A TAH fan who is still in IVAW sent me the applications for the IVAW Board candidates and I culled them for the things which interest my readers most about the potential Board; <\/p>\n
Nathan Lewis<\/strong> claims service in Iraq in 2003 but also admits to only two and a half years on active duty. He’s not forthcoming on why his service was cut short and I won’t speculate. He was arrested at Fort Benning with Liam Madden and Adam Kokesh for trying to recruit on the military installation for IVAW.<\/p>\n Michael Prysner<\/strong> served in Iraq. Begins his application with \u201cThe United States is an imperialist country; it is an Empire. We can have no illusions about this, if we really want to end these wars, and prevent future wars.<\/p>\n The politicians in the White House and Congress, and the generals in the Pentagon, have only one goal in mind: to represent the interests of the banks, oil giants, and the Military-Industrial Complex; to plunder, conquer, and colonize for the super-rich. As members of the U.S. military, our job is to be the foot soldiers Exxon, the armed thugs for Halliburton, and the muscle for Boeing.\u201d<\/p>\n Co-founder of March Forward,<\/a> veteran wing of ANSWER. IVAW wasn\u2019t radical enough for him well, until now when he sees an opportunity to insinuated himself and his socialist buddies<\/a> into the IVAW ranks.<\/p>\n Sara Beining<\/strong> claims a year in Iraq as an Intelligence analyst. \u201cI am currently unemployed and a full time college student and mother\u2026.\u201d A supporter of Matthis Chiroux\u2019 flag burning theater. She says she wants to unify the organization again\u2026yet makes noise about divisive issues.<\/p>\n Adrienne Kinne:<\/strong> \u201cI served in the US Army and Army Reserves from 1994-2004 as an Arabic linguist in military intelligence, to include a two-year stateside mobilization following September 11th in direct support of operations in Afghanistan and Iraq.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cOther organizations in which you have membership: AFGE (union), VFP, ISO, Vermont Workers Center, Vermont Progressive Party\u201d<\/p>\n Kinne is a Matthis supporter. She also defended keeping Carl Webb in IVAW. She’s probably the most radical socialist on the Board. I’ve seen some of her emails explaining her stance on many issues related to IVAW and she alsways takes the most extreme position she can find. Judging from those emails, she supports killing our troops in theater and tearing down the current structure of government in the US and replacing it with a Stalinist\/Maoist type of government.<\/p>\n Eddie Falcon:<\/strong> \u201cI served four years as a C 130 Loadmaster in the Chair Force. When I wasn’t complaining about my hotel room or my rental car on stateside duties, I was deployed about 8 months out of the year in the Iraq and Afghanistan theaters.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cOther organizations in which you have membership: Dialogues Against Militarism, Vets 4 Peace, Student Veterans of America, Students Against War, Copwatch, Food Not Bombs, and Unconventional Action in the Bay.\u201d<\/p>\n Here’s a video of Eddie Falcon and Robin Long (another Board candidate) burning an American flag “in solidarity with Matthis Chiroux”;<\/p>\n