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6-15-2009 4:14 PM
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Army regulations prohibit soldiers from participating in racist groups, and recruiters are instructed to keep an eye out for suspicious tattoos. Before signing on the dotted line, enlistees are required to explain any tattoos. At a Tampa recruitment office, though, Fogarty sailed right through the signup process. "They just told me to write an explanation of each tattoo, and I made up some stuff, and that was that," he says. Soon he was posted to Fort Stewart in Georgia, where he became part of the 3rd Infantry Division.

In 2003, Fogarty was sent to Iraq. For two years he served in the military police, escorting officers, including generals, around the hostile country. He says he was granted top-secret clearance and access to battle plans. Fogarty speaks with regret that he "never had any kill counts." But he says his time in Iraq increased his racist resolve.

"I hate Arabs more than anybody, for the simple fact I've served over there and seen how they live," he tells me. "They'r
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6-15-2009 4:40 PM
foxyarse
What a idiot racist loser
6-15-2009 5:01 PM
Antara
This "article" you posted contains the following:

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...
6-15-2009 5:03 PM
Antara
Millard wants the honors accorded an
infantryman who served in combat without having to put up with the shit
of actually being an infantryman. Stolen valor. So let’s recap the “street cred” of the
anti-war movement; Millard claims to be a sergeant, the Army says he’s
a specialist. He claims to have a chest full of medals, the Army says
he has two and a ribbon. Millard claims to have been awarded the Combat
Infantry Badge, even though he was never a combat infantryman and the
Army disagrees with him. Millard claims to have served on the Mexican
border, Germany, Qatar, Kuwait and in Iraq and the Army has no record
of him ever leaving New York State except for basic training and
advance...
6-15-2009 5:15 PM
ratilfar
And what about Foggarty and what he said in his own words?

The author of this piece is not the person you allude to, so while his statements may come into question, they do not invalidate the rest of the article and sources.

Also it funny how the moment a soldier doesn't sit back quietly and not for the cameras he comes under attack by the Right even when we are told to treat everything people in uniform say as gospel.
6-15-2009 6:16 PM
Antara
The author of this piece is not the person you allude to, so while
his statements may come into question, they do not invalidate the rest
of the article and sources.
Au contraire, that's EXACTLY what having bullshit liars and phony sources in your work does to the rest of it: it calls it ALL into question, and rightly so.
Real Soldiers deserve better than to be slandered by this phony you seem to think is so wonderful.

Of course , the fact YOU find him wonderful is actually not surprising....
6-15-2009 6:20 PM
ratilfar
"Real Soldiers"? Like you could tell the difference.

And I don't find it "wonderful", informative yes. Besides this is not the first time this crops up.
6-16-2009 9:19 AM
ratilfar
Besides I thought you loved right wing racist like Gellert and the BNP. Neo-Nazis must be right up your alley. They fight the good fight against Muslims, right? Hardly a slander in your book.
6-16-2009 12:24 PM
Antara
Yer so dumb it hurts.
6-16-2009 3:05 PM
ratilfar
Oh, that was really mature! I'm not the one posting clips praising the likes of Gellert and other right wing/Neo-Nazi trash. Must have hit a nerve I guess.

The truth has that effect on some people.
6-16-2009 8:59 PM
Antara
Who is Gellert?
6-17-2009 4:50 AM
darkeforce
Antara wants to have the Neo-Nazi's Love Child.
6-17-2009 8:46 AM
ratilfar
Oops I got the name wrong, my apologies to all the Gellerts, and Gerards out there.

I mean Geert Wilders. Still a racist and still and idiot, not to mention has Antara as her OMG! #1 fan forever!
6-17-2009 8:50 AM
ratilfar
Not to mention the BNP, which she thinks is a swell cocktails and tea group not in anyway connected with violence or attempts there in.
6-17-2009 6:10 PM
Antara
Here is a great link for all of you that loved this article

http://thisainthell.us/blog/?p=11714
6-17-2009 8:33 PM
darkeforce
Misfire, Antara. The article never said that this was a new story.
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