He probably enjoys this kind of publicity, but I’m going to do my best to continue to remind IVAW why they booted Carl Webb last year. Their membership punishments tend to be brief. So here’s some screen shots of a conversation Webb had with some veterans somewhere that someone sent to me just to hold IVAW’s collective feet to the fire;
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Category: Usual Suspects
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Carl Webb news
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Hall’s lawyers try to block his move to Kuwait
Marc Hall, the Stop Loss Rapper had his lawyer file in a US District Court in Savannah, GA to prevent Hall’s unit from taking him to Kuwait for a court martial;
Hall’s attorneys say the Army would violate his right to a fair trial by moving his case to a “war zone” where few civilian witnesses or lawyers would travel to defend him.
So? What would civilians witnesses have to testify about in this case. As far as I can tell, everything in the case is related to the military.
Gespass said Hall was making a political statement with his song and intended no real violence. He said Hall’s defense would likely include expert witnesses on hip-hop culture, who may be reluctant to travel to Iraq or Kuwait.
Expert witnesses on hip-hop? Please.
“I would think you would want people to testify about the nature of hip-hop and that those things contained in the song are not necessarily things to be taken seriously,” Gespass said.
Yeah, because no one in the hip-hop culture has ever been murdered – well, except those rappers. And, oh, the fans at their concerts. But other than that, it’s only music, right?
A note to Mr. Gespass; soldiers aren’t entitled to make political statements. And writing about internal military policy isn’t a political statement – it’s technical term is typical soldier bitching. If he hadn’t sent the CD to the Pentagon, he’d be sitting with his unit in Iraq right now doing whatever mechanics do in Iraq these days.
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Kokesh takes a page from the Obama campaign
Remember during the 2008 election, the Obama campaign had to put up a web page to fight the so-called mistruths about their candidate? Well, former or current IVAW member Adam Kokesh thought he ought to do it, too for his campaign in New Mexico. Let’s take a look at it;
1. “Adam Kokesh never served in Iraq and is a phony veteran.”
False. Despite all of the photos of me in Iraq that have been posted in a variety of places online including numerous credible news outlets, some people still think the best way to discredit me is to say that I never served in Iraq. So here is my favorite photo from my time in Iraq and you can see my final DD214 at the bottom of this page.
Yeah, I fought that battle for him the other day.
2. “Adam Kokesh protested his country in uniform.”
False. This is a gross distortion of a street theater action that I performed with a group of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans on Capitol Hill to raise awareness among lawmakers whom we felt were out of touch with the reality of what was going on in Iraq. To say that this was “protesting America” is not only untrue, but unamerican. Part of what makes America great is that we know the difference between our great country and our corrupt government, and we celebrate when the American people stand up to corrupt forces in our government. While reenacting parts of our experiences in Iraq, we made it clear that we were not wearing official uniforms and that we were only representing ourselves, not the DoD, or any other branch of the government. There had already been a Supreme Court case affirming the legality of what we were doing, and we had a permit from the US Capitol Police.
That’s not exactly true. He did protest in uniform and the Marine Corps downgraded his discharge as punishment.
3. “Adam Kokesh admitted to drug abuse on his blog.”
Distortion. When I got back from Iraq and was dealing with PTSD, I occasionally turned to alcohol. Because I had the help of a number of veterans, some of whom became members of the peer support group that I started for vets with PTSD and other readjustment issues, I was able to quit drinking entirely. I was also given a number of prescription drugs by the VA to deal with anxiety and used Xanax “as needed” to deal with stress. Because lots of veterans have dealt with similar issues and we have now lost more veterans to suicide than we have to combat in the Global War on Terror, I was motivated to address these issues head on and discuss them frankly on my blog. Fortunately, I was able to help many veterans as a result.
It’s not really a distortion. He removed the paragraph from his blog in which he admitted he mixed gin and Xanax when he began his run for Congress, but not before TAH took a screen shot of the blog. In fact, TSO offered to help Kokesh get treatment and Kokesh declined.
4. “Adam Kokesh is a communist, a socialist, and a liberal!”
False. I have always had a deep-seated belief in freedom and the US Constitution. This charge comes from the fact that in the course of my activism, I have worked with people who hold a wide range of beliefs, including some from the extremes on “both sides.” I am proud of the fact that I can work with people who disagree with me and stay true to my beliefs. Because I am running as a Republican, some have tried to use some of the liberals that I have worked with against me, but I am particularly proud of the fact that in the course of working with people who disagree with me, I was able to expose and even convert many of them to the philosophy of freedom! As your Congressman, I will be able to work with a wide range of people on pressing issues to further the ideals of freedom.
Well, if he’s not a socialist, he ought to stop marching with socialists. And hanging out with guys like Darnell Stephen Summers when he’s in Germany.
5. “Adam Kokesh brought a gun back from Iraq.”
True. It was a war souvenir that I brought back from Iraq in violation of general order 1A as issued by CENTCOM. When it was discovered by the Marines, I was immediately straightforward with my unit commander about what happened and I took my punishment like a Marine.
I’m glad he owned up to that finally, but he should tell the rest of the story – he was reduced in rank in November, 2006. He immediately volunteered to go back to Iraq and the Marine Corps, because of his conviction for the pistol, wisely declined his offer. By Spring 2007, he was an anti-war activist.
Numbers 6 and 7 are about whether he’s a Republican and whether or not he pays his taxes – I don’t really care and I’ll stick to stuff I can prove.
8. “Adam Kokesh used inappropriate language when addressing an officer.”
True. What is usually not mentioned is that I had already been discharged at the time and was no longer subject to the Uniform Code of Military Justice. I did use inappropriate language in defending myself when the Marine Corps Mobilization Command threatened my right to speak out as a veteran. When I met the officer in person, I was able to make amends. Many veterans came to my support during that time. “Trying to hush up and punish fellow Americans for exercising the same democratic right we’re trying to instill in Iraq is not what we’re all about,” said Gary Kurpius, national commander of the 2.4 million-member Veterans of Foreign Wars. In some ways, I spoke from a deep frustration from not finding adequate justification for my life being on the line in Iraq. While many of them are not actively speaking out, when the vast majority of Iraq vets wanted us out years ago, I am glad that I did what I could to give our shared frustration a voice.
No, Kokesh hadn’t been discharged at the time he used inappropriate language. he was still in possession of a legitimate military ID card which he used to access a military base in Germany in May, 2007. That page has since been removed from the IVAW website [Ed. Note; Thanks to Toothless Dawg who found the new URL. But, IVAW forbids links from TAH (for some reason) you’ll have to paste this URL into your browser; http://www.ivaw.org/node/787], but I wrote about it on May 31st, 2007. I also wrote about the regulation that covered his infraction.
Finally, Kokesh included one of his DD214s. He used the third one because since he already admitted to the bust, that was the last discharge form he received as an Honorable discharge. But, it’s not his last discharge.
If you look at block 12b, it says the separation date for that period is November 30, 2006. However in block 6 it says his Reserve Obligation Termination Date is June 18, 2007 so even though he says that’s his last DD214, it’s not. There’s one out there for his final seven months which is not honorable.
I’m still waiting for his explanation of the racist posters he put up around GWU campus trying to frame a Conservative student group. Or his arrest when he blatantly ignored the laws in front of the Park Police in DC. Or the time he tried to bully us into silence.
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AWOL Mom gets discharged
Alexis Hutchison, the single Army Mom who went AWOL with her son to avoid deployment will get an administrative discharge and a reduction in grade as a result. She should get reduced – there’s no excuse for missing movement and going AWOL. But I blame her mother and the father of the child for the rest.
Her mother claimed that she couldn’t handle taking care of her grandson for a year. But she had no problem taking care of twelve other kids in her day care nursury for pay. The father – well, I’ve heard rumors about who he is, but nothing I can put my finger on. He’s as culpable as the grandmother in this. Why wasn’t he trying to find care for the boy instead of putting the 21-year-old mother on the spot.
The Army sees it a little differently;
Larson said the Army had evidence that Hutchinson, regardless of her family situation, would have resisted deploying “by any means.” He said commanders decided a court-martial would be too disruptive to the Army, requiring soldiers now in Afghanistan to return to the U.S. to testify.
“This case wasn’t about a soldier having to choose between her duty to the nation and her family,” Larson said. “There is evidence both from Pvt. Hutchinson and her fellow soldiers to indicate she had no intentions of deploying.”
Sussman denied that Hutchinson was exploiting her status as a single-mom to get out of going to Afghanistan.
As I pointed out before, Hutchison’s idiot lawyer is from the Branum-chaired Military Law Task Force and just interned last summer at the National Lawyers Guild, the Communist front organization for barristers.
We’ve tried to do right by you, our readers, but for some reason, our usually reliable contacts at the Army’s PAO didn’t return our calls on this one.
Thanks to Jerry920 for the link.
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Stop-Loss Rapper deploys to Iraq
Regular readers remember Marc Hall, the “Stop-Loss rapper” and new IVAW member, who complained in his rap song that he was scheduled to deploy to Iraq after his date for leaving the Army. The Army charges that Hall communicated a threat in the song by referring to all of his leadership as targets that would hit the floor when he locked and loaded a thirty round magazine on them. Of course, he sent the CD to the Pentagon in the weeks following Major Nidal Hasan’s attack on scores of soldiers at Fort Hood.
It seems the Army is preparing to deploy Hall to Iraq and the Leftists are angry.
Today, Fort Stewart, Georgia officials confirmed that the Army will attempt to separate Spc Marc A Hall from both his civilian legal team and his established military defender Capt. Anthony Schiavetti by sending him to Iraq “within a few days” to face court martial.
The Army declared that, “The jurisdiction transfer ensures a full and fair trial for both Spc. Hall and the United States.” Nothing could be farther from the truth, at least for Spc. Hall.
“It is our belief that the Army would violate its own regulations by deploying Marc and it would certainly violate his right to due process by making it far more difficult to get witnesses. It appears the Army doesn’t believe it can get a conviction in a fair and public trial. We will do whatever we can to insure he remain in the United States,” explains attorney David Gespass of Birmingham, Alabama.
Of course, the Army can send his military lawyer to Iraq with Hall, so they’re really not separating him from his defense team. But the really hilarious part is Veterans Today with their penchant for hyperbole, asks “what is happening to our military justice system;
Yes, we’re going to start throwing our troops in Guantanamo, Hanafin, you mega drama queen. Are you guys still taking hallucinogens after all these years. I’d love to hear your theories about the JFK assassination some time.
My guess is that most of the witnesses on both sides in the Hall case are deployed to Iraq and it makes more sense to move him there than to send an entire unit back from the war. But I have an email in to his commander to get the real skinny on the reason. Maybe they’re going to tie him to the grill of an MRAP on a clearing operation. I’ll check with Gordon Duff on that.
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Kokesh and Rand Paul – BFFs
TSO phoned me from the road yesterday about a Rand Paul/Adam Kokesh video. I hope I found the right one, because it appears that there are several on Youtube. This one is from last summer and filmed in Kentucky;
It’s funny, but I agree with everything they said – but it’s what they don’t say that makes them dangerous. Like in other clips where Kokesh mentions “humble foreign policy”. Yeah, that sounds like what we need right now, what with Chavez building up his military for a confrontation to our south and negotiating away oil to China. With North Korea expected to build a missile that can reach the US by the end of next year. With Iran threatening the Middle East and Europe. Russia trying to rebuild the old Soviet Union. Yeah, let’s be humble.
I wonder if Rand knows he’s discussing gun rights with a convicted arms smuggler (sorry, a little Gordon Duff-style hyperbole there).
Too Kooky for Kentucky finds white supremacists supporting Rand Paul just like they supported his father. Here’s another Kokesh for Congress video edited by Josh Paul. I can’t find any familial ties to Ron Paul, but it’s a bit coincidental.
I think it’s hilarious that Kokesh avoids talking about IVAW these days. There’s a reporter for Stars and Stripes who did an interview with me and Army Sergeant last summer about the IVAW who is holding up publishing the interview until he can interview Kokesh who won’t return the reporter’s call. Kokesh now likes to call himself an “Iraq War veteran” instead of an IVAW member these days. I guess the need for xanax and gin has worn off.
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Crossing the streams
The grand queen of all moonbats, Cynthia McKinney has been deemed worthy of receiving the “Peace through Conscience” award from the European Moonbat organization Munich American Peace Committee, a group of disaffected Americans in Germany;
Included in McKinney’s program is a meeting with the Munich American Peace Committee (MAPC – www(dot)mapc-web(dot)de) which will present to McKinney its third annual award, “Peace through Conscience,” during the ceremonies of the Munich Peace Conference on the evening of February 6, 2010. The MAPC Peace Prize is normally awarded by the previous year’s winner.
Who was last year’s “winner”. Why, it was none other than our favorite derelict Andre Shepherd, an IVAW member who gained notoriety by deciding he wouldn’t spend a year playing X-Box in Iraq with his unit while his German girlfriend kept company with the folks who stayed in the rear.
Shepherd won the prize for applying for refugee status in Germany because he thinks the Army will put him to death for deserting.
McKinney and Shepherd on the same stage can’t be good for the rest of us. I suspect it will be like crossing the streams in Ghostbusters. I suspect that Germany’s resident American commie Darnell Stephen Summers will be there, too.
If there’s any Army CID guys reading this, here’s your opportunity to snag Shepherd when he leaves that lonely refugee station where the Germans are holding him. I believe that’s the only place he’s safe from y’all. Of course, as soon as I get done typing this, I’ll be contacting my connections in Germany.
