The Cult of Che

Ernesto "Che" Guevara, Marxist revolutionary, killed 40 years ago today, has, for some perverse reason, become a cult hero.

Che has been resurrected as a symbol of freedom, yet he founded Cuba's labor camp system.

Che is celebrated as a free-thinker, yet he spoke about "hatred as an element of struggle" and "unbending hatred for the enemy".

Che was perceived as a free spirit, but loathed individualism and anyone who was part of the establishment.

He signed his correspondence "Stalin II".

Che was said to disdain material comfort and everyday desires, yet when he moved to Havana in 1959, it was to the most luxurious mansion inside Cuba.

Time magazine featured him as a "hero and icon" of the century:"

"Though communism may have lost its fire, he remains the potent symbol of rebellion and the alluring zeal of revolution."

Paul Berman; "The Cult of Che, Don't Applaud The Motorcycle Diaries";
Sept. 24, 2004:

"Che was a totalitarian. Che presided over the Cuban Revolution's first firing squads. He founded Cuba's "labor camp" system—the system that was eventually employed to incarcerate gays, dissidents, and AIDS victims. To get himself -and a lot of other people- killed, was central to Che's imagination."

Guevara bragged from the podium of the United Nations that "we do executions."

Humberto Fontova, "The Che Guevara Farce", May 3, 2007:

"Lots of boys that went to the firing squads were 15, 16, 17 years old. They were poor boys who joined the military for benefits, much as is done in this country sometimes."

"I interviewed people who visited him and tried to save their sons from firing squad executions without trial. He liked to toy with them. He liked to pick up the phone in front of weeping mothers and bark out, "Execute the Fernandez boy right now!"

Che was clinically a sadist. Fidel, you could call a psychopath. Murders didn't affect him one way or another. For him, it was a utilitarian slaughter to consolidate his one-man rule.

Che, from all the people I talked to, relished the slaughter. He had a section of a wall knocked out of his second story office so he could watch his beloved firing squads at work."

One day those who revere this murdering thug will hopefully practice reading comprehension:

"Youth must refrain from ungrateful questioning of governmental mandates. Instead, they must dedicate themselves to study, work, and military service.

"Youth should learn to think and act as a mass. It is criminal to think of individuals!" -- Che Guevara

These are the words of a free-thinking free spirit?

Che is a Legend, yes.
Like Pol Pot and his killing fields.
Like Abu Musab al-Zarqawhi and his murdering minions.

Hero? No way in Hell, which is where he is.

The ClintonBerger

The newest item on the Clinton Campaign platter: The ClintonBerger

Composed of two half-baked lying assholes,

Slathered with Moonbat guano,

Topped with shredded documents stolen from the National Archives.Accompanied by an oriental side dish of Hsu funny money.
(Caution: too much may cause problems)

Serve with a Democratic whine - concocted from sour grapes, has a nutty aftertaste.

Delivered to your home by the Mainstream Media.

Review: Tasteless, hard to swallow, invokes the gag reflex.

Wholly Shi'ite

   Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, who threatened to "find friends elsewhere" back in August, had a secret meeting with Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad while both were in NYC recently.

    The two Shi'ite leaders also met in Tehran, September 2006, with mutual expressions of 'brotherhood' and pledges of continued cooperation between Iraq and Iran. 

  Ahmadinejad stated:

"This will strengthen bilateral relations. Iran and Iraq, as two brotherly neighbors, will stand by each other and unwanted guests will leave the region."

   Al-Maliki called the talks 'very constructive', adding that Iran is '...a very important country, a good friend and brother.' Ahmadinejad added,

"All our assistance to the Iraqi people will be to establish complete security in this country [i.e., Iraq]."

  It seems to me that Mr. al-Maliki has decided to find a friend elsewhere.

  It also seems to me, that this country needs to get out of Iraq NOW.

  Everybody out.  Everything out.  Now. 

  Don't leave a truck or a tire or even a single bootlace.  

  Head 'em up and Move 'em out.  Now.

   I will always support our troops no matter what the mission. 

   But this mission to make Iraq a democracy will never happen with friends like al-Maliki and his 'brother' Ahmadinejad. 

  "Wouldn't you rather fight them over there than in the streets of America?"  

  Let's fight them here.  Maybe that will get America's attention.  

  All this discussion about patriotism would be settled.  

  Even Barking Mad Moonbat Liberals would have to choose sides.  

  It would be most interesting to see which side Congress takes. 

 

“Winter Soldiers” Reporting for Duty!

"The term "Winter Soldier" is a play on the words of Thomas Paine in 1776 when he spoke of the Sunshine Patriot and summertime soldiers who deserted at Valley Forge because the going was rough." -- John Kerry

'Winter Soldier Syndrome' involves military personnel making up false claims, despicable lies and alleged atrocities about what they have done or seen which the media is all too eager to publish, print, and broadcast without blinking an eye or checking the facts. There is rarely substantiation and even more rarely an apology or retraction when proved false.

A few of Kerry's Winter Soldiers:

Jimmy Massey: a Marine Staff Sgt. who claimed to have witnessed and participated in the killing of innocent civilians in Iraq. In a telephone interview with The Associated Press, Massey repeated his claim that his unit, and he personally, killed four demonstrators. But reporters and a photographer who were embedded with the 3/7 say there is no evidence such a shooting happened, no evidence that the Marines confronted any demonstrators so early in the war.

"There was certainly no organized protesting, no`Go home' ... When (the Marines) were driving into central Baghdad, they were cheered.” -- Ravi Nessman, an AP reporter who knew Massey while he was embedded with the Weapons Company.

The Associated Press finally acknowledged its own role in spreading Massey’s unsubstantiated smears.

Amorita Randall a former Naval construction worker, told The NY Times that she was in combat in Iraq in 2004 and in one incident an explosive device blew up a Humvee she was riding in, killing the driver and leaving her with a brain injury. She also said she was raped twice while she was in the Navy.

She never served in Iraq and a medal she received for service, which appeared to bolster her Iraq story, was awarded in error.

Scott Thomas Beauchamp: Army Private, Alpha Company, 1/18 Infantry, Second Brigade Combat Team, First Infantry Division, and author of the much-disputed "Shock Troops" article in the New Republic's July 23 issue as well as two previous "Baghdad Diarist" columns. The fabulist recently signed a sworn statement admitting that all three articles he published in the New Republic were exaggerations and falsehoods.

A 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."

Beauchamp voluntarily recanted under oath on the first day of the military's investigation. 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."

UPDATE: New Republic Retracts Beauchamp Stories

 

Now, the following liar is not technically a Winter Soldier, he's a Phony Soldier:

Jesse MacBeth: was in the Army. Briefly.  For forty-four days before he washed out of boot camp. He claimed to have served in Iraq as a U.S. Army Ranger, won a Purple Heart and to have committed war crimes with other Rangers. He was celebrated by peace groups and the Liberal Left as a 'hero' because of his 'courage' in telling the world about the abuses he had witnessed in Iraq: American soldiers 'slaughtering' hundreds of unarmed civilians, men, women, children. In one gruesome account, translated into Arabic and distributed across the Internet: "We would burn their bodies. We would hang their bodies from the rafters in the mosque."

MacBeth was recently sentenced to five months in jail and three years probation for falsifying a Department of Veterans Affairs claim and his Army discharge record.

Don't expect any retractions, corrections, or apologies from the anti-war left, the anti-military Media, or the Arabic websites that spread Jesse MacBeth's lies about our troops. 

  And the most infamous Winter Soldier of all:

John F Kerry former Naval Officer, failed presidential candidate, US Senator:

1971: Naval Officer Kerry, as a member of VVAW:

"They told the stories at times they had personally raped, cut off ears, cut off heads, taped wires from portable telephones to human genitals and turned up the power, cut off limbs, blown up bodies, randomly shot at civilians, razed villages in fashion reminiscent of Genghis Khan, shot cattle and dogs for fun, poisoned food stocks, and generally ravaged the countryside of South Vietnam in addition to the normal ravage of war, and the normal and very particular ravaging which is done by the applied bombing power of this country." -- statement to Congress, April 22, 1971

December 2005: Senator Kerry, still smearing the US military:

"There is no reason that young American soldiers need to be going into the homes of Iraqis in the dead of night, terrorizing kids and children, uh, uh, uh, you know, women, breaking sort of the customs of the -- of -- of -- of -- uh, historical customs, religious customs, whether you like it or not. Iraqis should be doing that."

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"Winter Soldier Syndrome will only be cured when the costs of slandering the troops outweigh the benefits. Exposing Scott Thomas Beauchamp and his brethren matters because the truth matters. The honor of the military matters. The credibility of the media matters.

Think it doesn't make a difference?
Imagine where Sen. John Kerry would be now if the Internet had been around in 1971."
--Michelle Malkin

Goober Carter: Ugly American

The Ugliest American is alive and well and is in Africa this week.


Ex-President Jimmy Carter got into a shouting match with national security forces when he tried to walk through Kabkabiya, a highly volatile pro-Sudanese government town.

You see, he was supposed to meet with local community members including some ethnic African refugees, but none of the non-government refugee representatives showed up.

So, Goober took it upon himself to breach security, making it to a school where he met with one tribal representative before Sudanese security services interrupted.

Omar (the local chief of national security): "No, you can't go. It's not on the program."

Goober: "We're going to anyway."

Carter told the security chief they didn't have the authority to stop him.

Old age is a terrible thing:
Apparently Ex-President Goober still thinks he is a somebody.
He must have forgotten that he was a guest in a foreign nation.

Omar: "We are in the security field. We're not that flexible."

He said Carter already breached security once by walking to the school and would not be allowed to breach security again.

Carter's U.S. security detail and his African Union escort tried to ease tensions.

Goober: "I'll tell President Bashir about this."

Way to help ease tensions, Jimbo.

Perhaps he's going to help Darfur like he helped Iran back in 1979, when he singly-handedly destabilized the Middle East by helping to get the pro-West Shah deposed then handing Iran over to the Ayatollah Khomeini.

"People make a big fuss over you when you're President. But I'm very serious about doing everything I can to make sure that it doesn't go to my head." --Jimmy Carter

Black Hawk Down: Clinton AWOL

The First Battle of Mogadishu (aka the "Battle of the Black Sea") was fought on October 3 and 4, 1993, in Mogadishu, Somalia, by forces of the United States against Somali militia fighters loyal to warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid.

During the operation, two U.S. MH-60 Black Hawk helicopters were shot down by rocket-propelled grenades. Some of the soldiers were able to evacuate the wounded back to the compound, but others were trapped at the crash sites and cut off.

An urban battle ensued that lasted throughout the night. Early the next morning, a joint task force was sent to rescue the trapped soldiers. This task force reached the first crash site and led the trapped soldiers out. The second crash site was overrun and pilot Mike Durant, the lone surviving American, was taken prisoner but later released.

Eighteen American soldiers died and 73 were wounded. Another American soldier, Delta op SFC Matt Rierson, was killed in a mortar attack two days later.

Americans were outraged at the televised images of Somali mobs dragging the mutilated bodies of US soldiers through the streets.

Congress and the media were looking to blame someone for the 18 American soldiers killed.

In the days immediately following the First Battle of Mogadishu, Major General William F. Garrison, commander of Task Force Ranger, sat down and wrote out a letter addressed to the House National Security Committee; it began, "Please show this to President Clinton and Defense Secretary Les Aspin."

Garrison wrote 13 brief, enumerated paragraphs. In those paragraphs he did something very few people in positions of leadership do nowadays. He took the blame.

The Garrison Letter

Secretary of Defense Aspin acknowledged that he had made a bad call when he turned down Task Force Ranger's requests for Bradley Fighting Vehicles and the AC-130 gunship, a propeller-driven aircraft that provides devastatingly accurate fire. He resigned his office two months later. He accepted responsibility.

Draft-Dodger Bill Clinton, Commander-in-Chief of the United States, who is ultimately responsible for America's Armed Forces, took no responsibility, accepted none of the blame.

(Note: pictured is Mike Durant's Super Six-Four helicopter)

Tom Harkin: Triple Threat!

A Fool, a Liar, A Liberal Idiot!

The Trifecta of Senatorship!

Tom Harkin (D/Iowa) has joined the Democrats attempt to smear conservative talk-radio host Rush Limbaugh.

Harkin attacking Rush Limbaugh on the Senate floor:

   "Well, I don’t know. Maybe he was just high on his drugs again. I don’t know whether he was or not. If so, he ought to let us know. But that shouldn’t be an excuse."

  The hoohah is over Rush Limbaugh allegedly calling Iraq War veterans who call for the U.S. withdrawal from Iraq “phony soldiers.”

 

 Limbaugh was talking about actual phony soldiers, like Jesse MacBeth and Micah Wright, as well as fabulists who are in the military but also make themselves useful to the anti-war left by becoming war critics, like Scott Thomas Beauchamp.

  Media Matters for America (affiliated with Moron.org and funded by George Soros) which is pretty much a front organization for Hillary Clinton (in fact, she claims to have started it), took Limbaugh's 'phony soldiers' comment, posted it on their website, intentionally misrepresenting it so as to appear that Limbaugh was maligning the US soldiers who oppose the war.

 What makes Senator Harkin's contribution so special?
 

 Well, apparently he is a phony himself!

  From "Stolen Valor: How the Vietnam Generation Was Robbed of Its Heroes and Its History" by B. G. Burkett and Glenna Whitley:

"During a 1984 bid for reelection to the Senate, Harkin boasted that he had served one year in Vietnam flying F-4s and F-8s on combat patrols and photo-recon missions. Challenged by Senator Barry Goldwater, Harkin did a quick shuffle, claiming that he had actually flown combat sorties over Cuba during the '60s. Harkin finally admitted that he had not seen combat but served as a ferry pilot stationed in Atsugi, Japan (Note: he called himself a 'test pilot'), flying aircraft repaired in Atsugi to the Philippines. When pressed by reporters to explain how much time he really spent in Vietnam, Harkin estimated that he had flown in and out of Vietnam a dozen or so times. But Harkin's military record showed no Vietnam service decorations. He finally conceded he had not flown combat air patrols in Vietnam and began describing himself as a Vietnam-era vet."

And from the Wall Street Journal, entitled "Harkin Presidential Bid Marred by Instances In Which Candidate Appears to Stretch Truth," dated December 26, 1991, p. A12.

So, what's your excuse, Senator?