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By: Pajamas Media » Infamous “Shock Troops” Author Back in the News

Pajamas Media » Infamous “Shock Troops” Author Back in the News — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:34:57 +0000

[...] Reeve in late January, after I posted copies of the sworn statements gathered during the “Shock Troops” investigation on Confederate Yankee. The documents included Beauchamp’s own sworn [...]

By: schnargley

schnargley — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 21:30:43 +0000

History repeats itself all over again. I’m talking about Dreyfus. I’m talking repression and persecution. Not only has this brilliant young writer-soldier put his professional journalistic career on the line, not only has he put his magaizine in the center of a maelstrom, not only has he sacrificed his military career, but…please consider this with deep feeling…he has put his body on the line to tell us the truth…by giving himself to two women in order to secure the truth for us.

Beauchamp is a true hero for our times.

By: Bugs

Bugs — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 16:48:21 +0000

Unfortunately, the people who choose to believe Beauchamp’s nonsense will also believe that the IO and the rest of his command are just trying to silence a brave “progressive” soldier for speaking truth to power. After all, if the Army lied about progress in Vietnam, they must be lying about this, right? That the investigation revealed no factual basis for the stories simply means the Army is trying to avoid airing its dirty laundry. That Beauchamp was further investigated for the contents of his blog means the Army is trying to punish him for bucking the system. Totally obvious to anyone who hasn’t been duped by Government lies. It’s all there in Black & White.

By: Michael Fumento

Michael Fumento — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 23:40:23 +0000

I used to write for The New Republic, beginning in its heyday under Mike Kinsley. I even had the cover once. But the last time my name appeared in the magazine it was by another writer who was libeling me. I tried to post a comment and it was pulled down. I e-mailed the editor. No response. I’ll bet that article was just as carefully “fact-checked.”

By: blackflag

blackflag — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 18:01:49 +0000

Kurt:

“I wonder why he was busted down in rank.”

He’s probably just a “general screw up”, there’s one in every unit as they say. If he was busted for his behavior with TNR he was probably given a “Don’t say anything more or else” warning. We had some general screw ups, they would typically ride out their enlistment in the low ranks or get a “General” (General Screw-Up) Discharge and go home early.

“I didn’t know there was anything lower than private. What’s the back story on that?”

More than likely E-1 to E-2 is generalized as “Private” as E-3 and below in the USN is refered to as “Airman, Seaman or Fireman” respectively. Not until you make E-4 do you get a “title” per se.

“I imagine he’s on permanent latrine duty until his discharged.”

Probably, but that’s the kind of duty that “General Screw-Up’s” get. If you want to to do something exciting and rewarding you have to prove yourself capable of the task.

Whatever the case Scott is a scumbag and his command appears to have handled the case appropriately.

By: Kurt

Kurt — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 14:35:55 +0000

I wonder why he was busted down in rank. I didn’t know there was anything lower than private. What’s the back story on that? I imagine he’s on permanent latrine duty until his discharged.

By: Harry Schell

Harry Schell — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 23:51:15 +0000

Mr. Beauchamp has had his time in the sun. Now it is time perhaps to get another soldier with less than stellar integrity and honor his due.

Colin Powell lied to his boss twice, as SecState and a general officer in the US Army (they never retire, actually, just go inactive) about the Valerie Plame affair and who the leaker was. Richard Armitage worked for Powell and told him he was the source of the leak early on. Powell refused a direct question from Bush as to anything he knew about the problem.

And so we the citizens were treated to Pat Fitzgerald racing hither and yon, finally getting a scalp after millions of tax dollars were spent and great wasted effort.

Powell deserves to be recalled to duty and busted to private. If you don’t like bush that is fine with me, it is Plamegate’s affectand waste that Powell could have, and by any sense of honor should have, spared us from. For that conduct unbecoming and a reduction in rank are reasonable.

By: Allston

Allston — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 22:57:31 +0000

Dan:

I work with Homeless Veterans with a variety of issues (PTSD being one of them), and I can tell you factually that I have only on very rare occasion seen or know of a Veteran suffering from PTSD “melting down” such that they would do such a thing.

By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 22:28:23 +0000

“Trouble is, these PTSD kids will come home someday and do a number with an assault rifle from a clock tower in anytown USA.”

That strikes me as something a non-military person would say. Maybe someone who’s pissed about the “assault rifle” ban lapsing. Maybe someone who’s sympathetic to post-traumatic stress disorder (or even treats or teaches about such things). Like maybe someone in academia that’s never seen a fistfight, much less combat.

Gimme a break. I’m in anytown USA right now, and if someone tries to smoke me I doubt very much it will be an Iraq or Afghanistan vet. Given that I’m in a blue-leaning-purple state, I’m MUCH more nervous about the angry anti-war moonbats that won’t get out of my way sometimes when I’m trying to get to or from work.

But then, I don’t worry too much about them, either. They’re (usually) too goofy to be scary.

By: joanne carew

joanne carew — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 22:17:35 +0000

Does anyone else notice a similarity between Foer and George Castanza from ‘Seinfeld’?