[bad company]

So when's this guy run for congress?

[Choose Ye This Day]

After years of thorough inspections,

Really? Have we thoroughly inspected Syria?

all of these claims have been disproved.

Uh...no. Sorry, Sparky. They just haven't yet been substantiated to the satisfaction of the anti-Bush media.

[Gefreiter]

My first thought precisely.

Google his name (include middle initial). The anti war, hate America sects are loving this guy.

[Choose Ye This Day]

Mr. Sheppard? You may want to check out this link before writing your next op-ed:

http://iraqdocs.blogspot.com/

[Herford Turley]

Sign him up: Sheppard for Congress!

:-)

[angkor]

This is what comes from the diet of AP and Reuters wire stories that now constitute Iraq Stars & Stripes, and the chow hall TVs blaring CNN nonstop in theatre.

[jazusamo]

Sheppard is living proof that the DNC and the Dem Party is alive and thriving it Seattle. And the Seattle Times is there to support them.

[divine_moment_of_facts]

Liberals should not be allowed to join the Military for their own good and ours. They see everything through Emotion. Logic and Fact elude them. They have mental health issues before, during and certainly after their service.

[Cindy]

ON THE NET..

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=prewardocs

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1616629/posts?page=2#2

[narby]

I thought we were going to make America safer. Regrettably, I acknowledge that it was I who was wrong.

Yeah, all those terrorists attacks we've had since 9/11 were really a disaster..... wait.....

[A Balrog of Morgoth]

Let me guess, he's also a lifelong Republican who voted for Bush twice.

[Dead Dog]

This dude doesn't sound like an Officer of Marines. Something aint right, mainly the carefully addressed DNC talking points, including the falacies.

[DTogo]

Scott Ritter's cousin??

[infidel29]

How many thousand troops come home with nary a peep. Two or three return with an axe to grind and they're the ones that make the news?

4,700 current and retired generals support the SecDef, but 6 with a burr in their shorts get on TV?

What media bias?

[Stultis]

Captain Sheppard sounds like a fine officer candidate for the French army. He's got the surrender instinct down solid. Which, however, also qualifies him to hold office as a Democrat.

[ansel12]

It reads oddly because he says he is writing as a disillushioned Marine officer, but then he simply lists the MSM talking points.

I could have written this, there is nothing unique in the article, he doesn't personalize it, so it lacks credibility.

[Raycpa]

Awestruck, I heard

Awestruck ? The word Awestruck is in the Marine dictionary?

My son is a Marine. He might use some words to describe fighter power, most not printable here, but "awestruck" is not one of them.

[Radix]

Why do I keep reading BS like this?

I guess that my parents didn't spank me enough.

[darkangel82]

Sounds like another Paul Hackett.

[Raycpa]

Awestruck, I heard our howitzers thunder and watched artillery rockets rise into the night sky and streak toward Iraq — their light bathing the desert moonscape like giant arc welders.

Marine translation- The MF'ers never knew what hit'em.

[Gaffer]

I respect that he has a right to his opinion and thank him for his service. I do not agree with him, but he has earned the right to feel that way no matter how misguided I think it is. He earned the right because he stepped up, regardless of his reasons (John Kerry did likewise albeit in the face of a potential draft and needing a core prior-criteria for public election).

This guy is surrounded by like-minded people (Seattle) and I'd expect nothing less from someone running for office there. That said, there were hundreds of thousands that came home from Vietnam. Iraq, Afghanistan, etc. that didn't/will not get the airplay this man will.