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Category: Iraq Veterans Against the War

  • From the other end of the spectrum

    Bobby Whittenberg is doing his best to undermine the IVAW from his end of the political spectrum.

    Matthis expressed his support for Whittenberg and mentioned his desire to leave IVAW as well. Unfortunately, my ninja spy wasn’t fast enough to screen cap it – so you can believe me or not. I know it’s not likely Matthis will leave his latest abused girlfriend, the IVAW. He’s just butthurt because someone has been questioning his behavior – and he’s threatening to leave. The fact that he took his comment down shows all of the finger wagging is having an effect on him.

    I wonder if the IVAW will ban Whittenberg for life like they did to Casey Porter?

    Anyone who wants to greet Matthis, I guess he’ll be at Fort Hood soon;

  • Letters from IVAW

    As a query to IVAW’s Jose Vasquez, the Executive Director, I sent this picture of Matthis and asked Jose if this is the official position of IVAW. Vasquez responded that I should know better. That “Matthis marches to his own drum.” He also added that I should be heartened by the fact that there’s a whole new Board of Directors who will rein in some of this behavior.

    Isn’t that what we were told last year after the election of the Board? The Board upon which Matthis currently sits? The same board that lets shit like this stand;

    “…a lot of people in this country feel like the US army is some place to go and make a man of yourself. I am less of a man today for having served in the US military.” – Matthis Chiroux Afghanistan War Veteran

    There are lots of reasons that Matthis is less of a man, none of those reasons have to do with the military – except that lie he propagates about being an Afghanistan veteran.

    IVAW won’t do anything about Matthis, they’re too busy pushing the Code Pink agenda on Gaza and something about immigration. Nothing that has to do with the troops. Apparently, the only statement about the troops from IVAW is coming from Matthis.

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  • Under the Hood Cafe is in worse shape than we thought

    Last week, Matthis announced his intention to take a semester off from college to help out the IVAW coffeehouse Under the Hood Cafe. Who knew that announcement would have an immediate effect on the cafe, as shown in this photo;

    I guess the project is in the dump(st)er.

  • This Whittenberg guy needs real help

    Whittenberg

    The guy in the picture above is former IVAW member Bobby Whittenberg. Bobby is an actual veteran of the Iraq War. He has a Purple Heart to prove it – one reason I’ve been reluctant to say much about him. I’m convinced he’s in need of serious help.

    Whittenberg has been heavily influenced by VFP thug Doug Zachary and former IVAW member Carl Webb and more recently, Matthis Chiroux.

    Here are some screen shots someone sent me of Whittenberg’s announcement of his resignation;




    Of course, Whittenberg couldn’t let the IVAW convention go by without a shout to his socialist buddies;

    And in another attempt to plea for help, Whittenberg burns a flag – away from public view and after a soliloquy that borders on insanity.

    And, oh, this hated, imperialist US government sends Whittenberg a disability check every month right on time. And he cashes each and every one of them.

    This guy clearly needs an intervention, but because he fit the image that IVAW wanted to portray of the nut-job veteran, he was encouraged. And now he’s out there on his own and the mad dog finally bit his master. And like Casey Porter said, now Whittenberg is having an impact on younger soldiers.

    So, let’s hear your excuses for this one, IVAW.

  • Another resignation at IVAW

    Mike Kern, one of James Branum’s clients at Fort Hood, has decided to throw in the towel. He seems to be leaving because, like his buddy, Bobby Whittenburg, the group isn’t radical enough for him. And their money is spent on things other than, well, other than things Mike likes. The following was sent to me by one of my spies that IVAW hasn’t caught yet;

    If you’re wondering if Army Sergeant is upset, she is;

    Obviously, Ward “Stolen Valor” Reilly is back to abusing substances since he does his bi-polar act and simply doesn’t know what’s going on..

    By the way, I got the FOIA on Army Sergeant today, and for those who’ve been wondering,, her overseas duty stations are limited to Germany. So much for the double-oh-seven-and-three-quarters stuff. The Army sent the request back pretty quick, too – almost as if they were glad to do it.

    I have another 15 or so screen shot of the conversation over Kerns though and mostly it becomes a discussion of raising money for Under the Hood, not much concern about Kern. Bill Perry (glad you like the picture I took of you, Bill), of course, tries to convince IVAW to send some folks to the VFP lobster dinner and shame them out of a few thousand bucks. James Branum joins in when the mention of money comes up. My computer is acting up and it’s so slow uploading .jpgs I’ll have to get to it later.

  • Hide your children, Killeen

    Someone sent me this screen shot of Matthis navel-gazing. So Matthis is thinking about a change of scenery to play with the goofballs at Under the Hood Cafe in Killeen outside the gates of Fort Hood, TX. I don’t see it actually. Killeen isn’t metropolitan enough for an urbane city dweller like Matthis.

    In this Facebook missive, he wonders what happened to the IVAW of the Winter Soldier days – he joined AFTER Winter Soldier when it began it’s precipitous fall from an actual anti-war group to an arm of the socialists and ne’er do wells. Just before all of the real Iraq veterans left the organization and left it an empty shell of cowards, drama queens and people like Matthis who were more concerned with their own comforts than actually opposing the war from a practical point-of-view.

    Am I the only one who noticed that the exodus from IVAW began soon after Matthis joined? Of course, I fully support his foray into the POS Under the Hood cafe – he can probably destroy it faster than I can.

  • IVAW Losing focus

    If you go to the IVAW website and go to the “about” page, you’ll see a list of their goals;

    * Immediate withdrawal of all occupying forces in Iraq;
    * Reparations for the human and structural damages Iraq has suffered, and stopping the corporate pillaging of Iraq so that their people can control their own lives and future; and
    * Full benefits, adequate healthcare (including mental health), and other supports for returning servicemen and women.

    I guess IVAW wike up the other morning and discovered that they were totally irrelevant, and although those goals were worthy and admirable, it’s not enough to raise the vast quantities of money to keep Matthis’ nose full of coke. So this weekend, they took up a couple of other causes that are not related at all to the three listed above.

    Since IVAW blocks TAH from their sight the two irrelevant resolutions are below the jump in their entirety;
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