Ok, something doesn't seem right here.
This guy, Andrew Balthazor, claims to be ex-Military Intelligence officer who served 10 months in Baghdad,
I can't find him in any MIL lists.
In google, his 'story' is sourced on third party sites as 'coming from' here: www4.army.mil/ocpa/soldierstories/story.php?story_id_key=6265
YET even when I check caches and the web archives, I don't see it EVER listed there.
Thoughts?
From: Andrew Balthazor Sent: Friday August 27 2004 1.53pm ... not by much):
http://www4.army.mil/ocpa/soldierstories/story.php?story_id_key=6265
Andrew Balthazor was a truckdriver and malcontent for KBR in Iraq. See: http://athens.indymedia.org/front.php3?lang=en&article_id=273148
Six will get you ten that a photo of PFC Andrew Balthazor does not match ex-Military Intelligence officer Andrew Balthazor. On the off chance it does match, this is the same crap the VVAW types did glorifed what little, if any they did/acheived to cause trouble.
I'm not sure what MIL lists you are searching, but I assure you that I'm a real person.
I'm also not a KBR truck driver; I think someone confused with me someone else at that point.
Any references to a PFC Balthazor must be pre-1995, when I left the enlisted ranks to attend West Point. Someone later on in this thread mentions pictures; I'd be very curious as to who is in them.
There is also a reference to the OCPA Soldiers' Stories website, but as far as I know I'm not on that anywhere.
I'm sure that I've just entered a pro-Bush free fire zone, but if anyone wants to have a rational discussion about the Iraq war, I'd be happy to respond.