Is bin Laden Training US Military Forces?
Sometimes it seems like it. As the Webmaster for Antiwar.com, I get many critical letters every day. I get at least one letter from someone claiming to be a US soldier or veteran who seems to have the same philosophy as bin Laden: “If you don’t agree with us, we will kill you.”
The majority of them contain numerous misspellings and grammatical errors.
This morning I received this note from Maj. J. McCaffery, USMC. I am including the name and email address he gave since he listed it for publication.
Anti-war? Do yall seriously against all military action? I was in Haiti, Afghanistan, and Iraq and I can tell you right now its damn hippies like you who give us a bad name. If I had it my way id take my company straight into your heaquarters and put a end to your damn lies. You have no idea about the good that we do in those countries. All you do is sit your fat ass in a cubicle and read far left bullshit and pass it on a fact. We help more people in those nations than is getting reported. THE US IS NOT THE BAD GUYS. If you hate America so much, please do us all a favor and get the hell out.
It is such a shame. Many Americans seem willing to adopt the principles of the terrorist enemies: the violent destruction of those who don’t agree with them.
But I will close on a positive note. I received another email yesterday (I am withholding the name in this case, so as not to jeopardize him with the military):
I am an Army officer and a veteran. I am also a Libertarian who supports an isolationist approach to foreign policy. I am leaving the military soon because I am not willing to put my life on the line anymore for this current war. I love your website and agree with your cause. Good luck getting your message out to the world.
~ First Lt. xxxxx
Joe C
September 9th, 2007 at 10:38 am
I live in a military town, basically the only thing here is the marine base. Virtually all of my friends are active-duty marines. I am also a veteran myself (of the USAF). Virtually everyone I know agrees with the second guy, not the first guy. You want to hear some scathing opinions about how useless the war is and how quickly we should get the hell out of there, ask a marine. Even the few I meet that are for the war are for it in a lukewarm fashion…they know it sucks but feel it’s our responsibility to try to fix it. I disagree of course, but the point is that I haven’t run into a single person here–and I ask every marine I meet what his opinion is–who thinks we’re doing good for the world over there. In short, out of hundreds of marines I have talked to, not a single one shares the opinion of the so-called major, who has somehow attained that rank even though he never learned how to write or communicate his ideas well.
Paul Borowicz
September 9th, 2007 at 11:11 am
Since we now live in the Bizarro World, I nominate Maj. J McCaffery USMC for the Medal of Freedom.
John Lowell
September 9th, 2007 at 12:37 pm
While your point is quite well taken, I’d hasten to submit that a more suitable award for the good major just might be the Iron Cross, First Class. Maybe it was the “y’all” that gave it away, but it’s rumoured that right after we’ve been bodily thrown out of the Middle East, the first FreiKorp formed in America will be led by a Southerner. Just kidding, of course, but perhaps what we’re witnessing here is more a harbinger than a complaint. In which case, we can count on McCaffery and his unit showing up at Eric’s office to introduce him to the kind of “good” some of our boys have been doling out to civilians in Iraq. That’d fix him for his damned lies. :-)
Gregorio
September 9th, 2007 at 12:39 pm
Maj. McCaffery’s command of the English language is representative of one or both of two things. First, lowered standards for enlistment even for officer material; second, the importance of alcohol in the Marine Corps for all occasions. In the first case the rank of major suggests that the standards have been very low already for a long time. As a former Marine Corps officer I noticed this over 30 years ago, the prevalence of frat boys and anti-intellectualism in company grade officers. But at least they could spell correctly. Now even field grade officers can’t do that.
The Army has started an enlistment program aimed at illegal immigrants who get to fight for their citizenship. The name of the program is “An Army of Juan”. In the Corps traning manuals are now called training manuels, and beer sales are up.
Richard Steven Hack
September 9th, 2007 at 12:42 pm
Hey, Major!
“Bring it on!”
I’ll show you how the Iraqis handle bozos like you!
Seriously, if this guy actually is a major – and there’s no reason to doubt it just because he can’t write well, military officers are not necessarily smarter or more educated than most people – he’s clearly one reason why we’re losing in Iraq. The main reason, of course, is that we could never win even if he were Rambo. But one additional reason is the utter incompetence of the US officer corps. When morons like General O’Dierno are running the show, the US military is doomed to failure.
Ramsay
September 9th, 2007 at 1:11 pm
Eric:
Nobody likes to receive hate mail. It sucks, we’re human, and we have (yes) feelings. But if you can look at it, from the following perspective, then it will be easier to handle the emails.
The more hate mail you receive – the more effective your website is becoming. When the hate mail starts to drop off, you may want to ask yourself, are more people becoming convinced, or are we getting weaker.
Try and have some sympathy for these guys. No one likes to admit that they’ve been lied to and abused. That their brothers have died for a worthless cause. No one wants to be a sucker and a fool. It’s especially hard for the macho, whose self worth is based on a fragile ego, to admit that everything they ever believed in – was a beautifully created stack of lies.
On the other side, the progressive democrats, will be going through the same exercise. As they realize that they have been used and abused, repeatedly lied to, many of them will probably choose denial as well.
You do a terrific job running the website. Keep up the good work. If it makes you feel better – I hate you.
Ramsay
phil
September 9th, 2007 at 1:26 pm
He’s a Major but whose side is he on?
klyde
September 9th, 2007 at 2:38 pm
I’d like to know if this guy is for real. Not that their aren’t plenty of military types who hold these type views but the lack of even basic grammer makes me think this is a fake. If you know anyone who has access to the Marine/Navy version of AKO they can look J McCaffery up to see if their is such a person.
Dave Carter
September 9th, 2007 at 2:44 pm
Major McCaffery is just very well brainwashed by his training in the military and probably can’t think on his own. He would have been a very useful Nazi, not asking questions about what is right or what is moral, just serving the needs of the State. Shame on people like that. The U.S. will most likely descend into a totalitarianism of the right for several years before an uprising occurs, and it will be a violent one. The existing “Establishment” cannot be changed, but must be destroyed and a Revolution is inevitable. Who says every nation is entitled to only one revolution?
James E. Egolf
September 9th, 2007 at 2:52 pm
Major McCaffery is a wimp. He wants to use violence against peaceful civilians who disagree with him. Given the record of Marines raping and murdering civilians in Iraq, this is to be expected. I wonder if he ever heard of the United States Constitution and The Bill of Rights. He ought to read General Smedley Butler’s books and articles against war. Gen. Smedly Butler was the first American tobe awarded the Medal of Honor twice, and he did not get these awards murdering civilians. Maj. Mc Caffery should note that Gen. Smedley was a Marine. There are members of our family who have served with distinction in the US Army and Marines who are opposed to the disasters in Western Asia. The U.S. Government has borrowed money from the Chinese to borrow trouble in Western Asia. Notice that the wimp McCaffery said he would bring his company to commit violence against peaceful civilians. He is too much of a coward to do it alone.
James
September 9th, 2007 at 3:44 pm
James
September 9th, 2007 at 3:48 pm
My post didn’t show how I wrote it.
I attempted to quote the major interspersed with my own my comments, and his didn’t show up right.
Mark Read Pickens
September 9th, 2007 at 4:22 pm
Are you sure J. McCaffery is actually a Major? I counted six grammatical or typographic errors.
Also, you said he listed his email address for publication. If I could contact him, he could explain the lies you have been telling. That would save me at least half an hour a day I spend studying Antiwar.com.
Traitor
September 9th, 2007 at 4:26 pm
You have to wonder if they are so willing to kill fellow Americans for simply disagreeing with them, you must think they do some pretty awful things to “help more people in those nations”.
Aris
September 9th, 2007 at 6:31 pm
I don’t think this guy is a major, for a couple of reasons: first, an officer would not risk his courier by writing threatening letters; second, as part of his job he must prepare reports, written and/or oral, and thus he must have basic knowledge of English language. He seems to be a loony who is simply angry at Antiwar.com because of what is exposed on these pages: the never ending deadly lies.
South taking over? They already have.
evilpaul
September 9th, 2007 at 7:03 pm
I’m glad somebody finally has the courage to expose the lies of terrible leftist Eric Garris! (Sarcasm? What?)
jeff zervas
September 9th, 2007 at 7:50 pm
As a combat veteran myself, I volunteer to read and explain USMC Major General Smedley Butler’s classic,”War is a Racket” to the major.
I doubt the fool could read it or understand it himself.
As a side note, I make it a point to ask everyone I see with a USMC tatoo or other indication of “serving” about their opinion of Bush’s War. I have not yet had anyone say anything positive about it.
Mark Daniel Miller
September 9th, 2007 at 9:25 pm
I just discovered this forum today – and have found the comments made here and commentary given both interesting and insightful on many fronts. One that I find lacking is a deeper understanding in exactly what this “War on Terror” to be about. One thing that I have found missing in many of the comment (and retorts for or against them) is a mention of the jihad which can substantially be credited as the true issue at hand. I did serve in the military, but that in not of consequence here. And I was born and raised in Texas, and have not lived in the Middle East, which is why I do not claim the personally be an expert on matters there. Instead – I challenge any who read this to listen to the words of a true expert. Dr. Walid Phares is a man of amazing insight into what is really going on in the Middle East, and has been for generations. He can be counted as an expert in that he is originally from Lebanon, grew up there, was schooled at the University of Beirut (before going on to earn degrees from other Universities) and has been called in to educate the forums of committees of the State, Justice, Defense and Homeland Security Departments, the US Congress, the European Parliament, the United Nations Security Council – and is also a regular guest on just about every network around – NBC, Fox News, ABC, CBS, PBS,BBC, Al Hurra TV, France 24, Al Jazeera, Al Arabiya News programs. I’ve included a couple of links below to talks he gave on what he holds to be the truth behind the situation at hand. I urge you to listen to them, and would love remarks and thoughts by any willing to do so here, or to be emailed to me at markdanielmiller@yahoo.com. FYI – the links only appear to work in Internet Explorer. I tried them in Firefox (by FAR my browser of choice :) – but to no avail. I look forward to your thoughts! :)
http://www.coralridge.org./medialibrary.asp?mediaId=3305
http://www.coralridge.org./medialibrary.asp?mediaId=3306
R. Nelson
September 9th, 2007 at 11:13 pm
In truth, you’ve been had. The alleged Marine emailer is really Jammaster MC Ffreacy (with a hard c). He specializes in performances in Third World countries that we first invade and whose peoples we soften up with a little bombing and slaughter. That way they’re too terrified to toss him out.
His best known song, to use the term loosely, is titled “Put Your Lips Behind the Military” from the album “We’re the Best, Kill the Rest.” It just went iron in sales and might reach aluminum if he can reach the newly displaced Iraqi refugees.
DJ
September 10th, 2007 at 4:03 am
Since McCaffery listed his address, maybe each of us ought to paste all the comments made in his behalf into return emails so he can read for himself just how arrogantly stupid he comes across. I don’t know if he’s actually a Marine officer, or not. I happen to be a retired one myself (including combat tours during the good old Vietnam days), and during my 23 years in that capacity I’ve run into more than a few who were just as “gung-ho” brainwashed as he seems to be. His kind of overt bellicosity might well be indicative of deepseated insecurity. An inferiority complex. Or perhaps he just got reality mixed up with John Wayne movies as a child. And his apparent illiteracy! He didn’t even puncuate y’all correctly.
richard vajs
September 10th, 2007 at 5:12 am
I am a dirty hippie with a fat ass and I would love to sit in a cubicle all day reading far left bulls**t and passing it on as fact. Any opening there?
phil
September 10th, 2007 at 5:21 am
The Major is obviously another casualty of Depleted Uranium.
He must sprinkle it on his cornflakes.
No Brainer
September 10th, 2007 at 5:45 am
Every high will be low someday. this will be soon. Get it before it gets you…
5446
September 10th, 2007 at 8:36 am
First, I’m going to assume that the Major is as he claims he is, its a common courtesy I give to people who’ve earned my respect. All soldiers earned that respect, because they’ve signed up to die for my rights.
That said, cut the Major some slack. First off, people are going to disagree with each other, its one of the benefits of living in the US. Second, agree or not, the man’s life is on the line, and I’m willing to bet when you live like that for long enough, you’ll start to get a little short with people whom you believe don’t respect the sacrifices you’ve made for them.
To the Major, I don’t agree with your view, and I don’t agree with how you’ve chosen to display it to us. On the other hand, I wish you nothing more than a speedy delivery away from the hostilities and a long, happy life wherever and however you choose to live it. Good luck to you and those who report to you. Until this war ends, I’ll be part of the chorus of voices who tell others how YOU, sir, are being mistreated by those above you in the chain of command.
liam
September 10th, 2007 at 10:08 am
It’s refreshing to see comments by a few that actually get to the heart of the matter and what is really going on. We have been hijacked by zionists. From our government to our media to our colleges. Three times in the past 14 months, Israeli diplomats have been caught south of our border trying to smuggle explosives, yet our media says nothing. Its just like all the Israeli’s caught after 9-11. Fox was the only one reporting on it and it was scrubbed from their site a few weeks later.
I think it is wise to do as someone recommended above. Educate yourself about all the zionist false flags. Lybia, USS Liberty, Entebbe, USS Estonia, the ISraeli Embasssy’s in Paris, Argentina, and Brazil, Pan Am 103, Jonathon Pollard, Mark Rich, etc.
Dariush
September 11th, 2007 at 3:37 am
“Dr. Walid Phares is a man of amazing insight into what is really going on in the Middle East, and has been for generations.”
“Dr.” Walid Phares is a Kataeb (”Phalangist”) scum who is one of the leading lights of the Guardians of the Cedars militia, responsible for numerous massacres of Palestinians and Shia Lebanese throughout the 70’s and 80’s.
Like most of his comardes he believes Maronite Christians to be “Franco-Phoenicians” who are racially different from (superior to) Arabs.
Ironic that he bloviates on and on about “Islamic fascism” when his “movement” can trace its lineage directly back to Mussolini… brownshirts and everything.
Dubya
September 24th, 2007 at 8:39 am
The Major, if he is one, is clearly just frustrated with teh level of public support and the coverage by the media that the war in Iraq has gotten. Contrary to an earlier poster I know many Marines who support the war or at the very least support finishing it properly. The real question comes down to a very simple one, what happens if we leave Iraq today?
Joe C.
September 13th, 2008 at 12:45 am
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