This is the latest tripe from The New Republic on their ‘man in Baghdad’ aka “The Baghdad Diarist”. You know, Scott Thomas Beauchamp, the Army Private/fabulist with more of an active imagination that Lewis Carroll on acid. The link at the bottom provides a video debate (of sorts) between the Editor-at-Large of TNR Peter Beinart, …
Ach du Lieber! Der Spiegel: US Military in Iraq More Successful Than World Wants To Believe Excerpts from article: By Ullrich Fichtner in Iraq When describing Iraq, the word “peace” is seldom used. Truth be told, the Americans have restored order to many parts of the county. But Iraq remains fractured, and where new schools …
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The Army Responds From Bill Roggio: I recently emailed Col. Steve Boylan asking for whatever information he could provide regarding the status of the investigation of Scott Thomas Beauchamp. Here is his response: His command’s investigation is complete. At this time, there is no formal what we call Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) actions …
Hat tip to Hang Right Politics and Rob Thompson: From Michael Goldfarb’s post on The Weekly Standard: Beauchamp Recants THE WEEKLY STANDARD has learned from a military source close to the investigation that Pvt. Scott Thomas Beauchamp–author of the much-disputed “Shock Troops” article in the New Republic’s July 23 issue as well as two previous …
Breaking News from Matt Sanchez: After a thorough investigation that lasted nearly a week the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division has concluded that the allegation made by Private Thomas Scott Beauchamp, the “Baghdad Diarist”, have been refuted by members of his platoon and proven to be false” The official investigation the 4th …
There’s an old Army saying which goes like this: The difference between a fairy tale and a war story: A fairy tale begins “Once upon a time”, a war story starts out “No shit, there I was…..” Having said that, The New Republic, PVT Scott Thomas Beauchamp’s “diary” publisher, continues to mitigate his fairy tales: …
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