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Micah Wright, Pseudo Army Ranger
Micah Wright is the author of You Back the Attack, We'll Bomb Who We Want, a satirical take on war propaganda. Publishers Weekly described him as a "former Army Ranger turned antiwar comic book artist." In an interview with the Washington Post in July, 2003 Wright elaborated at some length on his experience as an Army Ranger. Here's a quote from that article:He endured rigorous Ranger training, including capturing and eating a snake. He says he participated in classified combat missions in South and Central America, but can talk only about Operation Just Cause, the capture of Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega. (Or, as he calls it, "Operation Just Because.") Did he ever kill anyone? "That's one of those questions that I really don't like to answer," he says after an uncomfortable pause. "You're shooting at people and other people are shooting and people fall down. Put it this way: I never shot at anybody who hadn't shot at me first."
Sounds pretty exciting and mysterious, except now Wright has admitted that he was never an Army Ranger. The extent of his military experience is some Army ROTC training. So Wright now joins a long tradition of lying about military service. It's a tradition that includes both pro-war and anti-war activists, democrats as well as republicans. I could easily have a whole gallery of the museum devoted to phony veterans. (Thanks, Shane)
Posted By: Alex | Date: Sun May 02, 2004 | Permalink |
Total Comments: 5
Category: Identity/Imposters, Military
Category: Identity/Imposters, Military
Listed in chronological order. Newest comments at the end.
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Not only did he lie about being a Ranger, but he lied in his "apology" for lying about being a Ranger. He's since edited it to take out the stuff that people were fact-checking, but I archived the original here:
http://jimtreacher.com/ranger.htm
Posted by Jim in USA on Thu May 06, 2004 at 12:18 AM
http://jimtreacher.com/ranger.htm
looks like all that information is still there, despite whatever Jim Treacher claims and archives.
Posted by Frank Deals in Salt Lake City on Mon Nov 07, 2005 at 08:46 AM
Posted by Jim Treacher on Sun Jan 22, 2006 at 02:17 PM
Yeah, I did try clicking this link. At the bottom you'll see that there's a note which says "hey, this looks different, what gives?" That takes you to this page where he explains that he issued three separate apologies as he accepted more and more of the responsibility for his own actions. He clearly links to his first apology and to his second apology. In fact, only an idiot wouldn't be able to understand it. Moreover, since you're posting and complaining this almost two years after the fact, it's suddenly very clear that far from being a person who's just interested in exposing him, you're some kind of obsessed weirdo who's still Googling the guy's name years after the fact. So are you trying to relive the glory days or just stalking him? What a freaking loser... and before you accuse me of being an obsessive like yourself, the only reason I know about your idiotic, untrue and misleading "update" is because I must have accidentally clicked the "notify me of follow-up comments" button when I posted this same information back in November... what's your excuse? Or did your weekly Google search on Micah Wright just lead you back to your old vomit like a dog? WHY ARE YOU GOOGLING THIS GUY TWO YEARS LATER? You're pathetic. And obsessed.
Posted by Frank Deals in Salt Lake City on Sun Jan 22, 2006 at 02:40 PM
Interesting response. You really seem to be taking it personally for some reason. Well, thanks for sharing your thoughts!
Posted by Jim Treacher on Sat Mar 18, 2006 at 08:42 PM
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