Edited sentence: " Despite his claim of being an unwilling participant in an 'ideological battle' over the military, his personal website shows a history of anti-military writing that predates his involvement in Iraq.Initially, Beauchamp's NCO, SFC Hatley raised questions, but eventually retracted his statements.Publications such as The Weekly Standard, the National Review voiced the blogger's skepticism.The veracity of these entries was called into question by milbloggers Michael Yon, JD Johannes and Matt Sanchez  who had all previously embedded as members of the media at FOB Falcon