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    10月22日

    Silencing the truth

    Daniel was one of the few soldiers in Iraq brave enough to write about the truth.  Don't worry, Daniel is fine, but he has been gagged.  Daniel was honest and blunt about what is happening in Iraq.  He didn't sugar coat it with fantasy stories of rosewater and warm embraces.  However, shortly after being highlighted on Operation Truth, he was informed that he was no longer going to be allowed to write on his blog.  But more disturbing, he was obviously told to include the following statement.  A statement that he may not believe.  Though not any more surprising than the staged teleconference a week ago, this is no less infuriating.  Is this the Democracy that our forefathers intended?
     
     
    The following is an excerpt from Daniel's last post:

    I thank all of you who have been so supportive recently. I have never before received so much positive feedback, and it was very heart-warming to know that so many people out there care. Having said that, it breaks my heart to say that this will be my last post on this blog. I wish I could just stop there, but I can not. The following also needs to be said:

    For the record, I am officially a supporter of the administration and of her policies. I am a proponent for the war against terror and I believe in the mission in Iraq. I understand my role in that mission, and I accept it. I understand that I signed the contract which makes stop loss legal, and I retract any statements I made in the past that contradict this one. Furthermore, I have the utmost confidence in the leadership of my chain of command, including (but not limited to) the president George Bush and the honorable secretary of defense Rumsfeld. If I have ever written anything on this site or on others that lead the reader to believe otherwise, please consider this a full and complete retraction.

    I apologize for any misunderstandings that might understandably arise from this. Should you continue to have questions, please feel free to contact me through     e-mail. I promise to respond personally to each, but it may take some time; my internet access has become restricted.

     

    And, at long last, he loved Big Brother.

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    Wehlia さんの投稿:
    David,
    No apologies necessary. I just wrote that last thing to clarify that I wasn't arguing with you. I thought the post before that might have come out a little harsh. I was trying to let you know that I didn't mean for it to come off that way. I guess i am not good at that. Sorry for that.=)
    10 月 24 日
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    Daveidusa さんの投稿:
    Apologies for any mis-understandings. If I appeared to be accusatory, I most certainly did not mean to appear that way. I was very much bewildered, frustrated, angry, and otherwise surprised that this is really happening in this country, right now. Then again, I shouldn't be with this administration. I was writing more, as if to emphasize my agreement with you, and my perspective from a 'this is really the United States of America?' point of view. The link to this story is on my site. Thank you for getting the word out. Again, apologies for any mis-understandings-
    10 月 24 日
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    Hummingbird888 さんの投稿:
    Not a problem girlie. Anything to help out when I can, I love you too!!
    10 月 24 日
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    Wehlia さんの投稿:
    You did what you could. I am sure it did help. This was the result of many people, not any one person can take credit for it. There is not too much more we can do for now but wait and hope it takes hold. I have written everyone I can think of. I am waiting to see if a few more places will take the bite. I emailed crooks and liars, the daily kos, and several other places. What we can do now is just try to keep it alive. We need to keep the interest sparked. Unfortunately, we are battling a hurricane and the Plame scandal, it isn't going to be easy. Thanks for posting the story. Luv ya!
    10 月 24 日
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    Hummingbird888 さんの投稿:
    I fear I have not been much help to the cause, but I did put it on my blog, so maybe it will help. My site is not as popular as yours.
    10 月 24 日
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    Wehlia さんの投稿:
    Holy shit, the Norse bloggers are involved. They picked it up from tattered coat as well. I can pick through it enough to know they linked back to him and they appear to be sad for him. Even those for whom English is not the first language can tell he appears to have been forced to write this.
    "Goetz er en amerikansk soldat som tjenestegjør i Irak...
    Som sagt, jeg kan nok forstå hvorfor man gjør dette"

    http://hjorthen.blogspot.com/2005/10/militrblogg-skutt-ned-i-flammer.html
    Thanks for taking it global.
    10 月 24 日
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    Dustin_CleTuS さんの投稿:
    A great example of american "freedom" and why it should be spread throughout the world. <sarcasm>
    10 月 24 日
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    Jules さんの投稿:
    Wehlia: I went ahead and did a trackback to this post on my site - good job.

    I can't help but wonder what the consequences would have been had Daniel not written the above pro-administration post. How severe could his potential reprimand possibly have been that he would concede to this forced message? It makes you wonder...

    -Jules
    10 月 24 日
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    hurleygrrl73 さんの投稿:
    This is all over the blogs! I just had a chance to actually go to Daniel's site and look around. It is very sad, indeed, that something like this has happened. I am sick by it, really.
    10 月 23 日
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    Wehlia さんの投稿:
    I know, it's crazy. Maybe someone will listen. Maybe someone will care. Maybe it won't be you or me or anyone else next. A girl can hope.
    10 月 23 日
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    Bieling33 さんの投稿:
    OMG, I just shit my pants... You started this!

    New post:
    http://fredbieling.blogspot.com/2005/10/and-all-kings-men.html
    10 月 23 日
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    Wehlia さんの投稿:
    DailyKos picked it up too. I wasn't expecting this much of a response either. This is incredible. It has managed to spread across North america in a day. Thanks for your help. Maybe with this much support, we may make another chink in the armor.

    http://dailykos.com/storyonly/2005/10/23/171727/42
    10 月 23 日
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    Bieling33 さんの投稿:
    Never did I imagine the size of this response! I can barely keep up with all the comments at all the different sites!
    10 月 23 日
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    Wehlia さんの投稿:
    David,
    I wasn't trying to be argumentative, I was just adding to your statement. I wanted to clarify to readers that there is a big difference between adhering to the Hatch Act and what happened to Daniel. You made a very valid point that I totally agree with. Thanks for adding the link and helping to spread the word.

    Zawm,
    It means a lot to me that you are willing to lend your help. Thank you.
    10 月 23 日
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    Zawm さんの投稿:
    i made a post about this
    10 月 23 日
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    Daveidusa さんの投稿:
    I do understand military personnel is subject to the Hatch Act. My point was exactly as you say, a complete retraction of his original beliefs. Merely explaining he must adhere to the Hatch Act, and then leaving it at that would have been truth. Now he was told to not only stop but, retract his thought.

    I was trying to point out that if they can apply the Hatch Act to include a retraction, how far they might be willing to 'stretch' to maintain 'order.' I do not believe this administration would give a second thought while intruding upon our constitutional rights.

    Please note I have linked to this entry at the top of my site. If you have any objections to the way the link is incorporated please advise me.
    10 月 23 日
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    Wehlia さんの投稿:
    David, it is not just the termination of free speech that bothers me so severly in this case. Active duty soldiers and sailors are subject to the Hatch Act which restricts their ability to speak out in an insulting or demoralizing way against their chain of command. Violation of this could result in charges of munity or sedition. This act does not, however, require anyone to privately believe anything in particular about anyone or anything. The most troublesome part of this situation is the forced recanting of everything he had said and the forced statement of support for the wars on terror and on iraq. all they had to do was tell him to stop writing on his blog and leave it at that. The extent to which they forced him to aspouse views he does not appear to believe in is appaling. His own reference to "1984" in his post lets us know this is the case. If they can force people to believe things, we have come a lot farther down the road to facism than even I had feared.
    10 月 23 日
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    Daveidusa さんの投稿:
    A comment to one of my entries on my blog applies here: 'I cannot believe the conservatives cannot see this President as a dictator.'

    George W. Bush is seeking an excuse for martial law. His first suggestion was the flu. More to come?

    Bush is seeking a termination of American rights. He has been the worst President of my lifetime, and I do remember Eisenhower as a kid.

    This entry is merely evidence of the beginning of the end if it continues.

    I am appalled any American administration is willing to allow termination of the freedom of speech we enjoy under first amendment rights.
    10 月 23 日
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    Hummingbird888 さんの投稿:
    Hey D, do you want me and Rob to post about Daniel too? I guess if you don't care I can just use your and we can put it on ours and just have everyone who sees it to do the same.
    10 月 23 日
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    Wehlia さんの投稿:
    The title of his last post was Double Plus Ungood.
    From the Newspeak Dictionary:

    double plus - A Prefix used to create the superlative form of an adjective or adverb. (i.e. - pluscold and doublepluscold meant, respectively, 'very cold' and 'superlatively cold'.

    ungood - Bad. One of the rules of newspeak is that any word can be turned into its antonym by adding the prefix "un-". This allowed the removal of repetitive words such as horrible, terrible, great, fantastic, and fabulous from the language.

    This should eradicate any doubt as to whether or not he actually wanted to write this or was forced to write it.
    10 月 23 日
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