Rieckhoff the martyr

I know this won’t surprise anyone, but Paul Rieckhoff, the executive director of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA) and an Obama cheerleader, was invited to the White House Dinner, “A Nation’s Gratitude” tonight to somehow honor Iraq War veterans. But Rieckhoff very publicly gave up his ticket;

“As founder, I’m especially proud to give my seat to Iraq veteran Angela Peacock, a unique voice for our nation’s women warriors and a rising leader for our entire veterans community. Only a hundred Iraq veterans like Angela will actually dine in the East Room tonight, but all one million deserve our country’s gratitude for their individual service and sacrifice,” said IAVA Founder and Executive Director Paul Rieckhoff.

It seems magnanimous doesn’t it? I wouldn’t give up my ticket if I had been invited…unless something very important was scheduled for the same night. I mean, regardless of who the President is, it’s the fricken White House and a State Dinner. Well, Paul gave up his ticket because he had somewhere to be, that was more important to him – the extremely pretentious TED2012.

Yeah, he’s out in California rubbing elbows with T Boone Pickens and Bill Gates and checking out the little robots along with a shitload of other liberals and assorted crackpots.

I dunno, it seems to me that an executive director of a group called Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America has a place to be when he claims to be the leader of the largest group of contemporary veterans of the war which is the first word in the group’s title. And that place isn’t with a bunch of hippies. I’m just saying.

Thanks to an anonymous tipster who also thinks that the IAVA is all about one veteran.

Category: Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America