{"id":15312,"date":"2009-10-28T07:42:44","date_gmt":"2009-10-28T12:42:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=15312"},"modified":"2009-10-28T07:48:59","modified_gmt":"2009-10-28T12:48:59","slug":"james-branum-incompetent-boob","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=15312","title":{"rendered":"James Branum; incompetent boob"},"content":{"rendered":"

I spent some time on the phone with one of the IVAW refugees last night and he verified some of the stories I’d heard from other places about our favorite lawyer, James Branum<\/a> (more Branum background<\/a> at this link). The person I talked to last night isn’t a lawyer, but he advocates for soldiers – free of charge. He’s also an actual combat veteran who left the IVAW because of the International Socialist Organization’s insurgency into IVAW. <\/p>\n

Well, anyway, this guy took up the cause of Fort Bragg’s Echo Platoon, which TSO and I have written about before<\/a>. It’s a confinement facility for deserters<\/a> and various malcontents<\/a>. According to my source, the place was in deplorable condition – not that it concerns me very much how they’re treated – and he decided to help the knuckleheads. With Branum as their lawyer, the Army decided they’d try the members of Echo Platoon this coming April.<\/p>\n

When my source got involved, he was able to convince the Army leadership to give them all Chapter 10s (a dishonorable discharge in lieu of a court martial) which will probably save the tax payers a lot of money. Within minutes of the announcement of the Army’s decision, Branum put a “We won!” message on his Facebook page – as if he had a hand in the process. <\/p>\n

The other story my source told confirmed a story I’d heard some where else – Branum is living with his clients in Killeen, Texas. Apparently he drifts from apartment to apartment and stays rent free. Now, I’m no lawyer, but it seems to me that’s kind of unethical. He even borrowed $800 from one client and when that client got tossed from his apartment for not being able to pay the rent, Branum moved to another client’s apartment in Copperas Cove, TX – down the road from Fort Hood.<\/p>\n

Now, I don’t have much love for the malcontents Branum represents, but it seems to me that no one deserves this kind of treatment. We all know how stupid and easily manipulated privates stationed far from home can be – and Branum, like all of the other camp followers who suck soldiers dry, takes advantage of that and probably influence more misbehavior than there might be otherwise.<\/p>\n

The good news is that the Army is on the verge of banning Branum from military bases, with very limited access. The bad news is that he’s trying to get military members on Fort Hood to protest his banning. I hope that those soldiers realize soon that Branum is using them for his own personal gain. As I said, I don’t have much sympathy for these guys, but they certainly don’t deserve James Branum.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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