{"id":28201,"date":"2012-01-05T13:02:44","date_gmt":"2012-01-05T17:02:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=28201"},"modified":"2012-01-11T16:35:29","modified_gmt":"2012-01-11T20:35:29","slug":"cpl-jesse-d-thorsen-reviewed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=28201","title":{"rendered":"Cpl. Jesse D. Thorsen reviewed"},"content":{"rendered":"

Streetsweeper dropped a link in the post below<\/a> about Cpl. Jesse D. Thorsen<\/a>, Ron Paul’s “multiple tour, 10-year veteran” supporter. The link is to Gentlemen’s Quarterly<\/a> and their investigation of the doofus who went on stage in support of Ron Paul the other night wearing his ACUs. Apparently, Thorsen’s 10 years were interrupted by a four year break in service from 2005 and 2009, so his ten years drops to six years. <\/p>\n

During his break in service, he managed to get arrested for “burglary, grand theft of a firearm, and carrying a concealed weapon” which got him 30 months of probation in July 2005. He broke his probation conditions twice. And, oh, his “multiple tours” in the war against terror turns out be one trip to Afghanistan.<\/p>\n

GQ concludes;<\/p>\n

The statement did confirm the following details about Thorsen:<\/p>\n

– Cpl. Jesse D. Thorsen is, as stated in his interviews, 28 years of age.
\n– He is with a Engineer Company out of Des Moines, IA, and his unit falls
\nunder the 416th Theater Engineer Command out of Darien, IL.
\n– His official MOS is 12N – Heavy Construction Worker, and is filling a
\nCombat Engineer slot (12B), but is not currently qualified for the Military Occupational Specialty.
\n– Cpl. Thorsen joined the military (Florida National Guard) on July 31, 2001, and joined the Army Reserve in 2009.
\n– He has deployed once in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in 2009.
\n– He was not in an active status during his participation in the Iowa caucus yesterday.<\/p>\n

It looks like there are two new items here. Paul introduced Thorsen as a multi-tour veteran, but the Army says he only did one tour in Afghanistan. The statement also says that Thorsen “was not in an active status during his participation in the Iowa caucus.” That was certainly not how Paul characterized him, and service records obtained today show him serving in the Army Reserve in Des Moines, Iowa, “October 2011 to present.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

They also called his unit who responded that “His unit is discussing things with him and have asked him not to comment further on the event.”<\/p>\n

I’m pretty sure it’s a one-way discussion and a lot of “WTF were you thinking, numbnuts?” Nothing like stomping on your dick to a national audience while wearing your nametag.<\/p>\n

ADDED: Chief Tango sends us a link from Big Government<\/a> which reports that Thorsen is being investigated. And, oh, he has a fan page at Facebook<\/a> and the illness is strong in the comments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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