I do enjoy reading your diatribes as they provide comic relief here in Iraq. The amount of pure fiction is incredible. Since a great deal of this post is just opinion and everyone is entitled to their opinions, I will not address those even though they are shall we say -- based on few if any facts. That does surprise me with your training as a lawyer, but we will leave those jokes to another day.
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The claims about Steve Schmidt being out here on the staff in Iraq are just flat wrong. Pray tell, where do you think he is and how long have you fantasized that he has been here? Based on our records of who is in Iraq, I am really sorry to disappoint you, but he just isn't here. You are either too lazy to do the research on the topics to gain the facts, or you are providing purposeful misinformation -- much like a propagandist.
Schmidt was here, but at the time for the vote on the Iraqi Constitution, October 2005 for 30 days. He was never on the MNF-I staff and for that short period was actually detailed to the Department of State. He hasn't been back since. Sorry to burst your bubble, but a little actual research on your part would have shown that he is actually not here, but that would contradict your conspiracy theory.
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For the third matter concerning the Beauchamp investigation and the documents that were leaked - it is very unfortunate that they were - but the documents are not secret or classified. So, there is your third major error in fact. Good thing you are not a journalist. The information that was released and it appears that has since been taken off the net is more of a matter concerning the Privacy Act. Since we don't know who released them, we are not able to take the appropriate actions and the media tends not to give up their sources -- good, bad or indifferent...I will not judge. That is our system and we must work with it.
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You are not a journalist nor do you have any journalistic ethical standards as we found out from the last time I engaged with you. As we quickly found out, you published our email conversation without asking, without permission -- just another case in point to illustrate your lack of standards and ethics. You may recall that a 30-minute interview was conducted with the program that you claim to be a contributor. So instead of doing the interview with you, we went with the real talent, Alan Colmes.
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I invite you to come see for yourself and go anywhere in Iraq you want, go see what our forces are doing, go see what the other coalition forces are doing, go hang out with the reporters outside the International Zone since that is where they live and work and see for yourself what ground truth is so that you can be better informed. But that would take something you probably don't have.(emphases added)
The italicized portions are, with one exception, plain, unadulterated ad hominem attacks. The one exception is the phrase concerning PR flak Steve Schmidt's presence in Iraq. From the original post, it is clear that Greenwald never claimed that Schmidt was currently there; only that he had been there, doing his slickly best to destroy the credibility of the "Public Information Office". It seems to have worked on this particular Colonel.
It is shocking that a currently serving commissioned officer in the United States Army would take the time and effort to construct an attack - an attack, mind you, that when not steeped in the grime of personal insult is blatantly false on the merits - upon a blogger. He as much as calls Greenwald a coward in the last sentence.
The destruction of the moral fiber of the military under a hyperpoliticized military is clear. Lucky for us, Greenwald is not cowed by such school-yard tactics and name-calling.
I do believe Col. Boylan needs some time home with his family, perhaps to give his tired soul a rest.
