THE WEEKLY STANDARD has learned from a military source close to the investigation that Pvt. Scott Thomas Beauchamp--author of the much-disputed "Shock Troops" article in the New Republic's July 23 issue as well as two previous "Baghdad Diarist" columns--signed a sworn statement admitting that all three articles he published in the New Republic were exaggerations and falsehoods--fabrications containing only "a smidgen of truth," in the words of our source.
When the media deep down believes our troops are baby-killing monsters, stories like Shock Troops are too good not to believe.
Yet stories of our enemies' routine war crimes go untold, reminding us that you can lead a Hearst to slaughter, but you can't make him think.
Meanwhile, the vast majority of our troops fight stone-cold killers and defend the people of Iraq every day despite the willing collaboration of our press in slandering these troops as war-sickened animals.
