Blatant Reality

Today, Pajamas Media published an article by Richard Miniter concerning Scott Thomas Beauchamp, otherwise known as the “Baghdad Diarist.” In the article, Miniter interviews an ex-fiancée of Beauchamp who is living living near an army base in Germany.

By age 23, he had been engaged three times to three different women whom he did not marry.

 

Or consider his relationship with the Army. Priscilla writes: “He hates the army. The only reason he joined was because he wanted to have more experience to write about.”

 

Oddly he was secretive about his intentions to serve his country. “He didn’t even tell his mom he joined in the army. One day before basic training he left a note on the table for her…”

 

It is telling that he did not talk to her face-to-face, but simply made his admission and vanished.

 

He is manipulative. “He is very charming and he can convince people very good and he tries to make his side very clear.”

 

He is ambitious. “He always wanted to become a writer and he has a huge imagination,” Pricilla writes, without irony.

 

In another email, she notes: “He always wanted to write for The New Republic and so he thought the ‘Iraqi Diary’ is a good start and he could keep writing for them after that.”