“New Republic’s” Scott Thomas is a real soldier - and a real a**hole
Turns out, I was wrong. Or, a little wrong.
I believed that the story written by a “Scott Thomas” for The New Republic, detailing vulgar actions on the part of American soldiers, was written by someone who wasn’t a soldier, or at the very least, a soldier with a very wild imagination. It turns out, there really is a PVT Scott Thomas Beauchamp at FOB Falcon and he’s the one that wrote the stories in question.
If you haven’t been following this story, our intrepid writer told tales of American soldiers finding a Saddam-era mass grave and then having a great time desecrating it, soldiers openly making fun of a badly burned IED victim, and Bradley drivers swerving around to run over dogs. All of these stories were savaged within the milblogging community, including myself, as a fabrication or a Walter Mitty act.
We ran rough-shod over Beauchamp’s stories not just because they didn’t seem entirely plausible, but because the details he placed in the stories didn’t seem right, were completely wrong, or contradicted what many of us OIF veterans had seen and done in Iraq. Of course, young PVT Beauchamp doesn’t see it that way. Interestingly enough, he chooses to question the motivations of all his critics other than the OIF veterans.
It’s been maddening, to say the least, to see the plausibility of events that I witnessed questioned by people who have never served in Iraq. I was initially reluctant to take the time out of my already insane schedule fighting an actual war in order to play some role in an ideological battle that I never wanted to join. That being said, my character, my experiences, and those of my comrades in arms have been called into question, and I believe that it is important to stand by my writing under my real name.
Here’s the bottom line. PVT Beauchamp is full of sh*t. His stories have huge holes in them. His details are unbelievable or verifiable wrong. He imagines himself a writer, and he embellished his stories to make them more appealing for publication. He’s hurt the war effort of his country. In my opinion, he’s a pathetic excuse for a human being and an American. Finally, I have no doubt in my mind, that you will see Beauchamp joining some leftist anti-war group upon his return from Iraq, telling more unbelievable tales of garbage about his fellow soldiers.
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Wow… backstabbing, disloyal piece of shit.
It is interesting that he is attacking ‘civilians’ but it was soldiers who brought him down… IDIOT.
His character - I don’t question it - it is scummy. He earned it.
And, not wanting to play a role in an ideological battle - he set himself up by writing for a leftist magazine - IDIOT.
John Kerry all over again - hope he finds two millionaire women to marry so he can excel like John did.
DISGUSTING
Well if there is anything at all about Scott Thomas I could make a guess about, its that he’s gots lots & lots of potential as New York Times reporter/editor…