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Norman Mailer wannabe Scott Thomas Beauchamp admits he erred (i.e. lied) ab

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Steyn points out a blog entry from this jerk when he was in Germany in 5/06. What was TNR thinking when they let this guy write for them! Oh yeah, I forgot who they are.
http://ghostsonfilm.blogspot.com/2006/05/i-make-me-feel-stupid.html

Army investigation debunks Thomas’s story.

Beachamp Investigation Concluded

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 IBCT Public Affairs Office qualified as “thorough and professional” concluded late August 1st.  Officials would not speculate on the possibility of further action against Private Beauchamp, nor would they confirm his current whereabouts or status
 

Within HOURS after the initial reprints of the article on the web, it was debunked.

Hours.

That’s why the web is changing the face of things.

It’s also a major source of rage for those on EITHER extreme of the political spectrum. Neither side can spew their garbage and have it accepted by the public, or by members of their own respective groups.

The other lovely thing, is that when the tactic of presenting partial truths--the most egregious form of lying--to defend either of the extreme positions, is condemned and debunked.

It gives me hope when people excoriate anyone who does this kind of behavior no matter who does it.

Edit: My grammar sucks.

Yikes!  They aren’t disclosing his location: shocking that.  Witness protection program for crazy lefties.  I’d be willing to bet big money that the same folks he hung out to dry are choosing not to beat the snot out of him while they’re protecting his sorry fanny in Iraq.  That’s the true face of the US Military: a bunch of amazing people who put themselves in harm’s way for ungrateful morons.  I’m going straight to anysoldier and send a nice gift to somebody.

People should go to the TNR site and read through the comments ("Discuss This Article") following their editorial, if you have the stomach.  It’s unbelievable—all but a few of the more than 230 comments to date feel vindicated and thoroughly victorious at stomping the ‘conservative blogosphere.’ The commenters and of course the TNR editorial writers believe that other than one little fact being wrong—where the alleged incident took place—their man Beauchamp has been proven correct.  I guess SDS has returned:  not the old lefty Students for a Democratic Society but today’s moonbat version:  Soldier Derangement Syndrome.

I can’t think of a more appropriate response to this persons allegations than to send him out on patrols for a few months. It may teach him respect for the wounded, attach himself closely to those he has disparaged in fear of his life, and allow him the luxury of doing his duty for his country in hostile war conditions.

Of course, with his blog and allegations, he has assured himself that the moral Army, would not retaliate in such a manner.  In other words this coward has perhaps assured his safety.  What a wuss, jerk,coward and liar. Print this in his hometown newspaper!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Hope his parents are proud ofthe son they raised.....

It will be interesting to see if this exposure will be reported outside the blogsphere.

Mr. Beauchamp is just another John Kerry trying to ride to glory on the backs of hero’s.  Its a volunteer service now so he joined just to disparage our men and women who are giving everything to this struggle.  While they carry guns and give their lives, he carries a poison pen filled with lies.

The advantage of having this incident take place in Kuwait is that the soldiers there are generally in transit and therefore it is much harder to check out.  I still don’t believe it.

So… this self-absorbed soldier (allegedly) takes part in all these violations of codes of conduct, as well as acting really disgusting, and (poorly) ascribes it to the ol’ “war is hell” meme.

How about this… he was a douchebag to begin with?

And projects his attitude and behavior upon the entire armed forces, because… really, he cant come to grips with the fact that…

He’s an douchebag. 

Good job, TNR.  Really ground breaking stuff!!  not.

Scott Thomas Beauchamp isn’t new.

In World War II, there were tough-talking, swaggering soldiers that the cartoonist Bill Mauldin immortalized as “garritroopers.”

In one of Mauldin’s renderings, the real combat soldiers Willie and Joe are looking at two unshaven, scowling idiots sitting at a table in an outdoor cafe, holding an empty cognac bottle as a club, looking for for a fight.

Either Willie or Joe says, “We call these guys garritroopers. They is too far back to get shot but too far up to wear a tie.”

Meaning that they were close enough to the action to boast that they were taking part in it, like the manly men they wanted to be, but they were actually never in any danger.

Strange that the media tells us all about these poseurs but totally ignores the astonishing heroism of Captain Brennan Goltry (U.S. Army), Chief Warrant Officer 3 Jerry Sartin (U.S. Army), Gunnery Sergeant Nicholas Popaditch (U.S. Marine Corps), and Major James Gant (U.S. Army).

Major Gant’s story is especially amazing. During an ambush he deliberately had his up-armored Humvee driven over three IEDs to detonate them in order to save the lives of Iraqi police traveling in soft-skinned trucks behind him.

Yet his story is ignored by “journalists,” in favor of juvenile lies spread by a soft, squishy, pasty-faced pissant who’s also a horrible writer on top of everything else.

Way to go, media! You do yourselves proud every single day.

Let’s give TNR some credit - they did admit at least one mistake, even if it was a token admission.

Beyond that, Scott Thomas Beauchamp’s story was based on a lie.

True, one of his anecdotes happened in Kuwait and not in Iraq. How about the other ones?

And what is it with republicans and gay porn stars? Is there some sort of synergy there?

Actually, I think that Beauchamp might having been telling the truth about him and his buddies mocking the disfigured injured woman.

Because he is a leftist, and that is the type of things that leftists do.

Example: Remember the comment that Kos made about the four civilian contractors who were lynched in Iraq?

“SCREW THEM!!!”

And remember that we’re not talking about a fringe leftist—we’re talking about one of more powerful players in the Democratic party, who even as we speak is hosting most of the Democratic nominees for President.

Given Kos’s comments about the lynched civilian contractors, is it hard to imagine Kos making similar mocking comments about a badly disfigured female civilian contractor? “SCREW HER!!”

So why wouldn’t it be plausible that Beauchamp and perhaps a few leftists buddies might not be telling the truth in boasting of their harassment of the women in question?

On a slightly different topic—I noticed that TNR didn’t bother to identify the forensic pathologist or the armored vehicle representative. Is TNR “protecting” their identity too?

But didn’t we all know this from day one?  Did anyone really have to prove that this nonsense was a narcissist’s fantasy?  I mean, the line about the nut riding around all day with a piece of a skull on his head is just a twist on a line from the movie Con Air.  STB may be a liar and he may be a traitor, but creative he is not.