Rangers Lead The Way in Exposing Author As a Fraud (Another Lying Liberal -- BUSTED! Heh-Heh-Heh!)

The Washington Post ^ | 5/2/04 | Richard Leiby

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

In the Style section last summer we profiled a Los Angeles writer named Micah Ian Wright, who'd just published a shrill antiwar poster book called "You Back the Attack! We'll Bomb Who We Want!" In his book, he described himself as a veteran of combat, a former Army Ranger whose experiences during the 1989 invasion of Panama turned him into a peacenik. In interviews with The Post and other media, he played up that background.

Wright, it turns out, is a liar. He never served in the military --

[marvlus]

Would it be fair to say that most, if not all, of these corrupt journalists that are surfacing are liberal?

[piasa]

fyi

[kcvl]

Mea Culpa

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Hi.

My name is Micah Wright. I'm a former Army Ranger, and I've been lying to you. I've kept the secret for years now, but all lies grow and eventually get out of control. This is me coming clean about my Big Lie. What did I lie about? Oh, nothing much...

Except that I was never an Army Ranger. I never served a day in a Ranger Regiment. I never went to Ranger School. The closest I ever got was Army ROTC.

This entire Army Ranger thing is a stupid lie which has its roots back in college. When I was in the Army ROTC (and I really was, trust me), I met a lot of Rangers, and got to know some of these amazing men. They always impressed me with their inspired competence and their commitment to one another. Though I enjoyed my time in Army ROTC, I decided that eight years of military service was not for me and I left the program. That ended my involvement with the military.

So why come clean now, you ask? Why shouldn't I continue on, seeing how far I can push it? Well, frankly, I'm sick of it. I'm sick of lying to my friends, to employers, to my fans, to myself. I'm not a Ranger. I've lied to so many people about this that it's made me physically ill. I haven’t been able to sleep and I’ve just about given myself an ulcer. It's all become too much. I'm stopping the lies.

The cat’s out of the bag now... I've finally told the truth. I wish I had a long time ago. In the last year dozens of real Rangers have been killed or wounded overseas--how can I keep lying in the face of that kind of dedication? When I read about the death of Pat Tillman, who sacrificed a high-paying football career in order to join the Rangers, I felt like even more of a fake and a heel. It's time it all ended: I'm not a Ranger, I was never a Ranger and I'm sorry for ever saying that I was. I apologize to every Ranger and to the families of every Ranger.

I lied, and I apologize for that from the bottom of my heart... it was a lousy thing to do and I'm sorry about it. A special apology is owed to the people who I hurt by putting them in the position of spreading my lie, people taken in by the Hoax, and people whose credibility I've helped corrode.

There was one thing that I didn't imagine, that I couldn't imagine: that a lie like this would grow and grow and eventually consume every facet of my entire life. It has weighed on my heart and on my mind for two full years now, slowly crushing my spirits, contaminating my friendships, and threatening to destroy everything about me. I'm well shed of it now. I just hope that others can find it in their hearts to forgive me.

And please... no more death threats.

yours,
Micah
April 25, 2004


http://micahwright.com/index3.htm

[kcvl]

[visagoth]

I saw this story the other day... Just one more 'wannabe' with a 'journalism' career. After he was outed, he posted this on his forum at http://forums.delphiforums.com/micahwright/messages/?msg=4939.1

Hi. My name is Micah Wright. I'm a former Army Ranger, and I've been lying to you. I've kept the secret for years now, but all lies grow and eventually get out of control. This is me coming clean about my Big Lie. What did I lie about? Oh, nothing much...

Except that I was never an Army Ranger. I never served a day in a Ranger Regiment. I never went to Ranger School. The closest I ever got was Army ROTC.

This entire Army Ranger thing is a stupid lie which has its roots back in college. When I was in the Army ROTC (and I really was, trust me), I met a lot of Rangers, and got to know some of these amazing men. They always impressed me with their inspired competence and their commitment to one another. Though I enjoyed my time in Army ROTC, I decided that eight years of military service was not for me and I left the program. That ended my involvement with the military.

So why come clean now, you ask? Why shouldn't I continue on, seeing how far I can push it? Well, frankly, I'm sick of it. I'm sick of lying to my friends, to employers, to my fans, to myself. I'm not a Ranger. I've lied to so many people about this that it's made me physically ill. I havenít been able to sleep and Iíve just about given myself an ulcer. It's all become too much. I'm stopping the lies.

The cat's out of the bag now... I've finally told the truth. I wish I had a long time ago. In the last year dozens of real Rangers have been killed or wounded overseas--how can I keep lying in the face of that kind of dedication? When I read about the death of Pat Tillman, who sacrificed a high-paying football career in order to join the Rangers, I felt like even more of a fake and a heel. It's time it all ended: I'm not a Ranger, I was never a Ranger and I'm sorry for ever saying that I was. I apologize to every Ranger and to the families of every Ranger.

I lied, and I apologize for that from the bottom of my heart... it was a lousy thing to do and I'm sorry about it. A special apology is owed to the people who I hurt by putting them in the position of spreading my lie, people taken in by the Hoax, and people whose credibility I've helped corrode.

There was one thing that I didn't imagine, that I couldn't imagine: that a lie like this would grow and grow and eventually consume every facet of my entire life. It has weighed on my heart and on my mind for two full years now, slowly crushing my spirits, contaminating my friendships, and threatening to destroy everything about me. I'm well shed of it now. I just hope that others can find it in their hearts to forgive me.

And please... no more death threats.

yours, Micah April 25, 2004

[No Truce With Kings]

"Would it be fair to say that most, if not all, of these corrupt journalists that are surfacing are liberal?"

Not necessarily all. I think there was someone on this board back in the early days who was this type of elite troop wannabe. As I recall the handle was "Lost In The Huetegen Forest."

It's got to be a temptation, and I suspect that conservatives are just as human as liberals. The difference is that it is harder for a conservative to pull this off because so many conservatives have military backgrounds while very few libs (especially the limosine libs) have military backgrounds. Conservative fakers get caught earlier.

Much, much earlier.

Then again few journalists are conservative, so it may be that all *journalists* faking a military background are liberals. . .

[familyop]

"...whose experiences during the 1989 invasion of Panama turned him into a peacenik."

That's too weird. It was all over very quickly down there in '89. ...next thing you know, some journalist will be saying that he has some severe emotional trauma from the long war in Granada.

[Joe Boucher]

Last week the f.B.I. arrested a nut case at My Nephews funeral (Marine Lieutenant J.T. Wroblewski). for impersonating a Marine.
There should be a law against incorrectly and intentionally impersonating a former military person.

[Fiddlstix]

BTTT

[Izzy Dunne]

So why come clean now, you ask? [...] Well, frankly, I'm sick of it. I'm sick of lying to my friends, to employers, to my fans, to myself.

Listen to this tripe.
A few days after he GETS CAUGHT, he suddenly becomes "sick if it".
Horse puckey.

[TomGuy]

When I read about the death of Pat Tillman, who sacrificed a high-paying football career in order to join the Rangers, I felt like even more of a fake and a heel.

Well, at least Wright grew a conscience out of respect for a real Ranger and hero, Pat Tillman.

[hellinahandcart]

Last week the f.B.I. arrested a nut case at My Nephews funeral (Marine Lieutenant J.T. Wroblewski). for impersonating a Marine.

I read about that and was just furious. The man is a ghoul. Are you telling me there's nothing they can charge him with?

I am so sorry.

[Pontiac]

A few days after he GETS CAUGHT, he suddenly becomes "sick if it".

I was thinking the same thing.

Even when he is confessing to being a liar he is lying.

[Archangelsk]

There is a law, also a book, "Stolen Valor." You can read about phonies at http://www.stolenvlaor.com. CN 18F, wanna weight in?

[Old Sarge]

A very moving and sincere tribute - for a liar.

Why oh why, is he putting this out, after he's been outed?

This whole opus is a load of hot, steaming BS.

[Grampa Dave]

What left wing lies of the media, the DNC and other enemies will we expose today?

[mewzilla]

From this link:

Micah Ian Wright is a former U.S. Army Ranger-cum--firebrand cartoonist. After a successful career at Nickelodeon Animation, where he garnered an Emmy nomination for his writing, Wright became interested in the work of WWI and WWII poster artists. His work has been featured in "The New York Times, Sunday Guardian UK, The Washington Post, The Progressive, The Christian Science Monitor" and "The Boston Globe."

A lot of libs got suckered.

[hellinahandcart]

Well, what an apology. All about how lying made him FEEL.

Not even Bill Clinton would use that many "I"'s.

[AntiGuv]

Well, antiwar liberals allege that there were several thousands of deaths in the 1989 Panama Invasion - between 5,000-15,000 - and that Colin Powell covered it all up....

This guy was probably extrapolating from the radical propaganda he obviously enjoys and figured that his fraudulent alter-ego was horrified at all those clandestine massacres, or whatever they think happened.

PS. The actual death toll was between 300-500 or so, mostly soldiers & paramilitaries.

[Tench_Coxe]

"Not necessarily all. I think there was someone on this board back in the early days who was this type of elite troop wannabe. As I recall the handle was "Lost In The Huetegen Forest." "

Actually, it was I believe it was 'Deep in the Hurtegen Forest'. I think he was outed here after a few military types started asking some questions.

[Miss Marple]

Myself, I am wondering what Chris Wallace is going to talk about today. Heheheh.

[AntiGuv]

Oh, and I think most of the alleged deaths are naturally supposed to have been poverty-stricken children in some barrio that they allege got carpet bombed or whatever..

[mewzilla]

I have three words for all those liberal rags: Trust but verify :)

[Grampa Dave]

Please post what Chris does. I will be out for most of the day.

[Timeout]

Who cares about his "almost" ulcers and his "contaminated friendships"?! And there's the predictable liberal fallback...the death threats. Ever the victim, he never even mentions that he got caught!

Enhancing one's miltary standing to become a rock star in the anti-war, anti-American crowd. Sound familiar?

[Miss Marple]

Alas Babylon runs the Sunday Morning talk show thread. I will ping you to that so that you can read what happens.

[BluH2o]

This whole opus is a load of hot, steaming BS.

No doubt a book is next, a tour of the talk shows promoting the book about "the lies", then a movie deal.

[Jhensy]

When I was in the Army ROTC (and I really was, trust me)

I'd look into this, too.

[martin_fierro]

S C H A D E N F R E U D E

[em2vn]

None of his family members stepped forward on this lie?
That tells a lot about this guy and his background. Such actions must have been passed along in his genes if the family let him get away with this lie.

[metesky]

It carried endorsements from two WWII vets, novelist Kurt Vonnegut and historian Howard Zinn.

"The romance of his military background rang a bell with me and made me like him a lot," Vonnegut told us Friday. "You almost want to say, 'So what else is new?' Human beings are terrible liars. I still like what he did. He's a liar, but I still like his pictures."

Vonnegut and Zinn...There's no fool like an old fool.

[martin_fierro]

"If Ian Wright was a Ranger, then so was I!"

[Peach]

Just as the authors of the book "Stolen Valor" have exposed so many myths the media told us regarding our Vietnam Veterans, so too have conservative media outted another anti-war person.

It's the only way the leftists can persuade people to their positions. By lying!

[Skooz]

Oh, heck.

I'll come clean to.

I never won the Air Medal, Congessional Medal of Honor, Iron Cross (First Class), the Navy Cross, and the Légion d'honneur all on the same day.

There. I said it.

Now, stop the death threats.

[Old Sarge]

A lot of libs got suckered.

Will that matter a hill, to them?

The "truth" has already reached The Sheep's ears; the message has been transmitted.

Even if this guy is totally outed by broadcast media, his screed will still be quoted by Socialists everywhere as "insider truth".

[alrea]

bump

[LynnHam]

So why come clean now, you ask? [...] Well, frankly, I'm sick of it. I'm sick of lying to my friends, to employers, to my fans, to myself.

yep he bravely stepped forward hee hee

Wright, it turns out, is a liar. He never served in the military -- and confessed that last week to his publisher, Seven Stories Press, after we insisted on evidence of his service. Pursuing a tip from real Rangers who'd never heard of Wright, we filed three Freedom of Information Act requests with separate Army commands -- and last month finally confirmed that Wright never served.

from reliable sources wp

[Liz]

More of the "Clinton Legacy." Except BillyBoy and Hitlery are the only ones who lie with complete impunity, aided and abetted by the media. Other liars come close.....but no cigar (pun intended).

[martin_fierro]

A smarmy and pathetic attempt to salvage credibility by a liar who now has none.

[mewzilla]

It won't do their circulation figs any good :)

[M Kehoe]

Last week the f.B.I. arrested a nut case at My Nephews funeral (Marine Lieutenant J.T. Wroblewski). for impersonating a Marine.

Good morning. I hope your family is doing well.

I believe it was channel 8 in Tampa that aired that story.

Take care.

5.56mm

[jhny7]

we have a so called freind here who tells his fictional tales of being a heilo pilot in nam.how it was he an army pilot who made the last flight to the embassy to pick up refugees. and flew gunner ships .the last flight was navy
also he was 18 when the last servicemen left nam.we just shake our heads when he tells how he saw his brother shot and killed in another heilo riding back from an ops and how he tells it with such emotion it's like a play that hasen't been written

[Leisler]

What's interesting is that he and the leftist reporters see military service as a positive thing. Naturally only elite service. I suppose being a electrician's mate in the guts of some surface ship wouldn't cut it.( no disrespect intended to mate working on high voltage on a wet tossing platform next to steam lines, fuel lines,...)

Anyways, this seems to be a cultural shift from the usual leftist dogma of "military=child-killers". Not that libs, their navel gazing useless alternative liberal arts spawn would be of any use in the military even if they did start serving. Which they don't. The article, pathetically has to go back to Vonnegut and Zimm to find a few lefties that were drafted into WWII.

[datura]

Kerry's been lying since 1971 with complete immunity, even got a pass for committing treason in Paris as well.

The Clintons need to be indicted on espionage/treason charges for their conduct with the Chinese. Plain and simple.

[Liz]

Yeah, Kerry's another (gag) Clinton only with a $500M wife.

[yarddog]

I think this kind of fakery is pretty common. I suspect there are a lot of high school football players who decided they really were good enought to play in college, then actually did play.

I knew a guy who claimed to have started for Notre Dame. The funny thing is he looked like he could have and frankly fooled me until some guy outed him.

I have always admired the military. I asked to be drafted and failed my pysical despite attending college on an atheletic scholarship. (no I am not making that one up, I was partially deaf)

Not knowing that much about the military it is hard for me to pick out the phonies but I am sure I have run into a few.

[68skylark]

I've read of at least one state (maybe more) where they've made impersonating a veteran the same crime as impersonating a police officer. I think it's a sound idea -- maybe more states will adopt that law.

[Ben Hecks]

"Just as the authors of the book "Stolen Valor" have exposed so many myths the media told us regarding our Vietnam Veterans, so too have conservative media outted another anti-war person."

I just read "Stolen Valor" for the second time and had forgotten the story about Senator Tom "Dungheap" Harkin. He once claimed he flew combat missions in Vietnam but later backed off and admitted that he only ferried aircraft into the theatre.

[jhny7]

i served in the usaf in nam war years was never sent there so i have never claimed this status even though it applies
to being a nam vet