{"id":15829,"date":"2009-11-29T15:25:00","date_gmt":"2009-11-29T20:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=15829"},"modified":"2009-11-29T15:32:10","modified_gmt":"2009-11-29T20:32:10","slug":"far-left-gears-up-for-afganistan-surge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=15829","title":{"rendered":"Far Left gears up for Afganistan surge"},"content":{"rendered":"

With the President finally gets off his narrow ass to properly staff and equip the war in Afghanistan, the Left sees an opportunity to raise their profile. IVAW in Seattle went out to a busy holiday shopping area and replayed their “First Casualty” theater for the crowds (thanks to Nucsnipe for the link)<\/p>\n

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Yeah, that’s Joshua Simson<\/a> who just came back from telling lies on television in Hugo Chavez’ Venezuela.<\/p>\n

Across the country, in New York, IVAW and their sundry defeatists<\/a> are gearing up for the President’s announcement on Wednesday evening at West Point. <\/p>\n

The vigil is scheduled to go on rain or shine. Speakers will include Cheryl Wertz, executive director of Peace Action of New York State; Jose Vasquez, a member of Iraq Veterans Against the War; Michael Sussman, an Orange County civil rights lawyer; regional activist Jack Smith; and Elaine Brower, of Military Families Speak Out.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Jose Vasquez<\/a> and Elaine Brower<\/a> are usual suspects for New York-area events. I wonder why Matthis Chiroux isn’t on the list – after all, he claims he’s an expert on Afghanistan<\/a>. He even apologized for occupying Afghanistan<\/a> – so it seems he’d be a natural to plead with the president.<\/p>\n

I hope someone reminds Jose Vasquez that he told us that he would have gone to Afghanistan, but the Army wouldn’t let him choose his war-time service and when the Army intended on sending him to Iraq, he filed for conscientious objector status and got out of the Army. He even reiterated that point in an email to me a few months ago. But, now that he’s ED of the IVAW, he’s suddenly against the war in Afghanistan, too. I wonder how he can justify that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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