204 Occasional Reader

Not one, single film in that list with the message "our enemies really are enemies, and our military are doing a noble thing in fighting them". Not. One.

when I went to see die hard 4 there were two WOT-related previews.

one was for The Kingdom and looked potentially positive. The other was Lions For Lambs, directed by redford and starring many libs.....

looked them up in IMDB and found they have the same writer and he's new on the scene so no way to judge.

FCC Chair: Fairness Doctrine Not Needed

Martin, in his letter, said government regulation was not needed to ensure public access to a wide range of opinion. "Indeed, with the continued proliferation of additional sources of information and programming, including satellite broadcasting and the Internet, the need for the Fairness Doctrine has lessened even further since 1987," he wrote.

The excerpts from his writings over at Hot Air are making my head hurt. Like my daddy always said about lefties... "Mentally they're about twelve years old."

re: #69 Ben Hur Libya's Other Captives

Update: Kaddafi's hostage extortion price disclosed... Fwance promises nuclear jizya;

Sarkozy: Trust Arabs with nukes

After agreeing to nuclear cooperation with Libya, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said the West should trust Arab states to develop such technology for peaceful purposes or risk a war of civilizations.
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Sarkozy told reporters in Libya that to consider the Arab world "is not sensible enough to use civilian nuclear power" would, in the long run, risk a "war of civilizations".

"Nuclear power is the energy of the future," he said. "If we don't give the energy of the future to the countries of the southern Mediterranean, how will they develop themselves? And if they don't develop, how will we fight terrorism and fanaticism?"

And if we don't submit willingly now, how will we avoid jihad later?

fjordman could not have been more prescient;

...France is now held hostage by the very forces she herself set in motion. The Jihad riots by Muslim immigrants in France in 2005 demonstrated that Eurabia is no longer a matter of French foreign policy, it is now French domestic policy. France will burn unless she continues to appease Arabs and agree to their agenda.

/dhimmitude on stilts

re: #203 Ben Hur

HA!
/Ron Paul

re: #163 Catttt
I almost couldn't get past his picture either.

re: #200 Just_A_Grunt

I can understand your POV, and will say no more on the subject. I am sorry if I upset you. Whether you served in 'Nam, or as a Cold War warrior? You still are someone I respect and am grateful to.

Warriors of Islamic Jihad in Indonesia

It should be easy when the time comes.

re: #206 Silhouette

in an ideological battle that I never wanted to join.

Bull.

Presuming he is talking about the literal battle, he volunteered.

If he is talking the figurative battle between those that wish to slander the troops and those who do not, then he also wrote his piece voluntarily.

The only thing he seems to have been "dragged into" is a debate. In other words, he expected to say his piece without criticism or rebuttal.

Spot on.

re: #17 loppyd

Why did he join in the first place?

Free education? Seriously, I don't get it.

I'm just now reading these comments and have a lot more to go, so maybe someone has already addressed this. Click the link Charles provided for Blackfive - Uncle Jimbo quotes the following from this guy's blog (I bolded the most pertinent sentence):

Every morning I get up and say I'm Scott Beauchamp, in the army, living in Germany, and this is my life, and I'm going to be treated like shit today and do landscaping and janitorial work and practice killing people and there could be no other way to appreciate what I had or what I'm going to have once I get out other than enduring this now when all I really want to do is teach history and lay around and read and hustle around and repair the world (tikkun olam) and sift through knowledge and improve culture and learn how to sail and work in soup kitchens and start a family and really, I mean REALLY study the best the western civilization has to offer and facilitiate the mystery and power through everything I do, but I cant do it without getting through this army experience first, which will add a legitimacy to EVERYTHING i do afterwards, and totally bolster my opinions on defense, etc, and of course its making me a lot less lazy, just because im not use to being lazy any more, etc.

The guy's a real gem.

re: #216 goodbye_natalie

As I said every unit has a Private Beauchamp who is more or less universally disliked as a whiny loser. No one understands them and they are always getting screwed over. They always have aspirations to grandness coupled with an absolute uselessness and laziness that ensures they will never achieve it.

To Private Dungbeetle from ChickenHawk Natalie,

It's come to my attention that in order for one to have a legitimate opinion concerning any issue, one must have direct experience. Fair enough. I won't comment further concerning the legitimacy of the Iraq War.

But being that I am positively sure you have never been President of the United States, I now request that you silence your uninformed opinions concerning any decisions of the implementation of the Iraq War. Because you have never been President, your opinions Dung are null and void.

I love it!

re: #206 Silhouette

in an ideological battle that I never wanted to join.

Bull.

The only thing he seems to have been "dragged into" is a debate. In other words, he expected to say his piece without criticism or rebuttal.

In other words, he didn't want an ideological battle, he wanted an ideological coup. Kind of like he wanted the Army to make him "credible" without his having to succeed in it (demotion).

BTW, can anyone here think of a definition of tikkun olam that includes lying about your aspirations, cynically using the suffering of others to achieve your personal goals, and seeking personal glory at the expense of personal and group honor?

re: #209 cpuller

re: #197 realwest

re: #188 cpuller Whoa, great post and quote! Do you have a link for that?

[Link: ghostsonfilm.blogspot.com...]

Here you go!

"Bend phallicly"? No wonder this kid is (apparently) confused...that kind of pain will play tricks with your mind, no doubt.

OldLineTexan

Putin does everything they accuse Bush of being.

Tour de Fwance fans
[Link: www.breitbart.com...]

re: #220 Geepers

Old bitch empires gone in the teeth

This is a memory
of you swallowing those delicate flowers
glued together in the shape of a crucifix,
of those voiceless miracles buried in your stomach.
I've waited patiently
nervously holding strangers hands
counting dead birds on the beach
playing games with bitch empires gone in the teeth
and seeing the skull beneath your flesh.
If you havent invented desire
I'll inherit the ghost
and proudly
with a paper rose.

Like wow man, that's deep. I wish I could write with such passion and insight.

Haiku smackdown!

Watch the shells go by
Happiness on Earth is mine
Love belt-fed weapons.

re: #223 Pawn of the Oppressor

Hey, just one little minute. Check my LGF, and see how old I am! :)

I ain't no stinkin' lefty. I even am right handed.

re: #207 bosforus

I'm near Mermphis, Tenn.

and proudly
with a paper rose.

I think V the K's Soviet-quality gaydar has successfully tracked a target.

NTTAWWT

re: #178 bosforus

I was never a fan of Imus, but he got the bum's rush.

And the coach of the Rutger's team was just as bad as Rev. Al & Jessie Jackson, IMHO.

#173 Walter E. Wallis 7/26/2007 9:06:52 am PDT reply quote

I am always divided on how to respond to the chickenhawk insult; on one hand my creds in that field are impeccable [CIB 5 battle stars] but on the other hand I believe it is an irrelevancy to suggest that only combat vets have a right to discuss military affairs. I could not ride a race horse but I can tell which one wins.
Sounds like Beetle Bailey is alive and bitter.

The way I see it, if 'chickenhawks' have no right to comment because they did not serve, those insulting them with that epithet (who also have not served) are no more qualified to suggest any other military course of action/inaction.

re: #216 goodbye_natalie
As I said in my comment waaay back at #141,
I'm gonna wait for 24 hours for the military to come out with the truth or, more probably the lies, proffered by this "man".

re: #208 jcm

Simply put he is a BLUE FALCON.

The definitions were very complete, lacking only a photo of John Kerry.

Chinese insulting slippers

A pair of slippers imported from china contained the name of god (allah) inscripted on the soles of the slippers in Arabic. Bearing in mind, the soles of the feet and or shoes are highly insulting to Muslims. Is china trying to send a message? The shoe company has been contacted, but no details from them yet.

Blowing up buses does not offend.

re: #179 Endangered in MASS

re: #127 loppyd

However much you hate him. I hate him more. I loathe him with every fiber of my being.

It's a regular hatefest, I tells ya.

re: #228 Ben Hur

Warriors of Islamic Jihad in Indonesia

It should be easy when the time comes.

Summer camp for cabbies

Did someone say whiny little bitch?

make dying for your government worth it

Bad news folks...I'm going out into "the field" for a week or so to train and play war games and be really really cold. I should be back on March 3rd for a day or two, and then return to the field for more training for like another week and a half. I'm good at MOUT (military operations urban terrain) now...but I'll be even better. Beat that Shrum.
Damn going to the field sucks.

Really, really cold Scott? Poor thing.

I want two things.

I want a Black Five (the paratroopers of love) tee-shirt (money supports Soldiers' Angels). That I can easily do.

And - I want to look like Pamela in the shirt. (Diet, exercise, moan)

re: #160 njdhockeyfan

OT...Seething alert:

Pope's private secretary warns of Islamization of Europe

BERLIN (AP) – Pope Benedict XVI's private secretary warned of the Islamization of Europe and stressed the need for the continent's Christian roots not to be ignored, in comments released Thursday.

''Attempts to Islamize the west cannot be denied,'' Monsignor Georg Gaenswein was quoted as saying in an advance copy of the weekly Sueddeutsche Magazin to be published Friday.

''The danger for the identity of Europe that is connected with it should not be ignored out of a wrongly understood respectfulness,'' the magazine quoted him as saying.

Gaenswein also defended a speech Benedict gave last year linking Islam and violence, saying it was an attempt by the pontiff to ''act against a certain naivety.''

Looking forward to reading that article. It's about time the Christians in Europe take some time out from battling atheism, abortion and gay rights and wake up to the fact that they are going to be made extinct if they keep on ignoring the islamic green elephant in the room.

re: #59 Ben Hur

Had that been the case, his enlistment would have been up already. And being an E-1 on a second term would put him close to higher-tenure, wouldn't it?

No... this douchebag opportunist joined the army because he failed out of college and wanted to be a hero. But then he realized the army (and as a Sailor, I can't believe I'm saying this) is full of real men and not frat house rejects. So this pseudo solider decided he would make the best of it and capitalize on the "I served in the Amy" slogan, his own comments about how serving in the army will add creditability to what he does later in life further prove this.

I had prayed that this insufferable little twit was not, or had ever been in the military. Had a civilian wrote this tripe, it would have further validated what we stand for i.e. we put our lives on the line to protect your freedoms. Even if you choose to use those freedoms to slander those very souls who give you the right to do so.

But to have one of our own spout these lies is deep wound that will take a long time to heal. And yes, I said lies. If you believe otherwise, you've probably never served and/or have taken too many hits from the bong. This coward knows nothing about service or self-sacrifice. He is a total disgrace to the uniform he wears. He shames them memory of those who wore it before him, and died wearing it. His lies have given comfort to our enemies and allowed them to further spread their propaganda, not to mention bringing disgrace to all service members as well as America.

This is unforgivable.

I'm sure there are some boys over in the 1/18 that are quoting Elijah Dukes right about now. "You [deleted] [deleted] dawg. I ain't even bullsh!tting"

re: #225 Killgore Trout

Totally OT, but I am so glad for you!

Sonar Study Shows No Harm To Killgore Trout :)

re: #190 Pawn of the Oppressor

When the hammer falls on this guy, he'll be able to claim "persecution", and blammo, instant fame.

Michael Moron has probably already been in contact for his next fakeumentary.

I was initially reluctant to take the time out of my already insane schedule fighting an actual war in order to play some role in an ideological battle that I never wanted to join.

And after things like 9-11 and Beslan he doesn't want to join it.

Jerk.

"play some role in an ideological battle that I never wanted to join"

Why'd you write this crap? Why'd you join the Army?

"Oh no, I don't want all this attention I tried so hard to get! Leave me alone... whaa whaa..."

...moves butt cheek out of the way to put thumb in mouth.....

Has anyone checked if he's one of Ward Churchill's former students?

re: #236 American Soldier

Haiku smackdown!

Watch the shells go by
Happiness on Earth is mine
Love belt-fed weapons.

Here's to John Browning
True American genius
Ma Deuce still loves ya

OldLineTexan

re: #194 Sharmuta,

Thus far we've found nothing to disprove the facts in the article;

This is weasel-speak for "Nothing like this happened, so prove that". I've seen nothing to disprove the thesis that this guy is a lying sack of shit.

re: #236 American Soldier LOL! Great post, but I especially liked your last line "Love belt-fed weapons."

re: #250 YourTaxDollarsAtWork

Great post!

I thought he wrote on his blog that he enlisted "6 months ago" and I may have screwed up the math (from the date he posted it.)

If you believe otherwise, you've probably never served and/or have taken too many hits from the bong.

No comment.

re: #115 loppyd

re: #112 godfrey

re: #100 Ben Hur

Can
you imagine an Israeli Secretary of State saying, "The future of
America lies in Massachusetts and Virginia, not in the Western
territories?"

No...because that would be pretty effin scary.

What the hell has happened to this administration?

*If* and only *if* he really is in the military then he can be brought to trial under UCMJ for aiding and abetting the enemy, presenting false charges, treason etc... *if* he's not in the military then he can still be charged with the above for all I care if they can find out who he really is...

*If* he is in the military he needs to have a fair trial and a fair rope dance because more than most people the military folks generally understand the consequences of his actions...

Regarding any liberal douchbags who support this guy, I'm sick of "hawk chickens", that is: people that are anti military, using that as some reason to having more to say about how the military is used than pro military people who have never served.

Want to give all powers to make war, or hell, even decide who runs the country to only those who have served in the armed forces? Ok, I'd love that. You'd never have a single Democrat in any office ever again.

Why would CNN cut out the 9/11 conspiracy comments? Clearly, they had access to the same footage I did so why did I have to discover this on my own? This looks like a blatant attempt by CNN to make Fred Thompson look bad.

Next time some lib drones on about how much the military budget is and how much the war cost, pop up this graph on your screen and ask the "progressive types" again why they think our taxes are too low again.

[Link: carriedaway.blogs.com...]

re: #255 OldLineTexan

re: #236 American Soldier

Haiku smackdown!
Watch the shells go by
Happiness on Earth is mine
Love belt-fed weapons.

Here's to John Browning
True American genius
Ma Deuce still loves ya

OldLineTexan