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News & ArtsThursday, June 7, 2012
2012 Oliver North Is Still a Piece of Shit
Posted by Paul Constant on Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 11:56 AM
Anyone remember Oliver North? Anyone? Well, assuming you were wondering whether Oliver North is still a terrible human being, you should wonder no longer. Paul Farhi at the Washington Post writes:
For his column about Memorial Day, Oliver North turned to a “dear friend” — an Army vet and Medal of Honor recipient named Sammy L. Davis. North asked Davis to explain why it was important for veterans to travel to Washington to honor those who died in the Vietnam War.
Davis, according to North, responded thusly: “Comrades gather because they long to be with the men who once acted their best, men who suffered and sacrificed, who were stripped raw, right down to their humanity.”
Davis went on, wrote North, adding: “I did not pick these men. They were delivered by fate. But I know them in a way I know no other men. I have never given anyone such trust. They were willing to guard something more precious than my life. They would have carried my reputation, the memory of me. It was part of the bargain we all made, the reason we were so willing to die for one another.”
Of course, Davis didn't say those words. And North didn't even write them. They appear to have been plagiarized from Michael Norman's memoir, These Good Men: Friendships Forged in War. North isn't really responding to Norman's charges of plagiarism, and I'm wiling to bet that there will be no repercussions for this. North will join the ranks of prominent celebrity conservative columnists who freely plagiarize, like Chuck Norris.
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Everybody forgets that North was a self serving political climber, who when he had the chance to serve, was a notorious asshole, and pretentious nut. My old man, who served 3 tours in Vietnam in Special Forces, can tell you all about North. Fuck even Gen. John Singlaub, my dad's former boss, wrote about what a twat North was, and Singlab was a hard true-believer son-of-a-bitch. But he did not sanction poseurs. Also North had a full emotional breakdown after war. Running around naked waving a .45 and shit and even surrendered his command in Okinawa. Yeah he did about nine months combat duty and I'm sure he had PTSD. But then he turns around and shits on other soldiers who had the same or worse issues when had the power to help them. In fact he had his medical records expunged as soon as he had the clout to do it.
he had the fucking nerve to show up in his Marine uniform during the contra hearing with all that salad on his chest after five years of wearing civilian clothes. WITH his medals - bronze and silver star. Big fucking deal. My old man had drawer full of that shit. And he'd never put that shit on to impress anybody. Ever.
North is a perfect example of the Chicken Hawks "hero." Chicken shit to the core.
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(I can't believe after 8 comments no one else made a Chuck Norris joke.)
Idolising the Forces and its officers is easier when you haven't served or known anyone who has, and is in any event a lot easier than serving.
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