Scott Beauchamp, the Hemingway-wannabee soldier who was caught slandering his comrades in the pages of The New Republic, is making up for it, according to independent reporter Michael Yon:
"…to his credit, the young soldier decided to stay, and he is serving tonight in a dangerous part of Baghdad. He might well be seriously injured or killed here, and he knows it. He could have quit, but he did not. He faced his peers. I can only imagine the cold shoulders, and worse, he must have gotten. He could have left the unit, but (his battalion commander) LTC Glaze told me that Beauchamp wanted to stay and make it right. Whatever price he has to pay, he is paying it."
Good for him. The whole report, along with good photographs, though none of SB, is worth the read.
Via Patterico
UPDATE: Peggy Noonan: TNR’s "report" was a generational thing. Raised on the movies, ‘sted of real life.
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