This type of event just churns my stomach. Why are people so f****in stoopid that they would lie about being in the military and then turn around and claim they committed war crimes?
Do they really believe that this type of tactic will accomplish anything? And why do these type of people have this concept of “winning at all costs”?
H/T Hot Air
Busted
posted at 10:01 am on May 19, 2007 by Bryan
Send to a Friend | printer-friendlyRemember Jessie/Jesse MacBeth, fake Army Ranger who claimed to have committed atrocities in Iraq?
Well, he’s been busted.
A man who tried to position himself as a leader of the anti-war movement by claiming to have participated in war crimes while serving in Iraq is facing federal charges of falsifying his record.
Jesse Adam Macbeth, formerly of Phoenix, garnered much attention on blogs and in some alternative media after he began claiming in 2005 to have been awarded a Purple Heart for his service, which he said included slaughtering innocents in a Fallujah mosque. His story was contradicted by his true discharge form, showing that he was kicked out of the Army after six weeks at Fort Benning, Ga., in 2003 because of his “entry level performance and conduct.”
A complaint unsealed Friday in U.S. District Court in Seattle charged him with one count of using or possessing a forged or altered military discharge certificate, and one count of making false statements in seeking benefits from the Veterans Administration…
Filed under: Ass Clown Protesters
Because so many can’t stop watching NBC, CBS, ABC, CNN the truth never reaches them. They believe guys such as this are real.
Luckily, there are organizations out there now whose goal it to stop this nonsense!