Coulter Insults Hundreds of Combat Veterans

[babylonsister]

http://www.vetvoice.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=2722


Coulter Insults Hundreds of Combat Veterans
by: MajorMatthew
Sun May 03, 2009 at 15:17:35 PM EDT


(This is a piece by Matthew Alexander, the Air Force interrogator responsible obtaining the information that led to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi without resorting to torture or "enhanced interrogation." Alexander's book, "How to Break a Terrorist," was released in 2008 and he has since written for and appeared on major media outlets around the country. - promoted by Brandon Friedman)

On Hannity on April 30th, Ann Coulter criticized me for speaking out against torture, mocking my service and stating "I did not know the Air Force had interrogators."

This is an insult to hundreds of Air Force combat veterans who were trained as interrogators by the U.S. Army as reported in an official release by the Air Force News Service in 2005.

In addition, one of the most experienced interrogators in the U.S. military with experience conducting interrogations dating back to Panama is Colonel Steve Kleinman, an Air Force Reservist.

It is one thing to disagree with my personal opinion about torture, but quite disrespectful to mock the service of hundreds of combat veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan based on their service in the Air Force. Ann, however, has never conducted an interrogation (or served in combat) so I fail to see why Sean Hannity invited her to comment as an expert on interrogations.

For the record, there were three Air Force interrogators who played a key role in the killing of Zarqawi, and all five Air Force interrogators in my group were awarded Bronze Star Medals for their achievements in Iraq. Yes, the Air Force has interrogators.

Matthew Alexander

[gratuitous]

1. "I fail to see why Sean Hannity invited" Coulter

I have a few suggestions as to why that might be, Mr. Alexander. They mostly have to do with why conservatives hate the military and despise any notion of "service."

[TheCowsCameHome]

2. HalfNutty loves to get her in front of a camera.

It arouses him.

[konnichi wa]

3. Which in turn arouses her

:scared:

[TheCowsCameHome]

4. Which in turn makes me throw up..........

[ProfessorGAC]

6. I Don't Blame You

Her very existence makes me wretch.
GAC

[BlooInBloo]

5. She should be commended for her improvement...

Since on a normal day she insults all of humanity.

[Obi Juan]

7. Remeniscent of Limbaugh's discount of OIF Veterans, via Hackett

That brave soul/war Hero, Limbaugh, described Paul Hackett as "REMF'r" on his broadcast during the 2005 special election race.

Basically, Limbaugh took a shit on every support role that any Soldier/Sailor/Marine played during the invasion.

[tabasco]

18. That just about makes me puke.

The only ones that can bitch about remfs are front-line troops, not scumbag 4-F draft dodgers like pimpleass.

[billyoc]

8. Oh, I thought she showed them her ass.

THAT would be insulting.

[Vickers]

9. Her mere existence is an insult.

Vickers, USAF veteran.

[sarge43]

10. Being insulted by Ann Coulter should be a badge of honor.

Coulter commenting upon anything military is the equivalent of a bacterium discussing the Special Relativity Theory.

[babylonsister]

11. Didn't or doesn't she have a regular column in one of the military

papers? She used to run in Stars and Stripes.

[sarge43]

12. Hey. The troops need a laugh. n/t

[SalmonChantedEvening]

13. She doesn't know much, does she.

Her fact-free style is what defines her.

Voter fraud, plagiarism, lying about her age on her driver's license.

And when convenient (like this) she readily denigrates the service of those who disagree with her, and then shrieks how libruls hate the troops in the next half sentence.

She insults for Insult's sake.

She has nothing else.

[Motown_Johnny]

14. of course she did not know the Air Force had interrogators, she never knows what she is talking

about and never will....


I'm not the least bit surprised

[G_j]

15. needs some Recs

[MrScorpio]

16. The so-called woman is an utter fool and utterly clueless

She's come after one of my brothers...



She should be forewarned that THE AIR FORCE NEVER SLEEPS.

[Caliman73]

17. The right wing only likes the military when they can use them.

The moment anyone in the military says something that contradicts the right wing idea that America can do whatever it wants, they become un-American. It is typical Coulter and Hannity. They can't understand that people have a sense of honor and integrity that allows them to tell what is correct.