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Eugene Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-04-07 09:29 PM
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(General) Discharge Suggested for Anti-War Marine
Source: Associated Press

Discharge Suggested for Anti-War Marine

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press Writer
KANSAS CITY, Mo. Jun 4, 2007 (AP)

A military panel has recommended a general discharge for an Iraq
war veteran who wore his uniform during a war protest and later
responded with an obscenity to a superior who told him he might
have violated military rules.

Marine Cpl. Adam Kokesh participated in the protest in March,
clad in a uniform that had his name tag and other insignia removed.
After he was identified in a photo caption in The Washington Post,
a superior officer sent him a letter saying he might have violated
a rule prohibiting troops from wearing uniforms without
authorization.

After a hearing Monday before an administrative separation board
at the Marine Corps Mobilization Command, the panel decided not
to recommend a less-than-honorable discharge, choosing instead
the general discharge.

"This is a nonpunitive discharge," said Col. Patrick McCarthy,
chief of staff for the mobilization command. "The most stringent
discharge that could have been received is other than honorable,
and the board chose to raise that up to a general discharge."

If the recommendation is approved, Kokesh would not lose any
military benefits. McCarthy said.


Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=3244151
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tridim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-04-07 09:40 PM
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1. Kokesh is honorable
He should fight for an honorable discharge. Something tells me he will.
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MadMaddie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-04-07 11:15 PM
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2. So then we need to complain about the Iraq veterans that attend
Neocon political events withougt permission ....lets see if they get discharged..

Once again picking out dissenters and making examples of them.
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maddezmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-05-07 12:10 AM
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3. very good point
:thumbsup:
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radfringe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-05-07 02:48 AM
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4. and also
all those that bush uses as props
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saigon68 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-05-07 03:12 AM
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5. Disgusting military thugs
I saw him getting ripped by Mrs Dan Senor (a/k/a Campbel Brown) on the tube last week.

Mrs Senor by the way who is a disgusting piece of garbage.

Dan Senor is another Bush Bot who used to pimp for Gens Killer Kimmet and Sleepy Sanchez
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IndianaGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-05-07 03:31 AM
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6. Dan Senor has dual US/Israeli citizenship
which may explain his enthusiastic support for war against Iraq, Iran, Syria, and Hizbollah.

Beware of neocons bearing gifts.
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