Beauchamp Recants

Pvt. Scott Thomas Beauchamp has come under a lot of criticism for an article he wrote for The New Republic.

From the Weekly Standard blog...(h/t Michelle Malkin for the link)

"THE WEEKLY STANDARD has learned from a military source close to the investigation that Pvt. Scott Thomas Beauchamp--author of the much-disputed 'Shock Troops' article in the New Republic's July 23 issue as well as two previous "Baghdad Diarist" columns--signed a sworn statement admitting that all three articles he published in the New Republic were exaggerations and falsehoods--fabrications containing only 'a smidgen of truth,' in the words of our source.

Separately, we received this statement from Major Steven F. Lamb, the deputy Public Affairs Officer for Multi National Division-Baghdad:

An investigation has been completed and the allegations made by PVT
Beauchamp were found to be false. His platoon and company were interviewed and
no one could substantiate the claims.

According to the military source, Beauchamp's recantation was volunteered on the first day of the military's investigation. So as Beauchamp was in Iraq signing an affidavit denying the truth of his stories, the New Republic was publishing a statement from him on its website on July 26, in which Beauchamp said, 'I'm willing to stand by the entirety of my articles for the New Republic using my real name.'"

What a hypocrite, and a traitor to his own country. He recants these serious allegations after once standing proud behind his words that have been used as proof of how evil our military is. To all of the liberals that used this man's false words as a pedestal to stand upon and denounce our military, stand up and say "hey, this guy was wrong and he lied" as well.

If you didn't know, Beauchamp was the "Baghdad Diarist" who wrote under the pen name "Scott Thomas", and wrote several anti-war, anti-military, and anti-conservative blogs stating "facts" that have now turned out to be blatantly false. Of course, part of the reason why he was hired was because he was married to a staffer at The New Republic.

Some of the "facts" Beauchamp stated were that soldiers mocked disfigured women, ran over dogs with military vehicles for fun, and played with the skulls of dead Iraqi children...among others.

Now, I wonder how many other of these "writers" that have said such things will turn out to be liars, as well?