Yep, Chuckie likes to share his mail from folks on the scene in Iraq: War.
Chuckie says he want "to share a letter written by a chaplain serving in Iraq explaining what is really going on in Fallujah," this chaplain being an "individual who is on the scene and has a better vantage point than most of the people reporting the news."
Chuckie's "chaplain" says things like this:
Okay, what do we do? Stay the course. The Marines will get into a battle rhythm and along with other forces and government agencies here, they will knock out the crack houses, drive the thugs across the border and set the conditions for the Fallujans to join the freedom parade or rot in their lack of initiative ...
Git the idea? Crack houses, undesirable aliens, gittin' tuff and gittin' rid of 'em? Kinda like Chuckie's favorite sayings about American politics.
So, how comes it that Chuckie's gittin' letters with the Real Story from a chaplain, you may ask. And how does Chuckie know it's legitimate? Maybe he trusts journalist and prowar blogger Andrew Sullivan, who also got a letter from "a military chaplain in Fallujah." Andy says, "I can't verify this first-hand but it comes from a source I know and trust." In other words, someone forwarded it to him and he can't verify it the way he would if he were publishing it in a newspaper that maintained normal standards of accuracy. Andy's chaplain says things like:
Okay, what do we do? Stay the course. The Marines will get into a battle rhythm and, along with other forces and government agencies here, they will knock out the crack houses, drive the thugs across the border and set the conditions for the Falujans to join the freedom parade or rot in their lack of initiative.
Gosh, what a coincidence. Now, Chuckie's version has ... after "initiative" instead of just a period. So we can't say it's the same thing. Maybe there are two anonymous and unverifiable chaplains in Fallujah who are providing the Real Story to people with inside contacts like Chuckie and Andy.
By the way, Chuckie seems to have better contacts than Andy, because he didn't feel the need to note that he couldn't verify the authenticity of the letter. Not that it matters much, since nothing in the letter speaks of specific incidents not otherwise reported in the press that could be verified later. Or anything that couldn't have been written by a reasonably literate Republicans hack who follows the Iraq news.
But in the rightwing echo chamber, what more do you need? Apart from a little recreational Oxycontin maybe to help you process the latest repetition of the same old stuff.
I guess I should qualify my comment about specifics. This is the first time I've heard about the crack house problem in Fallujah.
2 comments:
Tisk, tisk, tisk...I'm ashamed of the Chuckster. Here he is, caught in a bold-faced lie. And this is the man who has raised such a fuss over the removal of the Ten Commandments from public places. Maybe the one they took from the Alabama State Courthouse could be erected in Chuck's front yard. Therefore, he could get a look at it everyday, and in particular, that one that says "Thou Shalt Not Lie."
Yeah, it's shocking. Because Chuckie is usually so careful with his facts and so cautious in his analysis!
Actually, as I think about it, maybe when Andrew Sullivan said he got his version "from from a source I know and trust," he was talking about Chuckie! Maybe Chuckie was just passing on the info from his Inside Source to Andy. - Bruce
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