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2007-10-25 Home Front: Culture Wars

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Posted by Steve White 2007-10-25 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 but they didn't save him. And he brought the USS TNR down with him. They all died. All in all, an Academy Award performace.

Posted by Unutle McGurque8861 2007-10-25 00:28|| 2007-10-25 00:28|| Front Page Top

#2 The .pdf's are a must-read.

The transcript of the phone conference between Scott Beauchamp and the executives at TNR is just plain nauseating-- compared to these guys, Richard Nixon's conduct during Watergate was the epitome of forthrightness, openness and honesty. What a bunch of contemptible weasels.

The military documents, on the other hand, are a specimen of masterfully understated, wry wit. Sure didn't take long for the chain of command to figure out what ailed this Beauchamp character...

Posted by Dave D.">Dave D. 2007-10-25 06:42|| 2007-10-25 06:42|| Front Page Top

#3 Another "reporter" gets his blog burned....what an asshole. Read the followup - where they screen capped his blog (before McClatchy took it down) the comments are hilarious

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2007-10-25 06:48|| 2007-10-25 06:48|| Front Page Top

#4 Notice who's quick with the 1984 Orwellian memory hole gig?

No matter how much they project, they are the real 'Big Brother'. Though technically, they're actually running 'Big Sister' in next years big gig.

Posted by Procopius2k 2007-10-25 09:20|| 2007-10-25 09:20|| Front Page Top

#5 As to the private himself, maybe someday there will be a little line in the back of the newspaper, among the truss ads, that he has finally finished his tour in Iraq, after an extended administrative retention, and will now be returned to the US for outprocessing.

Say around March, 2015.

Posted by Anonymoose 2007-10-25 09:34|| 2007-10-25 09:34|| Front Page Top

#6 Michael Yon has the definitive Beauchamp follow-up piece posted now. Summary: the kid screwed up, owned up, is paying up, let him be.
http://www.michaelyon-online.com/wp/beauchamp-and-the-rule-of-second-chances.htm

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2007-10-25 12:45|| 2007-10-25 12:45|| Front Page Top

#7 "Scott you can't lump us in with, "the media", you know - we published three of your pieces, your wife works for the magazine..."

And you can say "conflict of interest"

Posted by BigEd 2007-10-25 12:59|| 2007-10-25 12:59|| Front Page Top

#8 When he gets back stateside and/or gets out, he will be an immediate hero with the EEE (eastern establishment elite) and the Code pinkos/MyDD/Kos/Huffco spiral of evil. I mean he fits right in with the phony soldiers Harry Reid loves to defend. Regardless of the egg on TNR's face, this guy will become a hero in left wing circles simply because the facts were false but the narrative was true.

Posted by Jack is Back!">Jack is Back! 2007-10-25 13:42|| 2007-10-25 13:42|| Front Page Top

#9 Jack's comment is why I'm not quite willing to go along with Mr. Yon's suggestion. It's one thing to 'own up' to your mistakes when you have the battalion Command Sergeant Major counseling you. It's another to own up when you're discharged from the Army, home and the darling of the EEE.

If Pvt. Beauchamp affirms his mistakes when he's home, then I'll go along with Mr. Yon. I have my doubts. Pvt. Beauchamp, here's your chance to prove your character to all of us.

Posted by Steve White">Steve White 2007-10-25 18:12|| 2007-10-25 18:12|| Front Page Top

#10 The US Army knows a lot about shaping immature youths into mature adults. If PVT Beauchamp's commander is shielding him from hostile interviews, it is above all because there's a process going on that needs not to be interrupted.

The outcome of that process isn't complete - I'd be more than skeptical of a sudden conversion on Beauchamp's part. What this kid is learning is the gut-level fear, joy and pride of being part of something bigger than himself - probably for the first time in his life.

As he witnesses "no soldier left behind" in combat, it *will* change him. And if it doesn't, write him off then. But if it does and he matures enough as a man to become a mature writer .....

Posted by lotp 2007-10-25 19:52|| 2007-10-25 19:52|| Front Page Top

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