Comments on: The speedy and brilliant fact-checkers at the WaPo have come up with a correction https://thenewneo.com/2019/01/22/the-speedy-and-brilliant-fact-checkers-at-the-wapo-have-come-up-with-a-correction/ A blog about political change, among other things Wed, 23 Jan 2019 22:53:15 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Richard Saunders https://thenewneo.com/2019/01/22/the-speedy-and-brilliant-fact-checkers-at-the-wapo-have-come-up-with-a-correction/#comment-2420366 Wed, 23 Jan 2019 22:53:15 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=84120#comment-2420366 I served my two years in the Army, 1970-1972, sitting behind a desk in Munich. I would never dream of calling myself a Vietnam vet, or even a Vietnam-era vet. (Of course, you didn’t see any of them Russkies coming across the Fulda Gap when I was there, but that’s another story.)

]]> By: neo https://thenewneo.com/2019/01/22/the-speedy-and-brilliant-fact-checkers-at-the-wapo-have-come-up-with-a-correction/#comment-2420240 Wed, 23 Jan 2019 06:05:12 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=84120#comment-2420240 Glen:

No one—and I mean no one—considers that meaningful. And even the US Military does not commonly use the term that way. See this:

The term [“Vietnam veteran”] has been used to describe veterans who were in the armed forces of South Vietnam, the United States armed forces, and countries allied to them, whether or not they were stationed in Vietnam during their service. However, the more common usage distinguishes between those who served “in country” and those who did not serve in Vietnam by referring to the “in country” veterans as “Vietnam veterans” and the others as “Vietnam-era veterans”. The U.S. government officially refers to all as “Vietnam-era veterans”.

In addition, Phillips never left stateside and was only “discharged” rather than “honorably discharged.” He went AWOL three times and left with the rank of private. Lots more here on his service record.

]]> By: Glen https://thenewneo.com/2019/01/22/the-speedy-and-brilliant-fact-checkers-at-the-wapo-have-come-up-with-a-correction/#comment-2420237 Wed, 23 Jan 2019 06:01:07 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=84120#comment-2420237 The U.S. Military defines a Vietnam vet by when they served not where. Anyone who served even one day from August 5, 1964 – May 7, 1975 is a considered a Vietnam vet.

]]> By: AesopFan https://thenewneo.com/2019/01/22/the-speedy-and-brilliant-fact-checkers-at-the-wapo-have-come-up-with-a-correction/#comment-2420225 Wed, 23 Jan 2019 05:02:05 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=84120#comment-2420225 The Father of Fake News is still going at it.

http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=59699

Dan Rather Attacks Covington Catholic Students Hours After Story Debunked
Chris Menahan
InformationLiberation
Jan. 20, 2019

]]> By: J.J. https://thenewneo.com/2019/01/22/the-speedy-and-brilliant-fact-checkers-at-the-wapo-have-come-up-with-a-correction/#comment-2420223 Wed, 23 Jan 2019 05:00:46 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=84120#comment-2420223 Dagnabit! Should be ….During the Vietnam era….

]]> By: J.J. https://thenewneo.com/2019/01/22/the-speedy-and-brilliant-fact-checkers-at-the-wapo-have-come-up-with-a-correction/#comment-2420222 Wed, 23 Jan 2019 04:59:17 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=84120#comment-2420222 During the Vietnam ear the MSM and left had no respect for Vietnam vets. But since John Kerry (Did you know he served in Vietnam?) reported for duty as the Democrat candidate for President, certain Vietnam vets became more acceptable. Now they champion a native American hustler as a Vietnam vet as respectable, maybe even a “hero.” My guess is that if you had on a MAGA hat and a Vietnam vet T-shirt, you would once again be dubbed a “baby killer” or worse. Because….Trump.

]]> By: SteveS https://thenewneo.com/2019/01/22/the-speedy-and-brilliant-fact-checkers-at-the-wapo-have-come-up-with-a-correction/#comment-2420197 Wed, 23 Jan 2019 02:21:03 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=84120#comment-2420197 I happened to see this over at Gateway Pundit right after reading this thread:
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/01/retired-seal-nathan-phillips-not-a-vietnam-vet-he-was-a-refrigerator-mechanic-who-went-awol-three-times/

Allegedly, according to his DD214, our “Recon Ranger” was trained as an electrician, served 4 years and left as a private.

]]> By: Kate https://thenewneo.com/2019/01/22/the-speedy-and-brilliant-fact-checkers-at-the-wapo-have-come-up-with-a-correction/#comment-2420182 Wed, 23 Jan 2019 00:55:14 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=84120#comment-2420182 Thanks, Neo. Tribe members in Omaha rallied to his defense, based on the apparently false information which was circulating on Saturday and early Sunday. I wonder how they will react when some of them learn they’ve been had.

]]> By: Mike K https://thenewneo.com/2019/01/22/the-speedy-and-brilliant-fact-checkers-at-the-wapo-have-come-up-with-a-correction/#comment-2420178 Wed, 23 Jan 2019 00:35:11 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=84120#comment-2420178 The Omaha “tribe” seems to be late to the game. This old Indian is a nut who has been in DC for six years, according to a version that might now be deleted. He and his “partner” have been living in a shack, then a basement. It sounds like he was almost homeless with the usual psych pathology. He has a history that should become more clear as the right does what the media should have done.

Nobody has yet proven that he actually was in the Marine Corps. He was 16 when the last Marines left VN.

]]> By: neo https://thenewneo.com/2019/01/22/the-speedy-and-brilliant-fact-checkers-at-the-wapo-have-come-up-with-a-correction/#comment-2420175 Wed, 23 Jan 2019 00:20:42 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=84120#comment-2420175 Kate:

It was a bad link. I fixed it; it should work now.

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