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How stupid are these people anyway? DUH!!!(see below from Ken O'Keefe's diary)...

I'm staying in a double room at the two-star Hotel Andalus in the middle of Baghdad. By Western standards it's below par--the carpets are really dirty--but as far as I'm concerned it's pretty comfortable, especially after sleeping on the floor of a freezing bus. The Iraqi government has supplied us all with accommodation at one of three city-centre hotels: even though some people had brought tents, the government wouldn't allow us to use them. It costs those of us who are paying our way about $30 a night, an expense none of us wanted to incur; we didn't come to Iraq to stay in hotels

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O'Keefe (he recently changed his last name from Nichols) always makes sure the reporter knows he is "a former Marine" and in previous articles mentioned that he "fought" in the Gulf War. In point of fact - and in his own words from his own website - he was dishonorably discharged from the Marines for a conflict with his superior officer while in Kuwait. In his own words:

Then we went to the Gulf War and I found myself with a man directly in charge of me who hated me with a vengeance while going into Gulf War combat. Disobeying a lawful order under the Uniform Code of Military Justice is punishable by death in a time of war by the way. That is when I realized that the Marine Corps was bullshit and my awakening had officially began.

Before getting kicked out I had what became the greatest adrenaline rush of my life when I basically said fuck you to Military Police (MP's) and got into a full scale high speed car chase with my 1973 AMC Javelin that I had bought for $450. During the chase I had four MP's chasing me (in much faster cars) with lights flashing and sirens blazing for approximately 8 miles. At one point my car stalled from overheating and a very abrupt stop, but it then restarted and I am happy to say that the motherfuckers did not catch me. I got away from the whole lot. I always get a kick when I see those bullshit cop shows with high speed chases where the "bad guys" never get away, well I did! Fuck'em. I do acknowledge however that I put other peoples lives in danger and I definitely consider this the most immoral act of my life,... aside from joining the Marines in the first place that is.

Soon after this I was discharged from the Marines and to this day it was the happiest day of my life.

In fact, the only "fight" or "conflict" Mr. Nichols-O'keef engaged in while in the middle-east was with his superior officer before battle, with the military police, with his fellow "shields" and with Iraqi officials. He is another poster-child for the "useful idiots" and he will no doubt find an audience of other useful idiots back "home" who will fawn all over him - I predict an interview with Donahue wherever he ends up - and a college campus tour starting in Madison, Wisconsin or maybe Berkeley, CA. This will last for a while - until it becomes apparent that - yes, indeed, he is - in fact - an idiot.