Knowing a petty pathetic nitwit like Col. Steven Boylan is fighting for our "freedoms" does not instill a hell of a lot of confidence.

What the hell does it take to be promoted in the military these days?

1) I didn't quibble about the videotape; I gave you the point.

2) The question was Clinton crimes, not allegations.

3) Why should I stipulate that Bush's reasons for invading Iraq are "for the good of the country" and not for the enrichment of his brethren in the oil industry? You can't have it both ways. Either we're both speculating about motives or neither of us is.

Glenn

Please keep after this bastard!

His General Mouthpiece made a mockery of himself and our military when he sat there and LIED thru his teeth to Congress.

This Col. is just another "Kiss Ass" looking for his first star.

Call him out!

Thank you Glenn for having the courage and willingness to tackle this subject. Col. Boylan is demonstrating his insecurities in attempting to defend the indefensible. He is well aware that it is inappropriate for anyone in the active military to be engaged in political activity. His clumsy attempts to argue points with you are out of line and should not have taken place. He is obligated to keep his views to himself, but the fact that he chose to participate in such a discussion was, at the least, very odd. All of this behavior by the military promoted by and for Bush brings to mind the behavior of the Third Reich, Hitler and fascism.

This is so simple. Boylan drinks...possibly a lot. I haven't yet read any other comments but I have to assume I'm just one of many who has recognized Boylan's as an email sent under the influence and his desperately casual denials the consequence of his hangover.

If this is all we can expect from our Military's highest regarded public face, it just re-confirms that the military and the government in general is awash with corruption, ignorance and bile. There is no truth or integrity to be found there, because if they would allow an individual with such careless, knee-jerk ideas and attitudes to spout indiscriminately, then they must all feel the same way, right? He is, after all, their "spokesman." The whole thing needs to be recreated from the ground up.

I would imagine he's snickering into his collar at all the ruckus he's incited amongst these "lefty wimps and fools." We talk and ponder while he and other's like him get "the real work done." What hogwash. The real work, the real courage, is to speak the truth no matter what and to insist upon it no matter what. That's what the Republic is dependent upon, the only thing that makes it work! Bearing arms is, or should be, THE LAST RESORT.

I refuse to believe that the spokesperson for the commander in the field of an army mission is a GOP partisan hack and am totally shocked that our military computers in Iraq have been hacked by outside forces and emails from the spokesperson for the effort have been falsified.

This could be Iran seeking to spy on our military plans! This could be Bin Laden plotting to destroy confidence in our military leaders! How could our electronic protection of military technology be so poor?! If hackers have entered into our military email systems, what other information do we keep on those servers, missle launch codes? Military inteligence information?

This is the largest information security breach since the Cuban missle crisis, and much like then, it places us on the brink of a far more terrible international crisis, one in which the US could be suffering the majority of the damage.

Please! Please! Please!

Send a copy of that email by registered special delivery to the English department at West Point, suggesting that it be studied for an example of the problems U.S. Army officers face in trying to manage communication is passable English.

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

Yours truly,

Boratomane

Sadly, in Greenville, NC, I'm represented by Walter Jones in Congress and Dole and Burr in the Senate. Even if I made calls to their offices in Washington (I've done this a number of times), I'd be wasting my breath. It's sad, really.

Bruce Berberich

There are too many coincidences present in the match-up case for the original mail not be authentic. Not only are the odd microsoft-generated extensions the same, but the same spam filter (spamassassin) was used, and this from the same IP, and this through the same routing procedure (and path)... the only feasible denial explanation the Colonel can have is that someone somehow hacked into his (IP-attributed) computer using a VNC or remote desktop protocol - or was sitting at his very keyboard - but the language factor rules that out.

His original mail, and his ensuing (non-)denials, smack of the smug no-brainer self-assured of the support of the "right crowd" (his definition) he thinks he is a lasting part of. Let's hear from him again in a few years - or not.

One can't have a real discussion if you're going to quibble about whether Bill on video tape lied or not. Worse is trying to equate the Tyson bribery with a campaign contribution or donation. Those are accomplished by checks given openly to a candidate. That $100k wasn't open, wasn't a donation, and wasn't given to a candidate. It was an attempt to hide cash in pocket.

So "the Clintons' crimes" amount to ...

Please, those were just examples. How about the ....
* Juanita Broderick rape charge
* Kathleen Willey fondling charge
* Gennifer Flowers tapes
* 900 FBI files accumulated for an enemies list
* Had head of Travel Office charged by FBI to install friends in that position
* Squelched Barrett report re: IRS intimidation
* Rose law firm billing records hidden
* Hillary's bundlers.....

And that doesn't include the legal albeit sleazy stuff, like selling the Lincoln Bedroom and Hillary's brother taking money for recommending pardons. My original assertion was that the Clinton's crimes, improprieties, or whatever, was for personal gain while Bush (right or wrong)was acting on behalf of the country. It's inarguable