Valiant is a Ted Sampley devotee. For info on Sampley and his ilk, this website is the best one stop shopping you can find:

http://www.miafacts.org/mccain.htm

Short summary of the types of “conservatives” who have hated and defamed McCain since the 1980s.

McCain’s Position on US-Vietnam Relations and on the “Live-POW” Question

In the late 1980’s, McCain took the position that the US should move toward normal diplomatic relations with Vietnam in return for their increased cooperation on the MIA issue. Sampley recognized — as does the rest of the “activist” community — that such talk in high places can be disastrous to their efforts to recruit and to raise money. Their recruiting and fund raising pitch is the same: US POWs are still being held, alive, in Vietnam and we need just a few more dollars from you to free them.

As US researchers probe into Vietnamese wartime records, and as US search teams recover remains from crashsites and battlefield gravesites, the number of unaccounted for Americans goes down. More importantly, it is clear from the information collected that no American POWs were retained in captivity after Operation Homecoming. The “activists” do not want this information to become known because they depend on folks falling prey to their claims and then donating money or other support — such as the proliferation of “POW-MIA Remembrance Sites” on the WWW.

McCain refused to be drawn into the live POW battles and he continued to support normal US-Vietnam relations. For a returned POW to take these two positions was more than the “activist” community could stand.

McCain’s Exposure of Frauds

In the closing days of the SSC, a hearing was held that focused on individuals and groups who are raising money on the MIA issue. A friend of mine who was on the SSC staff briefed McCain on the money-raising activities and McCain was incensed that anyone would play on the emotions of families to enrich themselves. McCain wanted to hold a hearing that would expose these activities. There was, however, a problem. McCain’s two main targets were former congressman Billy Hendon and Sampley’s Homecoming II with its vigil booth on the Mall, selling T-shirts and other paraphernalia. Senator Bob Smith, Vice-chair of the SSC, was godfather and protector to Hendon and Sampley.

Really, why one earth would you want to associate with people like that? Any time you see a McCain hater say he is/was a traitor to the military, this is what they are saying.

The author of that site:

Joe Schlatter, Colonel, U. S. Army, Retired. He retired on 1 April 1995. His involvement in the MIA issue came during two assignments:

February 1986 – July 1990
Feb 86 – Dec 88: Chief, Analysis Branch, Defense Intelligence Agency Special Office for POW-MIA Affairs
Dec 88 – Jul 90: Chief, Defense Intelligence Agency Special Office for POW-MIA Affairs
July 1993 – March 1995: Deputy Director, Defense POW-MIA Office

funky chicken on March 5, 2008 at 9:02 AM

The Washington Post reports that former occupation head Paul Bremer now says publicly that coalition forces “never had enough troops on the ground” in Iraq, and that the Bush administration spurned his advice on the subject. Plus: David Hackworth says the draft is coming, for both males and females, in ‘05 or ‘06.

Hack praising the POD himself:

COL. HACKWORTH DOES AN “ABOUT – FACE”

One well-known commentator on military matters seems to have come 180 degrees, however.

No less than Col. David Hackworth, champion of the enlisted soldier, critic of fat cats and brass hats, who blasted Clark with both barrels in a 1999 “Defending America” column, now sings the praises of the man he once derided as the “Ultimate Perfumed Prince.”

A few short years ago, Hack slapped Clark for not being a “muddy boots” soldier. “He’s a military politician without the right stuff . . .” Hackworth said at the time.

“At West Point, he graduated No. 1 in his class, and even though the Vietnam war was raging and chewing up lieutenants faster than a machine gun can spit death, (Clark) went to Oxford for two years of contemplating instead of to the trenches to lead a platoon.

“A year after graduating Oxford, he was sent to Vietnam, where, as a combat leader for several months, he was bloodied and muddied. Unlike most of his classmates, who did multiple combat tours in the killing fields of Southeast Asia, (Clark) spent the rest of the war sheltered in the ivy towers of West Point or learning power games first hand as a White House fellow.”

But by 2003, Hackworth was full of admiration for Wesley Clark. He announced that “after three hours interviewing the man” (for MAXIM, a skin magazine – Hack stopped writing for NEWSWEEK years ago) “I’m impressed.”

“He (Clark) is insightful, has his act together, he understands what makes national security tick – and he thinks on his feet somewhere around Mach 3,” Hack gushed. Calling the onetime perfumed prince “brilliant,” and “super-smart,” America’s most-decorated living soldier embraced Clark with the ardor of a reformed zealot.

There was unintentional humor in the recent Hackworth column, too.

The colonel raved ecstatically about how Clark came along “without the standard platoon of handlers.” Hack reported that Gen. Clark “treated the little folks who poured the coffee and served the bacon and eggs with exactly the same respect and consideration he gave the biggies in the dining room, like my colleague Larry King, and Bob Tisch, the Regency Hotel’s owner. An appealing common touch.”

As if Wes was going to be a “bad boy” and give Hack a second shot at ripping him up! The mercurial general was, of course, on his “best behavior.”

One almost hopes that come April 1st, 2004 – by then, Clark’s candidacy may be just a fading memory – Hack will spring a surprise on us all and say: “Hey guys, I really had you going there, didn’t I? That was just old Hack, doing the schmooze. I really got Clark’s number. I know what he is. Don’t worry.”

http://www.militarycorruption.com/wesleyclark.htm

funky chicken on March 5, 2008 at 9:51 AM

The VVAJC is Ted Sampley and his followers. Pure unadulterated garbage. Thanks for proving to everybody what you are selling “Valiant.”

funky chicken on March 5, 2008 at 9:52 AM

shick, yes, the problem with Kerry was Winter Soldier and our old historical pal JenJiss Khan or however the douche said it.

funky chicken on March 5, 2008 at 10:11 AM