“Yep…reminds of the time I saved Toby Keith’s life on one of his USO tours…”

“Yeah, I was in Iraq, working for Blackwater. We used to get shot up every day guarding convoys on Route Irish … (insert barely creible lie here)”.

As I understand it, he affected the election of one of the politicians he was stumping for when this story broke before the election.

What’s interesting is that the candidate was a real Vet, and was actually at the Pentagon on the day of the attack. It turns out Standloff borrowwed elements of his story, recycled it, and presented it as his own.

They’re out there, and it will only get worse in a few years. Mark my words, you’ll see 3 to 4 times as many people claiming Afghan/Iraq service 20 years from now than were actually there. 20 somethings who didn’t have the balls to ruck up will reach middle age feeling they missed something, and will overcompensate by saying they were there. Most will likely claim to have been “black ops” of some sort or another.

I’m curious as to the reaction of the anti-war types that embraced him before. Are they doing the right thing and denouncing this guy, or do they seem to act like the ends justified the means, that his lie was in service of their truth?

The presence or lack of intellectual honesty in a cause can tell you a lot about its sincerity.

Did I ever tell you guys about the time I saved Mick Jagger’s life on that USO tour in Nam?