When Jesse MacBeth was exposed as a phony soldier many hard leftists still used his fraudulent stories of atrocities to further their anti-American agenda. Media Matters claimed exposing those soldiers was itself a smear in one of the most hypocritical and telling episodes in that organization’s history. In the midst of it all his chief supporters, Iraq Veterans Against the War, faded into the background and cut ties with the small time crook who did time largely due to them helping him pull off this scam.
In a video MacBeth talks about IVAW and although he now claims that he was tortured in boot camp because he was a Muslim (sure, sure) it is interesting, to say the least, to see him turn on his fellow conspirators after serving his time. Note to IVAW, that’s what happens when you let someone take the fall for you:
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I should note that the IVAW models itself after Vietnam Veterans Against the War, which was an organized front group by members of the Communist Party USA and Vietnamese Communist Party whom recruited dissatisfied, disillusioned soldiers to be used for propaganda.
John Kerry was among their key icons whom lied about how his fellow soldiers were “like” the Mongol invaders while ignoring Communist atrocities that happen after American soldiers left the battlefield completely.
mah29001: Precisely! That is exactly the thought that was running through my mind watching this and reading about this. Sadly, though, it requires too much actual thinking for the anti-war and liberal crowd to see it the way reasonable and fact-seeking individuals like we so easily can.
Wait a minute, you say many leftists still used his story, but this guy says IVAW dumped him when his lies came out? Who is lying here?
To top it all off you say this dude is a liar, BUT now you think he is telling thr truth???
Is that because he is saying what you want to hear? Isn’t that what you accuse IVAW of doing, not looking into the facts becuase the story fit?
I link to the people who were still using the story after he was exposed, including Democratic Underground.
I’m saying that there was always evidence that IVAW was involved, and now they were ratted out. All criminals are liars, but the roll on each other all the time. Because they originally broke the law should we simply discount their stories without looking in to it?
When MacBeth was lying on the right we looked for evidence, found it then reacted. You’re saying we should simply not look inot this because he embarrassed you.