RSSIraq Veterans Against the War

Parody misses mark

| April 22, 2010 | 11 Comments
Parody misses mark

At the IVAW blog, Jeremy Berggren, another one of those Iraq Veterans Against the War who has never been to Iraq or any war, tried to write some parody about the organization as it slowly outlives it’s designated 15 minutes of fame, Of course what parody about IVAW would be complete without some shots at […]

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Taking responsibility for things you didn’t do

| April 19, 2010 | 2 Comments
Taking responsibility for things you didn’t do

I guess it was last year that Matthis took responsibility for occupying a booth at Baskin Robbins on Bagram Airbase in Afghanistan for six days and apologized to the people of Afghanistan. Today, we get IVAW member Josh Stieber (who was being punished and wasn’t on the operation) and Ethan McCord who, apparently was on […]

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“Liberty Candidates” threaten law suits to defend Kokesh

| April 19, 2010 | 25 Comments
“Liberty Candidates” threaten law suits to defend Kokesh

There’s a group of candidates in the country who call themselves the “Liberty Candidates“. Among them is IVAW member Adam Kokesh. Another group of voters have formed the “American Patriots Against Kokesh“. Two groups with varying opinions. Here is the “Liberty Candidates” Mission Statement; Our mission is in sync with Campaign for Liberty from whence […]

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Marc Hall slides

| April 17, 2010 | 13 Comments
Marc Hall slides

IVAW member Marc Hall, the Stop Loss rapper, slides off with virtually no punishment after he threatened to shoot his superiors back in December, according to the Associated Press; The dismissal for misconduct means Spc. Marc A. Hall will avoid criminal charges but lose all military benefits earned over at least four years of service, […]

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Stephen Colbert Does What Nobody Else Has the Balls To Do

| April 14, 2010 | 7 Comments
Stephen Colbert Does What Nobody Else Has the Balls To Do

We’ve been calling out WikiLeaks and their friends in the anti-military left over the “collateral murder video” pretty frequently here at TAH for the last week. We aren’t the only ones: most of the milblog community (including many left-leaning and anti-war veterans blogs) has been demolishing this blatantly editorialized video. Last night Stephen Colbert did […]

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IVAW’s witness to Wikileaks vid

| April 14, 2010 | 7 Comments
IVAW’s witness to Wikileaks vid

Well, another B 2/16 soldier has come forward to join IVAW’s Josh Stieber. There’s now an MP3 interview from a radio show. His name is Ethan McCord. I’ve listened to the interview and although everyone is making a big deal out of it, there is nothing earth shattering about the interview. The media’s main complaint […]

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IVAW’s witness to “collateral murder”

| April 13, 2010 | 17 Comments
IVAW’s witness to “collateral murder”

Josh Stieber was in B 2/16 Infantry on the day the the “Collateral Murder” video was shot, according to him in this interview The IVAW article about the video admits that Steiber wasn’t on the scene that particular day because he was being punished for disobeying an order earlier – so that’s his starting point […]

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Charity; UR doin’ it wrong

| April 13, 2010 | 7 Comments
Charity; UR doin’ it wrong

The last we heard about Stop Loss rapper Marc Hall, he was headed to Iraq for his court martial. He faced charges that he that threatened to shoot his chain-of-command in his little recording of a rap ditty. So if he’s going to Iraq, obviously, his civilian lawyers won’t be there. Can anyone tell me […]

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