Marine who confessed to abuses lied to gain celebrity

St. Louis Post-Dispatch via Salt Lake Tribune ^ | 11/6/2005 | Ron Harris

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

Massey, 34, was discharged in December 2003, shortly after returning from Iraq due to depression and post-traumatic stress syndrome.

The article doesn't say what kind of discharge he got. I hope he at least got an other-than-honorable so that he can't get any veteran's benefits. This guy is a scumbag of the highest order.

Sorry if already posted, I did do a search on title and different keywords.

[paudio]

Massey, a 12-year veteran who was honorably discharged.

Perhaps he didn't say anything before.

[L98Fiero]

"Outside of the Marines, almost no one has seriously questioned whether Massey, a 12-year veteran who was honorably discharged, was telling the truth."

Traitor.

[g'nad]

I say hang the b@$tard...

the MSM will ignore this end of the story... now that they've gotten mileage from this crap...

[KateatRFM]

Paging John Kerry. John Kerry, please call your campaign headquarters ...

[battlegearboat]

We'll just have to keep an eye on this fella.

[martin_fierro]

According to this he was honorably discharged.

[Rippin]

Give the Dispatch some credit. We'll see how widely this gets distributed.

[nuconvert]

Isn't it curious that the reporters embedded with him never spoke up at the time?

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

Whoops, I just locked in on the second-to-last paragraph, good catch. Now I am ticked off!!

[catmanblack.]

sounds like this guy is the future for the democrat party

[L98Fiero]

Curious? Yes. Surprizing? No.

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

Yep, I missed that. Thanks.

[Just mythoughts]

"Massey's claims have gained him celebrity. Last month, Massey's book, Kill, Kill, Kill, was released in France. His allegations have been reported in nationwide publications such as Vanity Fair and USA Today, as well as numerous broadcast reports. Earlier this year, he joined the anti-war bus tour of Cindy Sheehan and he's spoken at Cornell and Syracuse universities, among others."


France, hmmmmm, seems an appropriate place to release this book.

[silverleaf]

A future John Kerry! Can a run for the Senate be far ahead of this valorous principled outspoken war hero?

[elfman2]

I remember that jerk. His stories were hosted all over foreign cultural forums and anything leaning against the war. There's a world of anti-Americanism that believe this is the truth of how we fight and why we're powerful. The SOB should be extradited and shot.

[kcvl]

Elect Frank J. Gonzalez Democrat for United States Representative District 21 Florida in 2006

"Frank Supports U.S. Marine's Efforts to Alert the Public, 8-12-5"

Frank & Iraq occupation veteran & U.S. Marines recruiter Staff Sergeant Jim Massey, 33, on his first night in Miami before giving his presentation to supporters on deceptive recruitment and war practices of the U.S. military. (Courtesy of Patricia Lecusay)

[nuconvert]

"Give the Dispatch some credit"

How much? They sat on the truth for a year.

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

No kidding. Kudos to the embedded Dispatch and WSJ reporters for telling the truth, and especially to the Dispatch for putting out this story. There are a lot of media who would have just kept quiet and let this scumbag's stories ride.

Hopefully we can get this story some needed exposure.

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

This POS will do anything for 15 minutes of publicity and a steak dinner with a congressional candidate. I hope he meets with an accident.