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Fri Jun-29-07 12:21 PM
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Marines drop case against anti-war Iraq veteran |
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:woohoo: :patriot: LINKThe Marines won't kick out an Iraq war veteran who made anti-war statements in a speech and wore part of his uniform at a protest, the service said Friday, despite a recommendation to discharge him early.
An investigating officer had recommended in May that Liam Madden, 22, of Boston, receive an other-than-honorable discharge, the worst discharge possible under non-court martial conditions and one that could have meant a reduction in some of his health benefits.
Madden is part of the Individual Ready Reserve, which consists mainly of those who have left active duty but still have time remaining on their eight-year military obligations. He is scheduled to be discharged in 2010.
Madden was accused of making "disloyal statements" during a speech in February in New York in which he accused President Bush of betraying service members and called the fighting in Iraq a "war crime." The speech was posted on the Internet.
Madden also was accused of a uniform violation for wearing a camouflage, button-down shirt and jeans at a demonstration in Washington in January.
The Marines said in a news release that they were dropping the case because they had "received sufficient indication" from Madden that he would no longer wear his uniform when engaged in political activities. They also determined that his statements did not warrant further action.
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Fri Jun-29-07 12:26 PM
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Thanks for the link.
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Fri Jun-29-07 12:32 PM
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2. ....accused of making "disloyal statements".... |
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Disloyal to whom?
The sycophant politicians who do what they're told
by their oil company and arms manufacturer masters?
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Fri Jun-29-07 12:46 PM
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4. He told a higher ranking officer to "kindly go fuck yourself" in an email |
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There was a thread on this whole thing a couple weeks back. Seems the officer didn't take too kindly to being told by a guy who was not on active duty to fuck himself.
(Notice i didn't use the term "Superior Officer")
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Fri Jun-29-07 02:43 PM
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6. That was Adam Kokesh that wrote the "go fuck yourself" email |
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he got a general discharge.
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Fri Jun-29-07 09:21 PM
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7. I beg your pardon. You are correct. Got them confused... |
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thanks for correcting me.
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Fri Jun-29-07 12:38 PM
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3. Sounds exactly like the Col Steve Butler case, right after 9-11 |
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Edited on Fri Jun-29-07 12:38 PM by EVDebs
http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/06.06E.butler.bush.htmThe less than honorable policies demanded men of action to stand up for their country. Some in the Marine corp forget Gen Smedley D. Butler http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smedley_ButlerMadden should be proud, he has good company.
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Fri Jun-29-07 02:24 PM
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Sat Jun-30-07 10:20 AM
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10. in other words - they didn't have a case and they knew they didn't |
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but they wanted to bluster and cause the man grief in the press anyway
fuck-wads
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Sat Jun-30-07 10:25 AM
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The charges were such BS, anyway!
Congratulations, Madden! :patriot:
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