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Phony Soldiers

WARNING, WARNING, WARNING, WARNING                            GRAPHIC CONTENT

What you're about to read will make you shake your head in disbelief that someone, a human being, could do such a thing.  Some might even entertain the thought of addressing these rodents as Americans.   You better wash your hands folks, okay forget your hands, just read on, then go take a shower. 

If you're interested in lying down with a bed full of cockroaches, well here you go my wonderful audience.  Wait no longer....the low of the low has arrived and decided to make their way here at Patriotic Thunder.  Don't worry though, as true patriotic minds always do, we'll hold our tongue lashing for the end, these folks want a stage, I'll provide the podium.  Don't say we didn't warn you.

Meet varmint number one.  He goes by one Jesse Al-Zaid, or since he changed his name, it's Jesse MacBeth.  I guess the Muslim connection was too much for the guy to handle, Shakespeare sounds better and has a unique ring to it anyways.

Now according to Jesse MacBeth he is a Iraq War Veteran (2 tours), SGT in the special forces,  Army Ranger, received the Purple Heart Medal, Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Medal, Expert Marksman.  Wow, this guy is one bad dude, or is he?

The following is a comment made by Jesse MacBeth to various media outlets, including being translated into Arabic and spread on many Islamic websites through a video.  That video is easily found on YouTube but will not be shown here, for obvious reasons.

"We would burn their bodies ... hang their bodies from the rafters in the mosque."

This got Jesse MacBeth a front of the line VIP pass to all the anti-war protests, he was their guy.  Finally, after all these years, the anti-war protestors had a poster boy for all their hippie rhetoric, or did they?

Sorry to let the air out of your balloon folks, but as of September 21, 2007, Jesse MacBeth pleaded guilty in a Federal Court for defrauding the government out of 10,400 dollars in VA benefits, portraying himself as a military hero, and falsifying discharge (DD214) documents.   See folks, HE IS A FAKE, he has sawdust for a brain.  The worse part of this that barely gets any of the medias time is that some innocent Muslim is going to watch his Arabic translated video and believe it, then be the next Jihadist. 

Now here comes the Rush Limbaugh comment, he called Jesse MacBeth a "Phony Soldier", well duhhh.....  but the mainstream media took what Rush Limbaugh said and spun it as to say Rush Limbaugh was calling every military person who protested the war a bunch of "Phony Soldiers

For varmint number two, a woman steals the limelight.  Her name is Amorita Randall.  In the March issue of the New York Times Magazine, Amorita posed for this photograph on a cover story of women in combat.  She claims to have a brain injury and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) from being hit by an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in Iraq.   Sara Corbett, the Times reporter said this about Amorita Randall, "And yet, while we were discussing the supposed I.E.D. attack, Randall appeared to recall it in exacting detail - the smells, the sounds, the impact of the explosion. As she spoke, her body seemed to seize up; her speech became slurred as she slipped into a flashback. It was difficult to know what had traumatized Randall: whether she had in fact been in combat or whether she was reacting to some more generalized recollection of powerlessness". Once again, A FAKE.  Randall never was in Iraq, she was in the Navy, but stationed in Guam and never saw combat but wears the Combat of Valor Medal.   Personally, I believe she suffers from PTWS   (Post Twinkie Withdrawal Syndrome).

 
The next varmint is one Scott Thomas Beauchamp or as he likes to write articles and name himself as Scott Thomas.  This Private First Class is stationed in Iraq out of Fort Riley, Kansas.  A few months back Beauchamp decided to write up a few articles for a well known blog (The New Republic).  In doing so, he acquainted some of his so-called Iraq War experiences in the articles.

Beauchamp described how he ridiculed a woman in Iraq whose face had been severely burned: "I love chicks that have been intimate with IEDs" (improvised explosive devices), Beauchamp quotes himself as saying, loudly, to his friends in the chow hall. "It really turns me on -- melted skin, missing limbs, plastic noses," he recounted. "My friend was practically falling out of his chair laughing...The disfigured woman slammed her cup down and ran out of the chow hall."

"One private...found the top part of a human skull... As he marched around with the skull on his head, people dropped shovels and sandbags, folding in half with laughter...No one was disgusted. Me included."

Beauchamp described another soldier "who only really enjoyed driving Bradley Fighting Vehicles because it gave him the opportunity to run things over. He took out curbs, concrete barriers, corners of buildings, stands in the market, and his favorite target: dogs." Beauchamp described how the soldier killed three dogs in one day: "He slowed the Bradley down to lure the first kill in, and, as the diesel engine grew quieter, the dog walked close enough for him to jerk the machine hard to the right and snag its leg under the tracks."

Yes, you guessed it, HE WAS FAKE/LYING ALSO, and for his troubles he gets his laptop and cell phone taken away, along with being reduced in rank and his Commanding Officer is requesting he be discharged from the military.   

What many don't know, is because of this, many legitimate military bloggers' that post their daily combat sagas online (which I personally enjoy), have refrained from doing so because of what Beauchamp did. 

 

 
If you thought these cases were unique, their actually not, here are a few more for your weary mind.

*Reggie Buddle, 60, Puyallup, Washington, sentenced July 30, 2007, for Unlawful Wearing of United States Military Medals and Decorations. Buddle posed as a decorated Marine Corps Chaplin presiding over weddings, funerals and baptisms. Buddle was sentenced to 500 hours of community service and two years of probation.

*Larry Lewis Porter, 52, Seattle, Washington, sentenced April 19, 2007, for Mail Fraud in connection with a scheme to fraudulently obtain disability benefits from Veterans Affairs. Porter was sentenced to 37 months in prison. Porter claimed he suffered PTSD from experiences in the Navy, however investigation revealed the events were fabricated. Loss Amount: $134,000

*Roy J. Scott, 71, of Port Angeles, Washington pleaded guilty August 31, 2007, to Use of an Altered Military Discharge Certificate to obtain VA Compensation and Medical Benefits, and Unlawful Wearing of United States Military Medals and Decorations. Scott claimed he had served in the Marine Corps in Korea, that he was wounded in combat in Korea, and that he had been awarded the Korea Defense Medal, Korea Star Medal, and a Purple Heart (due to alleged gun shot wounds sustained during combat in Korea). Scott claimed to be honorably discharged, when in fact, he never earned those medals, never served in Korea or any foreign country and was Court-Martialed out of the Marine Corps. Loss Amount: $21,960.

*Merrick K. Hersey, 64, of Vancouver, Washington, Hersey was indicted August 1, 2007, for Use and Possession of Forged or Altered Military Discharge Certificate and False Statements. Hersey is a fugitive and is being sought by law enforcement. Hersey applied for benefits claiming he served in 1967-68, was awarded two Purple Hearts (for wounds sustained in active combat) and the Bronze Star (awarded for heroism). Hersey claimed he suffered from PTSD and sought benefits. In fact, Hersey never served in the Marine Corps at all. Loss Amount: $2,688.

*Michael D. Heit, 58, of Harrington, Washington, pleaded guilty  (September 20, 2007) in U.S. District Court in Spokane, Washington to Use and Possession of a Forged or Altered Military Discharge Certificate and False Claims of Military Medals. Heit claimed he was a Vietnam vet who was held as a prisoner of war. He claimed to have been awarded three Purple Heart medals and the Silver Star. None of that is true. Loss Amount: $3,500

*Elvin J. Swisher, 70, of Idaho, is charged with Wearing Unauthorized Military Medals, False Statements, and Theft of Government Funds. Swisher falsely claimed he was wounded in Korea and that he had been awarded the Silver Star, Purple Heart and other medals for valor. Loss Amount: $95,000.

*Carlos Riosvalle, 83, of Portland, Oregon, was sentenced April 9, 2007, in Multnomah County for multiple counts of Theft by Deception. Riosvalle collected benefits claiming to have been “shot down while a pilot in World War II.” In fact Riosvalle never served in the armed forces. Loss Amount: $22,818.

These cases were all investigated by the Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General VA-OIG. The VA Office of the Inspector General operates a HOTLINE for the public to confidentially and safely report crimes like “Stolen Valor” involving VA or its programs. Call 800-488-8244, or fax to 202-565-7936, or e-mail to vaoighotline@va.gov, or write to VA OIG HOTLINE, PO Box 50410, Washington, DC 20091-0410
 

 
Okay, I'm done holding myself back here.  First off, you got to ask yourself, why in the hell would someone do this?  Did Mommy hold your hand to long, maybe Daddy didn't spank you hard enough.  Seriously, you got some serious issues to go at the lengths these phonies did to try to be something they clearly were not.  Now some folks might say, if your going to try to emulate someone, it might as well be one of America's finest badasses.  I can understand that, but what these people did was criminal, you don't defraud the Government, defraud yourself, and most of all, NEVER defraud our troops.  Our beloved troops put that uniform on everyday in honor of the past and present that have fought for this nation.  Well now all of those phony soldiers will have their own special medal, a prison number, how fitting it will already pinned on their chest to showcase to everyone.

Personally, If I saw someone wearing a uniform that wasn't in the military (past/present), I would slam their sorry ass to the ground and make a citizens' arrest, it's a federal crime to impersonate a government official.  On another note, I really can't understand these type of people, I have medals and ribbons, but none of them are fake.  I actually can honestly say I've turned down more medals/ribbons/certificates than I personally got awarded with, they really don't mean anything to me.  I know other Military men/women feel the same as me as well.  So I offer this to all you wannabe phonies out there, If your in need of some medals, I will give you mine, all you have to do is come get them.  That's fair isn't it?

What phony soldiers will never understand is the following quote:

"When a soldier was injured and could not get back to safety, his buddy went out to get him, against his officer's orders. He returned mortally wounded, and his friend, whom he had carried back, was dead.

The officer was angry. "I told you not to go," he said. "Now I've lost both of you. It was not worth it."

The dying man replied, But it was, sir, because when I got to him, he said, "Jim, I knew you'd come.""

Leslie D. Weatherhead

 

 

 

 

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