Scott Brown Exaggerated Afghanistan Military Service, Says Man Who Inspired Medal Bill

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/18/scott-brown-afghanistan-military-service_n_1982921.html



Scott Brown Exaggerated Afghanistan Military Service, Says Man Who Inspired Medal Bill
Ryan Grim
Michael McAuliff
Posted: 10/18/2012 7:39 pm EDT Updated: 10/19/2012 4:00 am ED

WASHINGTON -- The man who inspired Sen. Scott Brown to write a bill making it illegal to falsely claim military honors said he thinks the Massachusetts Republican is stretching the truth when he claims to have "served in Afghanistan."

Brown made the Afghanistan declaration in his recent debate with his Democratic opponent for the Senate seat, Elizabeth Warren.

But Brown's service in Afghanistan was not combat. It was part of his annual two-week stint with the National Guard, in which he requested, in a highly unusual move, to serve in Afghanistan.

"It sounds to me like we just got another Blumenthal Connecticut, Mark Kirk type things there," said Vietnam veteran Doug Sterner, referring to exaggerated military claims two years ago by now-Sens. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Mark Kirk (R-Ill.)

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1. So basically Pretty-boy Brown did a two-week fly-in to boost his tough-guy cred.

Two weeks.

"But Brown's service in Afghanistan was not combat. It was part of his annual two-week stint with the National Guard, in which he requested, in a highly unusual move, to serve in Afghanistan."

Two weeks. There have been service men and women pinned down in the same fucking foxhole for that long. Two weeks.

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2. It's a Republicon thing.

Lindsey Graham's been doing JAG tours in the Stan for years.

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3. Language alert: Next fucking war, let's make it a law that every fucking Congressperson...

...has to donate someone they love to active duty. No deferments, no missions, no rich-boy champagne units. In addition, every family worth over $5 million throws in a kid too.

If war is such a fucking damned good business, they all should be able to invest a child or two.

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4. Just one minor alteration to your proposed law:

let's make it a law that every fucking Congressperson...

...has to donate someone they love to active combat duty.

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5. Completely agree!