MSM Screed of the Day- Washington Post

[CoLawman]

Originally Posted by sf11b_p

That's a pretty amazing four year career.

He's also is or has been...

Adjunct professor at the U.S. Air Force's School of Advanced Airpower Studies.

Director of military research for Greenpeace International (Gulf War).

Military adviser to the second "Harvard Study Team," Iraq (Survey, effects of bombing on the civilian population.)

Consultant to Human Rights Watch, Iraq, Lebanon and Yugoslavia. (Effects of weapons and warfare on civilian populations).

thememoryhole.org/war/gulf-secret04.htm

All that and he's a prolific writer and a talking head for the media, how does he find the time.

A bit more on Arkiin's vitae: http://www.thememoryhole.org/war/gulf-secret04.htm

William M. Arkin is an independent writer, investigator, and consultant specializing in national security affairs. He is the "Dot.Mil" columnist for the Washington Post's online service and has written the "Last Word" column in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists since 1985. He is also a regular contributor to Defense Daily. He is an adjunct professor at the U.S. Air Force's School of Advanced Airpower Studies.

Arkin's interest in Iraq began when he was director of military research for Greenpeace International. During the Gulf War, he headed Greenpeace's war response team and co-authored On Impact: Modern Warfare and the Environment: A Case of the Gulf War (May 1991),which was the first comprehensive study of the war's human and environmental effects.

In August 1991, five months after the Gulf War ceasefire, Arkin traveled to Iraq as military adviser to the second "Harvard Study Team," which conducted a survey of the effects of bombing on the civilian population. He visited over 250 sites that had been bombed, and he subsequently briefed the finding of his on the ground bomb damage assessment to the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the CIA and other intelligence agencies, the Air Force and Navy, as well as other military audiences. He returned to Iraq in February 1993 to complete his research, and conducted extensive interviews with Iraqi government and military leaders.

Arkin has written extensively about targeting and airpower, and he became a consultant to Human Rights Watch in 1995, where he continues to pioneer independent field work and research to investigate the effects of weapons and warfare on civilian populations. He has since conducted bomb damage assessments in Lebanon and Yugoslavia, most recently in August 1999 after Operation Allied Force. In 1998 and 1999, Arkin also served as an on-air analyst on military affairs for MSNBC and NBC during the bombings of Iraq and Yugoslavia. His work on Iraq and targeting has been featured on CBS' 60 Minutes, ABC's 20/20, NBC Nightly News, BBC, CNN, and the Discovery Channel.

Mr. Arkin is the author or co-author of several books, including SIOP: The Secret US Plan for Nuclear War (1983); Encyclopedia of the US Military; and, most recently, The U.S. Military Online (1998, 2nd edition). He also co-authored and co-edited the prestigious encyclopedia of nuclear weapons, the five-volume Nuclear Weapons Databook, undertaken by the Natural Resources Defense Council.

Mr. Arkin served in the U.S. Army from 1974-1978, and was an assistant to the Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence of the US Commander Berlin. He was engaged in a number of covert intelligence collection projects and was the primary intelligence analyst for the West Berlin command.

Prima Facia evidence of his being a traitorous punk.

After doing a brief profile I conclude that he;

1. Never made the cut for a competitive sport.
2. Lusted after cheerleaders, but could never get a date.
3. Kept getting his books knocked out of his hands in the school hallways.
4. Refused to shower after gym class.
5. Had one to two friends he played Dungeons and Dragons with on Friday and Saturday nights.
6. No mention in his high school yearbooks, with the exception of a class picture.
7. Wore a pocket protector.
8. Rode the bus to school, each and every day.
9. Only extra curricular activity was Drama Club.
10. Worked in the school cafeteria.

Apologies to Firebeef if this is a little too close to you, but at least you rode your bicycle to school each and every day!

[The Reaper]

Originally Posted by CoLawman

A bit more on Arkiin's vitae: http://www.thememoryhole.org/war/gulf-secret04.htm

William M. Arkin is an independent writer, investigator, and consultant specializing in national security affairs. He is the "Dot.Mil" columnist for the Washington Post's online service and has written the "Last Word" column in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (NUTJOB GROUP) since 1985. He is also a regular contributor to Defense Daily. He is an adjunct professor at the U.S. Air Force's School of Advanced Airpower Studies.

Arkin's interest in Iraq began when he was director of military research for Greenpeace International. (NUTJOB GROUP)During the Gulf War, he headed Greenpeace's war response team and co-authored On Impact: Modern Warfare and the Environment: A Case of the Gulf War (May 1991)(NUTJOB STUDY FOR NUTJOB GROUP),which was the first comprehensive study of the war's human and environmental effects.

In August 1991, five months after the Gulf War ceasefire, Arkin traveled to Iraq as military adviser to the second "Harvard Study Team," (NUTJOB GROUP)which conducted a survey of the effects of bombing on the civilian population. He visited over 250 sites that had been bombed, and he subsequently briefed the finding of his on the ground bomb damage assessment to the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the CIA and other intelligence agencies, the Air Force and Navy, as well as other military audiences. He returned to Iraq in February 1993 to complete his research, and conducted extensive interviews with Iraqi government and military leaders (TRAITOROUS NUTJOB).

Arkin has written extensively about targeting and airpower, and he became a consultant to Human Rights Watch (NUTJOB GROUP) in 1995, where he continues to pioneer independent field work and research to investigate the effects of weapons and warfare on civilian populations (NUTJOB CAUSE). He has since conducted bomb damage assessments in Lebanon and Yugoslavia, most recently in August 1999 after Operation Allied Force (NUTJOB). In 1998 and 1999, Arkin also served as an on-air analyst on military affairs for MSNBC and NBC during the bombings of Iraq and Yugoslavia (NUTJOB CAUSE). His work on Iraq and targeting has been featured on CBS' 60 Minutes, ABC's 20/20, NBC Nightly News, BBC, CNN, and the Discovery Channel (NUTJOB MSM OUTLETS).

Mr. Arkin is the author or co-author of several books, including SIOP: The Secret US Plan for Nuclear War (1983) (TRAITOROUS NUTJOB); Encyclopedia of the US Military; and, most recently, The U.S. Military Online (1998, 2nd edition). He also co-authored and co-edited the prestigious encyclopedia of nuclear weapons, the five-volume Nuclear Weapons Databook, undertaken by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NUTJOB GROUP).

Mr. Arkin served in the U.S. Army from 1974-1978, and was an assistant to the Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence of the US Commander Berlin. He was engaged in a number of covert intelligence collection projects and was the primary intelligence analyst for the West Berlin command. (VERY PROBABLY A GROSS EXAGGERATION OF WHAT HE DID IN THE U.S. ARMY)


Prima Facia evidence of his being a traitorous punk.

After doing a brief profile I conclude that he;

1. Never made the cut for a competitive sport.
2. Lusted after cheerleaders, but could never get a date.
3. Kept getting his books knocked out of his hands in the school hallways.
4. Refused to shower after gym class.
5. Had one to two friends he played Dungeons and Dragons with on Friday and Saturday nights.
6. No mention in his high school yearbooks, with the exception of a class picture.
7. Wore a pocket protector.
8. Rode the bus to school, each and every day.
9. Only extra curricular activity was Drama Club.
10. Worked in the school cafeteria.

Apologies to Firebeef if this is a little too close to you, but at least you rode your bicycle to school each and every day!

Well said, Lawman.

Noted to add appropriate definition of positions and groups.

Wow, in my first four years in the Army, all I was able to was barely get trained and lead three platoons. I guess he went directly to field grade, rather than spending the first 3-4 years as an LT. Anyone else smell a little resume padding?

TR

[x SF med]

I want to know what he did in the Army.... MOS? Rank? Schools? Active/Reserve/ARNG?

All that detail above - and

Mr. Arkin served in the U.S. Army from 1974-1978, and was an assistant to the Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence of the US Commander Berlin.

But was he an assistant to DCSI-USCoB while he was in, or after - very vague - lots of grey in the CV here.

[The Reaper]

Originally Posted by x SF med

I want to know what he did in the Army.... MOS? Rank? Schools? Active/Reserve/ARNG?

All that detail above - and But was he an assistant to DCSI-USCoB while he was in, or after - very vague - lots of grey in the CV here.

He would have likely been a Lieutenant and just possibly, a very junior Captain at the end. It would be a real stretch to have done this as a Private, Specialist, or Buck Sergeant. The titles don't track with enlisted positions.

Since it would appear that he was running HUMINT, I would guess him to have been a Military Intelligence officer.

I strongly suspect that COL Moroney would be familiar with the positions in Berlin at that time and may know who/what he was.

TR

[112thSOLCA]

Mr. Arkin served in the U.S. Army from 1974-1978, and was an assistant to the Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence of the US Commander Berlin.

I served in the U.S. Army from 1982 to 1987, and was an ASSISTANT to the Commanding General XVIII Airborne Corps..... I was his driver.

Hell yes this idiot is padding his resume. Regardless of his military/civilian education and experience, I think his writings are ignorant drivel.

[JMI]

Originally Posted by 112thSOLCA

I served in the U.S. Army from 1982 to 1987, and was an ASSISTANT to the Commanding General XVIII Airborne Corps..... I was his driver.

Cool job?

[echoes]

Think of our junior enlisted, and find someone else in our great country that is willing to work so hard, day and night, no weekends, under fire, threat of death over their head, for so little? Find me one and I will retract this comment graciously. Of course, even when not deployed, it takes my wife and me quite some time to get through the line at the grocery store. That's because we get in line behind one of my fellow warriors, who with shame in their eyes and faces flush with embarrassment fill out their WIC paperwork because they don't make enough to support their wife and two kids (an average sized family).

A United States Army Officer


This is gut-wrenching to me as a civilian.

Maybe someone could arrange a little trip, for Arkin to a "special AO?"

Holly

[The Reaper]

Originally Posted by 112thSOLCA

I served in the U.S. Army from 1982 to 1987, and was an ASSISTANT to the Commanding General XVIII Airborne Corps..... I was his driver.

Hell yes this idiot is padding his resume. Regardless of his military/civilian education and experience, I think his writings are ignorant drivel.

Lindsay?

TR

[112thSOLCA]

Lindsay?

TR

Sir PM inbound

[Airbornelawyer]

Mr. Arkin served in the U.S. Army from 1974-1978, and was an assistant to the Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence of the US Commander Berlin. He was engaged in a number of covert intelligence collection projects and was the primary intelligence analyst for the West Berlin command.

I think 112thSOLCA pegs it. He never says he was an officer. MI officers are not intelligence analysts. "Intelligence analyst" is an enlisted MOS. So he was a 96B (or whatever they were called in the mid-1970s) assigned to the Berlin Brigade. He probably served as a gopher, driver, whatever for the G-2 among other analyst jobs. Being a smart young enlisted soldier (and he's undoubtedly smart, even if his morals and judgment are open to question), he was able to do some interesting things during his hitch, but his current resume spins that to sound more important than it necessarily is.

[kgoerz]

The Arrogant and Intolerant Speak Out

Was that rebuttal printed in the Washington Post or just on line? I ask because they are catching a lot of flak for the first article. Even CNN had a very short story on his article, Fox also. Not to give any news channel credibility but publicity is probably just making this A-Hole happy.

[Gypsy]

Originally Posted by The Reaper

Noted to add appropriate definition of positions and groups.

TR

I see a distinct pattern...

Love your new av, TR.

[Spartan74]

Arkin is scheduled to appear on The O'reilly Factor on Monday night to discuss the Iraq war and his Washington Post article.

[The Reaper]

Originally Posted by Spartan74

Arkin is scheduled to appear on The O'reilly Factor on Monday night to discuss the Iraq war and his Washington Post article.

O'Reillly is a punk and will screw it up. He gets the opposition on his show and then lets them off the hook. Big talk, no courage.

I want AL to go down to the studio and jack Arkin up with the big fact attack.

TR

[Spartan74]

I tend to agree with you about O' Reilly but I don't think he will let him off the hook on Monday. I sent a copy of the officer's rebuttal to O'Reilly. Hopefully his people make him do his homework before he goes on with Arkin. We'll see.