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Marine charged with faking war wounds for gain
AP News (see it on Drudge, too) ^
| 9-21-2009
| DAVID DISHNEAU
Posted on 09/21/2009 3:59:37 AM PDT by grey_whiskers
On a sultry day in July 2008, Marine Sgt. David W. Budwah strode in his battle fatigues to the front of a picnic pavilion to tell three dozen young boys what he did during the war.
With his clear gaze, rigid posture and muscled, tattooed arms, Budwah looked every inch the hero he claimed to be. He said he was on his second tour of duty in Afghanistan when a homemade grenade exploded, wounding his face and arm when he dove to shield a buddy from the blast.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; fakemedals; fakery; kerryredux; stolenvalor
The Next John Kerry, anyone? Can we use this as a renewed call for the SF180?
Cheers!
To: grey_whiskers
Interesting that they quoted Bill Burkett of Memogate as
" phony-hero debunker B.G. "Jug" Burkett of Plano, Texas." It's like a retro support of the guy who faked or was complicit in Bush's TANG documents.
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posted on
09/21/2009 4:07:39 AM PDT
by
Malsua
To: grey_whiskers
I hear that there’s a senate seat open in Massachusetts. Sounds like he qualifiws. Now, if he only changes his last name to Kennedy, he’ll be a shoe-in!
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posted on
09/21/2009 4:09:57 AM PDT
by
catman67
To: grey_whiskers
......faces up to 31 1/2 years in prison and a dishonorable discharge...turn him over to a group of Marines for 31 1/2 seconds
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posted on
09/21/2009 4:20:29 AM PDT
by
Doogle
(USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
To: Malsua
B.G. “Jug” Burkett , 65, a Vietnam veteran and author of the 1998 book, “Stolen Valor.”
No connection with Memograte. Also MerdeMatters said he was going to bash Kerry’s war record.
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posted on
09/21/2009 4:23:53 AM PDT
by
BilLies
To: grey_whiskers
He’s like his president: a phony and a liar!
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posted on
09/21/2009 4:28:46 AM PDT
by
IbJensen
(If Catholic voters were true to their faith there would be no abortion and no President Obama.)
To: IbJensen; grey_whiskers
John Kerry got medals for his “wounds”
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posted on
09/21/2009 4:31:47 AM PDT
by
TYVets
(Let’s Roll!!! The leadership of the GOP has no spine and no guts, but we conservatives do)
To: TYVets
And evidently a piece of rice still in his a$$, and claims he’s got some CIA guys grungy hat.
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posted on
09/21/2009 4:50:04 AM PDT
by
onedoug
To: IbJensen
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posted on
09/21/2009 5:49:16 AM PDT
by
stuartcr
(If we are truly made in the image of God, why do we have faults?)
To: Malsua
Interesting that they quoted Bill Burkett of MemogateSource?
B.G. Burkett exposed Rather as a fraud in "Stolen Valor". Other than that what connection does he have to Rather?
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posted on
09/21/2009 5:58:10 AM PDT
by
A.A. Cunningham
(Barry Soetoro is a Kenyan communist)
To: Malsua
This is a different Burkett and he is from Dallas not Plano
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posted on
09/21/2009 6:01:58 AM PDT
by
Kaslin
(Acronym for 0bama: One Big Ass Mistake America)
To: Kaslin
This is a different Burkett and he is from Dallas not Plano Right, my mistake.
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posted on
09/21/2009 6:11:24 AM PDT
by
Malsua
To: All
From Wikepedia
Bill Burkett was the CBS source in the Killian documents affair of 2004. He retired as a Lieutenant Colonel from the Texas Army National Guard.
Bill Burkett
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posted on
09/21/2009 6:16:19 AM PDT
by
Kaslin
(Acronym for 0bama: One Big Ass Mistake America)
To: grey_whiskers
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posted on
09/21/2009 6:22:34 AM PDT
by
deport
To: grey_whiskers
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posted on
09/21/2009 9:11:38 AM PDT
by
Scythian
To: catman67
he’s the man for Kennedy’s job! a kerry war hero! Where’s murtha?
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