Posted on 10/17/2004 6:56:37 AM PDT by Phsstpok
The earlier thread about the October Surprise "Mutiny" hit piece on this mornings Today show prompted me to do some Googling to try to see if there were any connections of note. I felt that even the little evidence I found warranted a quick heads up and (forgive me) a separate thread as a call to action. I have no particular standing to do this, but this concerned me enough to fire off a flare.
It looks like the extreme left is orchestrating an October Surprise propaganda campaign against the war in Iraq and President Bush by staging a "mutiny" of reserve troops (appears to be 5 of 'em, when you get down to it) and playing it the way they played Abu Gharib.
First, the basic story. Reports surfaced on Friday, the 15th, that troops in Iraq had refused a "suicide mission" and were under arrest and held in close guard. A small handful of "frantic" family members began reporting "unfair practices" and "unsafe conditions," desperately calling on (the usual suspects) politicians to save their loved ones from cruel fate.
Some excerpts:
Daily News, October 17, 2004:
Calls, E-mails explain troops' alleged mutiny
The military has begun punishing some of the 19 Army reservists who balked at what they called a "suicide mission" and a "death sentence" in Iraq last week.
Some members of the South Carolina-based 343rd Quartermaster Company refused to transport fuel between the Iraqi cities of Tallil and Taji Wednesday morning, saying they had no protection for the dangerous trip.
now here's the kicker from the Daily News piece:
Citizen Soldier, a New York-based, nonprofit military rights group, has offered ... its help.
Citizen Soldier is not a "military rights group." It is a virulently anti-American and anti-Military extreme left front group. Their motto on their web site is: "Prepared to Challenge U.S. Militarism in the New Millenium."
Citizen Soldier also has close ties to John Kerry, as it's director Tod Ensign, was one of the organizers of Kerry's discredited Winter Soldier propaganda event in 1969, along with Jeremy Rifkin. This connection is the one that set off my alarm bells.
I couldn't figure the Mississippi angle till I found this in The Clarion-Ledger of Hattiesberg, Mississippi:
Platoon with Mississippi soldiers defies orders 17 soldiers placed under arrest in Iraq
A 17-member Army Reserve platoon with troops from Jackson and around the Southeast deployed to Iraq is under arrest for refusing a "suicide mission" to deliver fuel, the troops' relatives said Thursday. The soldiers refused an order on Wednesday to go to Taji, Iraq - north of Baghdad - because their vehicles were considered "deadlined" or extremely unsafe, said Patricia McCook of Jackson, wife of Sgt. Larry O. McCook.
and again, buried in the piece, is the clue to the source and spin:
U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson said he plans to submit a congressional inquiry today on behalf of the Mississippi soldiers to launch an investigation into whether they are being treated improperly.
Bennie Thompson is one of the more radical members of the Black Caucus. He is a leader in the "fair play for Fidel Castro" movement in Congress. He is often the designated "hit man" in attacking minority members of the Bush Administration, particularly Dr. Condoleezza Rice. He was a rabid Deaniac, but shifted his loyalty to Kerry when Dean fell on his own scream.
The Salon hit piece ties this squarely to the Washington/DNC/Carville slime machine:
The inside story of the Army platoon that refused to carry out a "death sentence" mission.
is by Mary Jocoby, Salon's Washington Correspondent. Jacoby is one of Salon's "reliable" writers who can always be counted on to spew hate at George Bush, in particular, and Republicans in general. She rates Seymour Hersh as a "crack investigative reporter" and has authored anti-Bush hit pieces such as "The Dunce," "George W. Bush's Missing Year" and "Swaggering toward Election Day."
What is truly amazing about these pieces on the "mutiny" is that they appear to have been ready to go before the incident took place. These folks had their stories straight and remarkably consistent in record time, even before the news had reached the regular news cycle on CNN, who jumped on this in record time.
Folks, this is a set up. But it's a set up that, like many of the Kerry camps dirty tricks, they've had to fire off prematurely to try to distract the news media from a Kerry gaffe. Pulling the trigger on this was timed to try and keep the disastrous Mary Cheney attack off of the Sunday morning talk shows. These soldiers are pawns who were told that they would be used to unseat a sitting President (with undoubted hints of vast rewards from a Kerry administration) but they are being sacrificed, just like pushing a pawn, to protect the dims' king.
Their sick desparation is scarey because they are dangerous. Someone tore our signs down again last night and impaled a pillow over one of the stakes. So today we put up a 4x8 sign and I am going to put a bunch of those frogs around it that make noise when something moves! LOL!
Thanks for the ping, and thanks for finding this Phsstpok!
Max, didn't see if you'd found this yet.
Democracy is indispensable to socialism. The goal of socialism is communism. V.I. Lenin
Communism is the longest and hardest road from Capitalism back to Capitalism. -- A Russian friend of mine.
Excellent work!
I am not surprised. We have spent years undermining the sense of honesty and integrity necessary is a strong society. I am so proud of our military because the men and women do develop a strong regard for honor. That a few don't get it is not surprising and this military is not the first to have it's deserters or cheats. The left has tried to encourage desertion for years.
Those kids who did this should be ashamed. They had many ways to handle their problems and they chose to call home and create an undermining effect. My husband said, "don't worry about them.....they will be taken care of by the other 99% who will not look kindly on their actions."
You are welcome.
bttt to keep on top.
True... The myth that communism has NO classes is wrong.. The top classes in communism are as ungrateful and parasitical as the top classes in capitalism.
I don't get it. The reserves are supposed to do active duty. In Vietnam many reserves were over there.....John Kerry was one of them. So what's the big deal? Don't the college kids understand it is part of their obligation? If they don't want to participate then they should be immediately discharged without honor!
Thanks for the ping.
Ping
I have been thinking that maybe I will begin to return all political mailings from pols I don't support w/REFUSED written across it. Or, I will tear it into little pieces, add a note that I do not support them and why and pay the .37 to send it back in an envelope, since the original mailing came out of my pocket to begin with.
That might get their attention if enough of us do it over time.
Welcome.
That is actually a good idea. I may do the same thing! Thanks!
Yes, they do, by and large.
But think of any organization you know and care about. Think of the Republican Party. If you're Catholic, think of the Priesthood. If your a teacher think of the NEA.
There are schmucks everywhere. The test is not whether they exist or not. The test is how you deal with them, honestly and face to face. Individually. Don't let anyone make generalities.
Also see if you can check the reservists themselves for links, like donations, or if they are registered Rats, have they ever worked for the Rat party in any election campaigns or where they live when not on duty.
Unbelievable isn't it. I guess we have a free country ,,beginning to miss old joe McCarthy.
Wow, that is amazing work you did. Thank you!!
I KNEW this sounded like a bunch of crap-- when I heard it on the radio, it seemed VERY suspicious that the media played voice mail messages from the soldiers to their parents....
thanks for the ping
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