Man who lied about actions in Iraq admits faking forms

Seattle Times ^ | June 8, 2007 | David Bowermaster

[Lady J USA 1981]

Man who lied about actions in Iraq admits faking forms

By David Bowermaster

Seattle Times staff reporter

Jesse MacBeth stoked opposition to the Iraq war in 2006 when he spoke out about atrocities he committed as a U.S. Army Ranger serving as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

MacBeth, 23, of Tacoma, claimed to have killed more than 200 people, many at close range, some as they prayed in a mosque. He spoke at an anti-war rally in Tacoma and appeared in a 20-minute anti-war video that circulated widely on the Internet.

Trouble is, none of MacBeth's claims was true. He made it through only six weeks of Army basic training, was never a Ranger and never set foot in Iraq.

Conservative bloggers exposed MacBeth's lies in May 2006, destroying his credibility and embarrassing the Seattle company that produced the video about his exploits.

[dfwgator]

Everyone involved in this is a traitor to their country and should be dealt with accordingly.

[norge]

Winner!!!

Of the JFKerry Award.

[pikachu]

Gee, why didn’t I see this in the news or the front page of Time/Newsweek/NY Times?

[mnehring]

I recall FreeRepublic calling BS on this loser from day one.

[Dan Evans]

Hey wasn’t that MacBeth who said “Oh what tangled webs we weave when first we seek to deceive”?

[Paperdoll]

Inspired by Soros? Another bulging billfold!

[IllumiNaughtyByNature]

double, double, toil and trouble...

[tcrlaf]

“Gee, why didn’t I see this in the news”

Because the propogandic damage is already done. The point wasn’t whether what he said was actually TRUE, it’s the attack on President BUSH that was important.

Any of the Media that covered this guy’s bullsh... could have EASILY confirmed if it was factual, but they CHOSE not to, because what he claimed matched the pre-approved editorial content.

[thackney]

bttt

[wideawake]

No, it was Marmion who said that - courtesy of Sir Walter Scott.

Shakespeare's Malcolm in "MacBeth" says:

"I grant him bloody, luxurious, avaricious, false, deceitful, sudden, malicious, smacking of every sin that has a name."

[SaveTheChief]

In general, activists are idiots, and their leaders prey off the weak-minded among us who are lazy or incapable of learning the truth on their own.

Activists only believe what they want to believe and will take as truth any statement, no matter how questionable, spewed by people who share their own beliefs and political goals. This is why people like Jesse MacBeth, and the production companies that help spread this kind of message, are dangerous to the security and stability of our country.

[cake_crumb]

Military families should file civil suit against this puke libel, slander, emotional injury, court costs, every dine he got from the Soros crowd amd. most importantly DEMAND HE BEG FOX AND CNN TO ALLOW HIM TO MAKE A TEN MINUTE STATEMENT OUTLINING HIS CRIME IN DETAIL, LIVE, ON THE AIR.

Does anyone else realize what a commercial the lousy, traitorous puke's story would make? It could help reverse some of the propaganda damage. Maybe teh suit should demand he be forced to pay to make that commercial and for it's airing nationwide. ANSWER had deep pockets. SURELY they'll help him out.

[CPT Clay]

A lie can circle the world 20 times befor the truth can even get its boots on.

[Past Your Eyes]

Is that the little maggot? What a creep.

[WesternPacific]

ANSWER had deep pockets. SURELY they'll help him out.

I doubt they will help him. The left uses and abuses people and then discards them when their worth is no longer needed.

[Sherman Logan]

http://www.shakespeare-online.com/faq/misquotesfaq.html

Quotes mistakenly attributed to Shakespeare.

[pabianice]

Actually, he was so spectacular during basic training that after just six weeks he was sent directly to Seal Team 6! /sarcasm

[Dick Vomer]

maybe even SEAL team 7..8 or 9...whatever it takes...

One fond memory was sitting in a booth when several members of the SEAL brotherhood called "BS" on somebody at the bar.

those guys fight dirty....bwahahahahahaha.....maybe it was "fake" SEAL's kicking the crap out of a "real" SEAL.... but I doubt it.

[mnehring]

That’s him... Really looks like an Army Ranger huh??

[mnehring]

Just for fun.. DU ‘debating’ if he was real or not when questions first arose:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x1260163

[Joe 6-pack]

"Really looks like an Army Ranger huh??"

No, but he really looks like a rump ranger.

[Joe 6-pack]

"Really looks like an Army Ranger huh??"

No, but he really looks like a rump ranger.

[mnehring]

Some fun information on the Seal brotherhood tracking down fake Seals.

http://www.nightscribe.com/Military/seals/wannabe_seals.htm

We have one guy in town I see on the road almost every day with Seal stickers all over his truck. The guy looks like he couldn’t swim across his bathtub, at that pass one minute of seal training.

[bagman]

No, it wasn’t Sir Walter Scott. It was either Batman or millionaire Bruce Wayne (at stately Wayne Manor). I’ve got it on video tape!

[Thombo2]

Loser-hope he gets the max.

[Grampa Dave]

This lying pos, has been tracked and exposed as a liar on Free Republic.

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

One of the more interesting footnotes in FR besides this POS never making it out of basic training was this post.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1637146/posts

“Fake Ranger Jesse Adam MacBeth Was Born Jesse Adam Al-Zaid
Sweetness & Light ^ | May 23, 2006 | N/A

Posted on 05/23/2006 4:12:31 PM PDT by Sam Hill

[Athwart]

And wasn't it Freddie Blassie who said:

You see if you take a pencil that won't hold lead,

Looks like a pipe cleaner atached to a head,

Add a buggy whip body with a brain that leaks,

You got yourself a grit eatin', pencil neck geek.

[mnehring]

His DD412 has been circulated on-line.. the discharge notes are pretty funny.. If memory serves me correctly, he was ‘mentally unfit to continue training’..

I’ll see if I can find it..

[Dick Vomer]

maybe the fat boy IS a SEAL....cause that's the only way I'd survive BUDs... I HATE cold water... and with all that blubber he might have found a "shortcut".,,, doubt it.

[Grampa Dave]

Ping me if you find them and post them.

Check out the first link I posted above re the FR key word search. I think there was at least one thread re his DD 412.

[Grampa Dave]

Below is what you were looking for. The discharge comments on this lying POS.

[Dr.Deth]

"Really looks like an Army Ranger huh??"

No, but he really looks like a rump ranger.

I dunno, he looks clean and articulate to me.

[Brytani]

According to a wikipedia.org on this guy, his name was changed in 1986 from Jesse Adam Al-Zaid to the current name by, I assume, his mothers’s marriage.

Check out the link from reference #1.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Macbeth

[petercooper]

bttt

[Rb ver. 2.0]

I’ve been out of the loop since Thursday. Is this the guy Rush referenced as being a “phoney solider”?

[savedbygrace]

Yes.

(Except, it’s phony, not phoney.)

[Rb ver. 2.0]

Thanks.

[airborne]

I recall FreeRepublic calling BS on this loser from day one.

Rush will take credit for this, without once mentioning the great job FreeRepublic did in exposing this "phony soldier".

One look at his military photo, and many Freepers pointed out that he had his beret on wrong!

[Badeye]

Kinda funny Democrats are ensuring everybody knows who this scum bag phoney is, what he looks like, where he lives.

Thanks Dems!

btw, Limbaugh is immune to the Tom Harkin’s and Harry Reid’s of the world.

[Tribune7]

It was noted his claims have been translated into Arabic and are being used as propaganda against us.

He should be tried as a traitor is right.

[goldstategop]

The Democrats demand MacBeth's reputation be restored... NOW!

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[truemiester]

I don’t think this scrawny kid could pull a trigger (Why he failed basic?) much less over 200.