Another resignation at IVAW
Mike Kern, one of James Branum’s clients at Fort Hood, has decided to throw in the towel. He seems to be leaving because, like his buddy, Bobby Whittenburg, the group isn’t radical enough for him. And their money is spent on things other than, well, other than things Mike likes. The following was sent to me by one of my spies that IVAW hasn’t caught yet;
If you’re wondering if Army Sergeant is upset, she is;
Obviously, Ward “Stolen Valor” Reilly is back to abusing substances since he does his bi-polar act and simply doesn’t know what’s going on..
By the way, I got the FOIA on Army Sergeant today, and for those who’ve been wondering,, her overseas duty stations are limited to Germany. So much for the double-oh-seven-and-three-quarters stuff. The Army sent the request back pretty quick, too – almost as if they were glad to do it.
I have another 15 or so screen shot of the conversation over Kerns though and mostly it becomes a discussion of raising money for Under the Hood, not much concern about Kern. Bill Perry (glad you like the picture I took of you, Bill), of course, tries to convince IVAW to send some folks to the VFP lobster dinner and shame them out of a few thousand bucks. James Branum joins in when the mention of money comes up. My computer is acting up and it’s so slow uploading .jpgs I’ll have to get to it later.
Category: Antiwar crowd, Iraq Veterans Against the War
Oh my…Army Sergeant overplaying her service? Say it ain’t so! And yeah, IVAW has the relevance of a football bat and the appeal of a turd in a punchbowl. Don’t go away angry boys, just go away.
And expect Carl Webb to post here in 3…2…1…
Ward Reilly congratulates people for having never served, yet stuffs his veteran status in everyone’s face by wearing boonie covers and cammies all over creation, and talking about how he “proudly” served. Musta been a scholar of the Elaine Brower School of Cognitive Dissonance.
But more importantly… Half a million dollars??
Now would be a good time to put in a request for disclosure of IVAW’s tax returns as a 501(c)(3).
Another member of I(raq)V(eterans)AW who isn’t? Color me shocked……
I try to be as fair as possible in everything I do, so here’s this;
Ok, her duty stations have been in Germany, no surprise, to my knowledge she’s never hidden the fact that she hasn’t been to Iraq. But what was her job while in Germany, and is there a possibility that her job was a direct contributor to ground operations in the Middle East, to include orders specifically detailing such? I had a friend in the AF who worked signals intercept while stationed in Germany, recieving and sifting through mountains of worldwide communitcations looking for jewels of intel while stuck in a tiny faraday cage like office. Other than telling me the generalities of his duties, he wouldn’t talk about his job for obvious reasons. I notice Army Sgt’s been pretty quiet around here since I called her out on her possibly talking to much about what she used to do.
If she was a “spook” then she cannot really say much at all about what she did, no matter where it was. If she steps over that line it is 10 years and a 10,000 dollar fine per violation. I may not like her, but I would rather not see her getting dinged that way, provided she keeps her trap shut. when people asked me what I did in the Corps, I simply tell them “I worked for the government. None of your fucking business.” Cannot go wrong with that.
Scott, you forgot to mention the unearned Ranger tab on his boonie cap commemorating his partially completed military service in the jungles of Hohenfels & Graf…
Ward Reilly wears a RANGER tab? Send that sorry piece of shit over here to the Florida Panhandle where a few others wear the RANGER Tab, The RANGER Instructor T-shirt, and tons of Combat patches. I think they would Instruct him on how to properly shove his shit back up his ass.
And, Any active duty military person who is in IVAW is not 100% for the USA, is not 100% for the military, and therefore, is not 100% for the personnel in the military. They are too damned dumb to realize that warriors “War”. If they don’t like it, then GTFO before making their stand.
They are users, all. Using the IVAW to further their personal lives, and using the Military to support their using Americans to further their personal lives.
I wouldn’t trust a one of them in a patrol with me.
Kern does bring up some good points that have been called false when I said them. The waste of money, IVAW not helping Active Duty Soldiers, etc etc.
Kern is now an ISO member if what he told me is correct. Which I really don’t care about it because that doesn’t come as much of a shock to me. UtH has been co-opted by the local ISO. I do like how condescending Kern is by stating how “blind” people are for not seeing the government for what it is. Duh, our government is all kinds of screwed up. I just don’t like how people think that Socialism, or Capitalism, or all those other “ists” and “isms” are going create some sort of better World or Utopian state for peace and justice.
People get to wrapped up in ideologies.
But it’s real sad that a rapist (Matthis) was let in at UtH. I guess Capitalism is evil, but rape is not really anything to get upset over.
Army Sergeant exaggerated her service??? Say it ain’t so.
GI Jane, it doesn’t look like she has, yet.
To her credit, she never claimed to have deployed. As far as what her job or role was and how important it was remains to be seen.
Just popping in here to say that I can’t really defend myself, but if you want to poke me with sticks, have on! I’ve never lied about my service one bit. And all I’m going to say is not everything classified is secret 007 ninja stuff. I’ve never claimed to have done anything “cool” or “hardcore”. A lot of stuff that’s classified is BORING. Because someone claims that their job and where they did it from is classified does NOT mean they were Mata Hari. It means it’s a lot simpler to separate it that way. When ninety five percent of what you do has a classification on it, who wants to bother remembering what five percent you can talk about when you can just…not talk about it? I’ve claimed that no one knows my history except people who have served with me, and anyone else who claims they know it is lying. I’ve claimed to have done good service despite my feelings on the war, as long as I was able to do so. My publicly available records don’t seem to be very extensive, or accurate. I’m not going to get baited about it.
As far as Mike Kern, yes, I was upset to see him go. I still think that IVAW has done a lot for active duty troops. I was one of them. IVAW helped me get a really good lawyer who did my case for free. Then again, I had a real solid case, just like you did, Casey.
If anyone in the anti-war movement wants to help soldiers, they can do it by telling them NOT to go AWOL. It is the single stupidest thing anyone can do in almost any situation. Encouraging people to go AWOL and just paying for everyone’s lawyers when they go AWOL would be irresponsible. These people’s lives are affected far more than a 30 day jail term. I know Mike and I disagree on this. But I know a lot more ways to help soldiers than having them run away.
I’m not trying blast Mike, but he is a joiner and can be influenced easily. When I left IVAW and he was not a member, he was all “Fuck IVAW.” I know he looked up to me, so when he said those things I told him not dislike IVAW because I do, but to make up his own mind. The anti-war crowd is not that way. They beat you over the head with their bullshit. I think Mike left because Bobby did, or at least in part. I mean, who gets an identical tattoo that someone else does? The more he hung with the UtH/ISO crowd, he began to act and speak very much like them. Including demonizing me because I wasn’t down with their program.
As far as legal issues Selena, we are in the minority. Most resister cases get your Branum/NLG types more than a lawyer like ours. UtH didn’t like our lawyer because he didn’t tell them what they wanted to hear. That represents most of the anti-war movement, of which IVAW is a large part.
AWOL is glorified in anti-war movement and IVAW, and there is no denying that. If Kern advocates AWOL then he needs to go AWOL. Lead by example. Never advocate for things you are not going to do yourself. That’s just acting like a coward and I would hope Mike is above that type of behavior.
For the record, even though me and Kern have gone our separate ways I’m still proud of Fire Mission.