Affiliations with radical leftist groups Mr. Kokesh joined the Iraq Veterans Against War (IVAW) in February 2007, at which time he was 25 years old. The IVAW was formed by the Vietnam Veterans Against War (VVAW), the now infamous group, formed by John Kerry in 1970, and responsible for the fraudulent maligning of our Vietnam veterans at the Winter Soldier Conference in 1971. It will be recalled that John Kerry now stands exposed as having repeated false accusations from that conference, during Congressional testimony in 1971. Similar to the VVAW, the IVAW is a virulently anti-military, anti-America group. It holds the view that our country is an imperialistic and expansionistic “One World Order” government, and that our military is but a tool of this government. Further, they believe that our soldiers are little more than marauders and murderers who, in the words of John Kerry, behave “in a fashion reminiscent of Genghis Khan”. Mr. Kokesh was active in the IVAW from 2007 to 2009, at which time he announced his candidacy for Republican Congressman from New Mexico. There are no indications that he has revoked his affiliations with the IVAW. As an active member of the IVAW, Mr. Kokesh was involved in numerous anti-military, and by explicit extension, anti-Bush/Republican activities and actions. While executing these actions, Mr. Kokesh knowingly and gladly, made common cause with a wide array of other well-known, radical anti-America and communist groups. The list of these other groups includes, but is by no means limited to, the following: SDS
Code Pink
A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition
United for Justice and Peace
Communist Party of America
Muslim Brotherhood
Black Panthers
In cooperation with the above-named groups and the IVAW, Mr. Kokesh: participated in multiple anti-war demonstrations in Washington DC, and other cites throughout the country; organized and incited violent demonstrations at military recruiting stations; participated in an initiative to encourage active duty soldiers to desert their military post; organized and participated in a Winter Soldier Conference 2, an effort designed to malign and undercut the moral of our soldiers who were fighting and dying on the battlefield. Even a most cursory search of the Internet will yield a plethora of documents attesting to the veracity of these assertions.
Personal character questions, and anti-Republican Party activities
Apart from his considerable radical leftist affiliations and activities, there many concerns about Mr. Kokesh’s general personal qualifications for congressman; and we have specific concerns about the appropriateness of his being considered for being a Republican congressman. Mr. Kokesh has no history of personal accomplishments or achievement, yet he does have a notable history of poor judgment and illegal behavior. Moreover, he has no history of supporting the Republican Party, and in fact has been actively unsupportive and undermining of the Party.
Mr. Kokesh’s personal accomplishments and achievements appear to be limited to his having served in the Marine Corps from 1999 until 2006, and his political activism with the IVAW from 2007 until 2009. His MC service was basically unremarkable, in terms of citations, medals, and commendations, and it was ultimately marked by a demotion in his discharge rank, from Sergeant to Corporal, and a downgrading of his discharge status from honorable to general. Mr. Kokesh’s tenure with the IVAW has been noted above and need not be repeated here.
There are no indications that Mr. Kokesh has ever maintained any private sector employment, and unless otherwise proven, it might be assumed that his ‘work’ with the IVAW was financed through contributions to that organization, finances that often originated in leftist organizations such as MoveOn.org. Other than an undergraduate degree in Psychology, there are no indications that Mr. Kokesh has achieved any academic standing that might, given his young age and his otherwise lack of general accomplishments, recommend him for serious consideration for Congress.
There are numbers of incidents in Mr. Kokesh’s personal life that suggest that he employs poor judgment, and that he has trouble coping with stress. Examples of his poor judgment include the following: he smuggled a gun home from Iraq, and then was apprehended when he bought it onto a college campus; he has incited protestors to engage in violent actions against military recruiting stations, and; he incited unrest on a college campus by hanging racist poster around the campus, and signed the posters as being a member of the college conservative Republican organization.
Given the above, it is our position that Mr. Kokesh is in no way qualified to represent the Republican Party in Congress. In fact, if his history is any indicator of his future performance, it is most likely that he will behave in a manner that is antithetical to the positions and values of the Republican Party. In our view, a Kokesh candidacy will at best, precipitate much conflict within the Republican Party, and, at worst, invite derision from outside of the party.
Like you, we are interested in maintaining the integrity of the Republican Party. We understand that this is a time when the party leadership is striving to reconcile disparate ideas within the party, and to clarify its unified voice. A Kokesh candidacy would be completely at odds with those strivings and ideals.
We are urging the Republican Party to withhold any endorsement of a ‘Kokesh for Congress’ candidacy. We look forward to hearing from you.
Ron Paul actually endorsed this clown, too..
Went to his website. He has a banner that comes straight from the Soviet Union or Cuba. Looks like Lenin carrying a Revolution banner. Not calling him a communist — just saying. Bad choice of theme.
Lets see... he volunteered for the Marines, volunteered for Iraq deployment, saw combat action, was honorably discharged (downgraded to general under honorable conditions for doing the same thing my dad did in WWII - bringing a souvenir weapon back).
You guys go ahead and slander him all you want... as for me, I say thanks for your service to the nation, my fellow Marine!
Check out his web site the header is beautiful.
If I were a betting man, I’d say Adam has come in contact with another infamous resident of New Mexico, Mark Rudd (co-founder of Weather Underground)
“Adam Kokesh gave aid and comfort to the enemy in time of war. That means he is a traitor.”
So did Barack Hussein Obama. He is a traitor, too, in a position to do a lot of damage.
There are many reasons a person can be opposed to foreign war, yet you insist on ascribing to Adam only your own chosen reasoning. Given Ron Paul is strongly right-wing, your reasoning is most likely bizarrely anachronistic.
The reality is that conservatives (not counting 'neo-con's' that are just liberals trying to do to other nations what liberals have done to our inner cities) are, by principle, opposed to poorly conceived foreign wars. Ron Paul has pointed out there are Constitutional mechanisms such as Letters of Marque and Reprisal that have been ignored by our leftist, anti-Constitution government in recent decades. Osama would likely be dead or in custody now if Paul's advice had been heeded and the Constitution born in mind before attacking nations that did not attack us, at a tiny fraction of the cost in lives and money.
I hope you will at least be consistent and will follow up with rants against leftist nutcase weirdos like George Washington and Thomas Jefferson for sharing Ron Paul's perspective on foreign policy.
God Bless our military!
Good post.
PING! to the New Mexico list.
Do you have a link to “the Gathering of Eagles” website?
horrific.
Thanks for posting this. It looks like we are going to go for a good debate between the Ron Paul antiwar folks and others. Kokesh gave comfort to a lot of wacko jihadist out there who were blowing up all branches of our beloved troops. He can go to Hell as far as I’m concerned.
I’ve never heard of him. I wonder why he’s running as a Republican?
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Ron Paul / Dennis Kucinich bump.