{"id":11675,"date":"2009-06-15T17:08:55","date_gmt":"2009-06-15T22:08:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=11675"},"modified":"2009-06-15T17:08:55","modified_gmt":"2009-06-15T22:08:55","slug":"pick-a-story-millard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=11675","title":{"rendered":"Pick a story, Millard"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m sure my regular readers will remember Geof Millard who I spent some bandwidth on last year<\/a>. It seems he’s playing the part of my whack-a-mole again. Thanks to reader Mary who dropped off a link<\/a> to a Salon.com story which warns that “Neo-Nazis Are in the Army Now<\/a>“. It’s a fairly poorly researched article that ignores the facts to project fantastic stories – much like Jon Soltz and the rest of the Left does these days. <\/p>\n

But, of course, when they’re having a tough time finding someone to tattle on the military, the Leftists at Salon go to IVAW, and Geof Millard is IVAW’s self proclaimed expert on racism in the military. He’s been telling a story since before Winter Soldier, as quoted by Aaron Glatz<\/a>;<\/p>\n

That evening, Millard said he was in a briefing where the chain of command was informed of the shooting.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter the officer in charge briefed it to the general in a very calm manner, a commander turned in his chair to the entire division-level staff, and he said\u2014and I quote\u2014\u2018If these f——g hajis learned to drive, this s–t wouldn\u2019t happen.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Millard said he looked around the room at the other officers and the other enlisted men, mostly higher ranking than himself. \u201cI didn\u2019t see one dissenting body language, one disagreeing head nod,\u201d he said. \u201cEveryone was in agreement that it\u2019s true, if these f—–g hajis learned to drive, this s–t wouldn\u2019t happen. I couldn\u2019t believe it, but it was true. That stayed with me the rest of my tour.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Well, just for Salon, Millard changed the story a bit;<\/p>\n

Geoffrey Millard, an organizer for Iraq Veterans Against the War, served in Iraq for 13 months, beginning in 2004, as part of the 42nd Infantry Division. He recalls Gen. George Casey, who served as the commander in Iraq from 2004 to 2007, addressing a briefing he attended in the summer of 2005 at Forward Operating Base, outside Tikrit. “As he walked past, he was talking about some incident that had just happened, and he was talking about how ‘these stupid fucking hajjis couldn’t figure shit out.’ And I’m just like, Are you kidding me? This is Gen. Casey, the highest-ranking guy in Iraq, referring to the Iraqi people as ‘fucking hajjis.'” (A spokesperson for Casey, now the Army Chief of Staff, said the general “did not make this statement.”)<\/p>\n

“The military is attractive to white supremacists,” Millard says, “because the war itself is racist.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Now, it’s General Casey, and he just passed by Millard and made the statement. Funny how much better it sounds now that phony soldier Millard has had 18 months to work on his narrative, ain’t it? I know it didn’t happen because the General Casey version would have made it to the Winter Soldier testimony – and it didn’t.<\/p>\n

First of all, there’s nothing offensive about the word “hadji”. Proof? OK, here’s a picture I took in Bethesda, MD last year. Bethesda is the most politically-correct town in the country – would they tolerate this on Wisconsin Avenue (the main street that leads to Georgetown in DC)?<\/p>\n

\"Hadji's\" <\/p>\n

Secondly, Millard; pick a story and stick to it – this is too easy. can’t you give me a challenge? Millard began by lying about his backpain in the Army and when he couldn’t get a medical retirement, he went AWOL and got busted for it – then he promoted himself to sergeant again and gave himself a stack of medals all after he got out and forged his DD214 to reflect the cool stuff. He also broke the first rule of This Ain’t Hell – he awarded himself a CIB that he didn’t earn. So why is Salon bothering to interview him? Because he brings them the message they want to hear. <\/p>\n

We’ll have more on the Salon article later, I promise. It’s a pretty long piece, and I’ve got some links to find.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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