{"id":8450,"date":"2009-03-06T06:43:12","date_gmt":"2009-03-06T11:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=8450"},"modified":"2009-03-06T06:43:12","modified_gmt":"2009-03-06T11:43:12","slug":"fact-checking-for-mother-jones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=8450","title":{"rendered":"Fact Checking for Mother Jones"},"content":{"rendered":"

Someone sent me an article from Mother Jones entitled “Zip it, Soldier” which celebrates the bravery of the IVAW members who go against the grain of the military. Of course, they include two of our favorites, Army Sergeant and Adam Kokesh both of whom visit here from time to time. <\/p>\n

The author, Justine Sharrock, goes on proudly about Adam Kokesh and the way he stood up for his right to wear the uniform at protests<\/a> a few years back. She also claims that Kokesh wasn’t under the jurisdiction of the UCMJ – although he had a valid military ID card in his pocket at the time<\/a>. Sharrock, also fails to recognize that one reason Kokesh was called before an administrative board was because of the profanity he used in the email in response to the notification of the investigation against him.<\/p>\n

But what made me dredge all of this ancient history up was Sharrock’s last paragraph in which she wrote;<\/p>\n

[Kokesh] testified before Congress last May about his experience and has participated in numerous IVAW events\u2014in uniform. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Like he was brave for continuing to wear his uniform even in front of Congress. Well, unfortunately for Ms. Sharrock, me and my camera were at the testimony, too;
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\nWhat military uniform is that? <\/p>\n

Other protests she might have been talking about;
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\nOh – a hat. That must be what she’s talking about. He wore his hat without fear. At least she didn’t call him Sergeant Kokesh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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