[Destro]

This is the lefty liars book of anti-US propaganda based on redone versions of patriotic WW2 American posters.

You Back the Attack, We'll Bomb Who We Want - Book Review, by Micah Ian Wright, et al

From Publishers Weekly

Former Army Ranger turned antiwar comic book artist Wright (a lie now exposed!) had what he calls a moment of clarity after participating in the U.S.'s 1989 invasion of Panama. Feeling that media coverage was blatantly pro-war, but that the post-invasion results for Panama were far from positive, he offers this as a (belated) warning against war on Iraq. Reworking American propaganda posters from WWI and WWII, Wright reveals his satiric take on current events: one poster reads, "Millions of troops are on the move...All To Protect Your Oil Supply! Is your SUV really worth their lives?" In another, a girl sitting in her father's lap asks, "Daddy, why don't YOU or any of your friends from ENRON have to go to war?" And many are messages from the Orwellian-sounding "Ministry of Homeland Security": The Statue of Liberty points to the onlooker and commands, "You! Stop Asking Questions! You're Either With U.S. or You're With The TERRORISTS!" The antiwar contingent will read these and weep, rather than laugh. 40 pages of color illus. Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Book Description

After four years in the military (LIE!), Micah Wright took a radical career turn - to writing children's animation. In Back the Attack! this Emmy-nominated author combines these different roles, with a twist. This volatile collection of political posters reworks classic American World War I and II propaganda into timely commentaries on war, peace, and patriotism in the post-9/11 era. These 40 one-sided posters skewer the war mentality, the Bush White House, Homeland Security, the War on Terror, John Ashcroft, the 2000 Presidential election, the military-industrial complex, and much more. Famed posters of yesteryear such as "Loose Lips Sink Ships" and Uncle Sam's "I Want You" are reinvented with new messages of peace and protest. Back the Attack's images are ideal for enlarging and for use at political rallies and demonstrations. (And of course - are created by a shameless lefty liar!)

[woofie]

When I was in the Army ROTC (and I really was, trust me)

Trust me? Yea right

[Voice in your head]

I would like to take up a collection, so that we may buy this piece of crap a plane ticket to Singapore, where he can be flogged by a professional.

[Squantos]

BTTT

[Deb]

Weird. So this guy published anti-war, anti-military books that were take-offs of old WWII posters? Is that his claim to fame? What a friggin' hero.

I love where he pretends to "come clean" because he couldn't live with the lie any longer, when it's obvious he came clean because he got found out!

Another Lefty heads to Hell.

[jwalburg]

I once read an article that looked at the lies of various people, all claiming to be the guy who laughs in the song "Wipe Out!" It always made me wonder what kind of sad lives these people live that they have to make up parts of their own identity. Like Gore inventing the Internet and being the model for "Love Story." Liars like these are pathetic, sad cases.

[RightWingAtheist]

Forward by Kurt Vonnegut? Introduction by Howard Zinn? How could such brilliant minds be played for fools?/major sarcasm off

[Pyro7480]

The poster above was also "modified" recently by the Protest Warriors, which you may have seen here on FR.

[jnarcus]

Typical lefty...why is it that they want the "glory and honor" but none of the pain and responsibility?

[Defender2]

Here's most likely some of this self admitted imposter's friends:

http://www.cpusa.org/

http://www.dsausa.org/

DSA's "Progressive Caucus" Links below:

http://bernie.house.gov/pc/

http://bernie.house.gov/pc/members.asp

They are the Enemy Within!!!!

[weegee]

Media Schadenfreude and Media Shenanigans PING

In a story that broke late yesterday, the writer of the recently cancelled "Stormwatch: Team Achilles," Micah Ian Wright, revealed that he never served as a member of the Army Rangers, a claim he's made since he first came on the comics scene in March of 2002.. Apparently Wright had posted a revised bio to his Web site with the revelation on April 25th, reposting that information to his forum Saturday. The full text of his announcement follows:

Hi.

My name is Micah Wright. I'm a former Army Ranger, and I've been lying to you. I've kept the secret for years now, but all lies grow and eventually get out of control. This is me coming clean about my Big Lie. What did I lie about? Oh, nothing much...

Except that I was never an Army Ranger. I never served a day in a Ranger Regiment. I never went to Ranger School. The closest I ever got was Army ROTC.

[weegee]

Seven Stories will also remove from future printings of the first book any accounts of his being a Ranger, including a story about parachuting into Panama during Operation Just Cause.

His publisher should re-evaluate their decision to ever reprint his propaganda. He "swore" that his political vision was shaped by his own personal experiences with war. That was a lie. A description of his fraud should be published in future editions (if any) and an explanation that these works should be lumped in with the same propaganda as that created under Stalin and Hitler to demoralize American soldiers.

[weegee]

PING, the competition goes down in flames.

[weegee]

Two earlier threads here (I missed them too):

MICAH WRIGHT: "I WAS NEVER AN ARMY RANGER" (anti-war liar confesses) 05-02-2004 12:40 AM

Comic book writer confesses Army Ranger hoax. Sat. May 1, 2004

[beckett]

The guy has the sedentary, pudgy look of a lifelong couch potato with not a hint of the athlete about him. That alone should have told anybody that he was never a Ranger.

[Khurkris]

1st I ever heard of this puke.

"Mr. Wright, apology accepted. Now I'd like to speak to you in private for about 30 seconds please."

[SirLurkedalot]

It would be funny to give this f***tard an honorary qualifier jump sans parachute."Well just PRETEND you have chute,y'know,like you pretended you were a Ranger!"

[Criminal Number 18F]

Richard Leiby, when faced with a nagging feeling that something was not right, contacted a number of well-known (in the community, at least) Ranger and SF personnel. Who in turn contacted others who have experience with wannabees.

I was one of those people. Our investigation proved definitively that Wright was a phony in a matter of days. (The first strong indications came within hours). Our advice to Mr Leiby was that, rather than rely on telephonic and email dismissals of Wright's claims from all the Ranger unit HQs and the Ranger Training Brigade, that he himself (Mr Leiby) complete the FOIA request, and get the official word on Micah Ian Wright. He offered Wright the chance to speed things up by signing SF 180, which my understanding is, Mr Wright declined to do.

This way Mr Leiby received, before going to the press, definitive proof that Mr Wright's claims were false, from a channel he could demonstrate to his editors and anyone questioning him was official and unbiased.

I am often very, very critical of the press, including the Washington Post. Mr Leiby and I would probably not find a lot in the realm of politics or public policy where we agreed. But I have to say that in this case, Mr Leiby did the right thing. He was fair to Mr Wright and he was fair to all the soldiers who have earned the Ranger Tab, served in Ranger units, or served in combat in Panama or elsewhere -- the soldiers that Wright impersonated.

Mr Leiby deserves to be commended for his responsible and ethical journalism. Those of you who watch journalistic transgressions, please don't fail to recognise the good guys who go the extra mile to find and report the truth.

d.o.l.

Criminal Number 18F