"KANSAS CITY, Mo. — 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 an other-than-honorable discharge, choosing instead the general discharge..."
Sorry but that is not good enough. After all the occasions where various GOP candidates and officials have used uniformed personnel as political props, Kokesh should have never been charged with anything. Period. Exclamation point. The Corps acted poorly in this case, demonstrating perhaps that a few officers have forgotten why we have a military-- to ensure the freedom of this country and its citizens. The issue would have been different if Kokesh were on active duty and in an actual uniform, but he was neither. What's next? Removing veteran benefits from those G.I.'s who don't toe the Bush line?
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