Stop The Presses: Soldier Refuses Deployment
May 16th, 2008 by Admin
In a dramatic Capitol Hill announcement in the Canon Building, IVAW hack, and former Army Sergeant, Matthis Chiroux announced that he is refusing to deploy in support of an "illegal war." Have you ever noticed that many of these IVAW subversives and seditionists have French names? Chiroux, Lemieux, etc. Go figure.
On Thursday, he refused to go, saying he considers Iraq an illegal war.
"I stand before you today with the strength and clarity and resolve to declare to the military, my government and the world that this soldier will not be deploying to Iraq," Chiroux said in the sun-filled rotunda of a congressional building in Washington.
"My decision is based on my desire to no longer continue violating my core values to support an illegal and unconstitutional occupation… I refuse to participate in the Iraq occupation," he said, as a dozen veterans of the five-year-old Iraq war looked on.
Oddly enough, the media isn't telling the whole story and doesn't have to look very far to find it! Just look at the sissy's hair in the photo of the link above. Naturally, the first thing that came to my mind was, "this guy CAN'T be a Soldier!" (well, "soldier"). So, I looked him up in my handy dandy Army White Pages available only to military members and…
Chiroux is not even in the military. He's in what's called Individual Ready Reserves (thanks, Steve! You da man!!). When you sign up for military service, you automatically incur an 8-year service obligation. However, each individual decides how much active time they will initially serve. So, if a Soldier signs up for a four year tour, they have an additional four years in which they can be called up. This also plays into the so-called "stop-loss" policy (boy did that movie tank!). A Soldier with more than eight years in, and isn't on indefinite status, can't be "stop-lossed" because he/she has already fulfilled their contractual obligation. That's one of the reasons why you don't see a lot of SSGs and some SFCs being stop-lossed, though many volunteer to stay with their units anyway.
The media is making it sound like Chiroux is about to deploy and that he is making this big stand as an active duty Soldier in refusing to deploy. The fact is that he is a civilian who received a recall letter back in February which he has ignored. The military has already said that they are not hunting down individuals who ignore those letters, though they'd have a legal right to prosecute if they wanted to. So, where's the news again? Here's the part of Chiroux's speech no one seems to be reporting:
"As an army journalist whose job it was to college and filter service members’ stories, I heard many a stomach-churning testimony of the horrors and crimes taking place in Iraq. For fear of retaliation from the military, I failed to report these crimes. Never again will I allow fear to silence me. Never again will I fail to stand. In February, I received a letter from the Army, ordering my return to active duty, with the purpose of mobilization in Operation Iraqi Freedom."
Thanks in great part to the truths of war being fearlessly spoken by my fellow IVAW members, I stand before you today with the strength and clarity and resolve to declare the military and my government and the world that this soldier will not be deploying to Iraq.
According to the UCMJ, Chiroux is guilty of every crime he failed to report. The testimonies of his fellow yellow-bellies is a direct result of his cowardice in reporting crimes. I find it ironic that he has the "strength and clarity and resolve" to refuse deployment and doesn't fear "retaliation from the military" in this endeavor, but when it came to potentially saving lives, he chose to remain quiet. Basically, what Chiroux is saying is that he's a selfish bastard whose own life is more important than anyone else's! He could not care less how many Iraqis and Soldiers died as long as he doesn't have to deploy as a PHOTOGRAPHER ever again!
To be fair, Chiroux DOES take good pictures. Just Google his name and you'll see how well he's protected this country through a keen eye and quick shutter aperture. Don't get me wrong, I think our military journalists are top rate and I don't degrade their service and sacrifice – just those that can't get seem to scrub off that yellow streak down their backs. Honestly, his photos are awesome and I hope he's able to find a great job with the Washington Post or New York Times. IVAW could put his talents to good use.
One more thing, here's a guy that's been in the military six years, deployed to Afghanistan, Germany, Japan, and the Philippines and got out as a Sergeant?! Come to think of it, all these young pups "testifying" for IVAW (more to follow on that as I wade through the BS of their "testimony" today) are junior enlisted Soldiers with a limited scope of experience. Interesting.
Also, I love how each of the media reports on this reference the testimony of IVAW in Congress WITHOUT ever mentioning that they were part of IVAW!! So, I couldn't help but chuckle every time I read "Almost to a man, the testifiers denounced serious flaws in the chain of command in Iraq" in these media articles. No kidding!! "TO THE MAN!" Wow, that's news! You mean to tell me that EVERY single member of Iraq Veterans Against the War is…um…against the war?! Correct!! Tell these "journalists" what they've won, Johnny!!
Well, CJ, these journalists are going to be treated to an all expenses paid mud bath at Smith's Pig Farm in West Virginia where they'll enjoy hours of tasty pork products…okay, I'm already tired of this. What a crock! I'll have more on the actual IVAW testimony this weekend.
Posted in Military Perspective
If you're in the military you should know IRR stands for Individual Ready Reserve. The term Inactive hasn't been used since the 70's.
Also, the Army of One logo you are using is a registered trademark. Do you have permission to use it on this web site?
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Steve, you are correct. I know that, but don't know why I wrote that since I'm absolutely flawless and perfect. I've corrected myself. You're so smart too! I have the smartest readers.
You are also correct about the Army Logo and I do NOT have permission. Ooooh, I am SO going to jail. Quick, call the Pentagon and let them know. Here's the number: 703-692-2000
Nice analysis.
The PAO's office in Iraq that will have to do without Sgt. Chiroux's services will probably be devestated. God forbid that he be forced into taking pictures of smiling schoolchildren, women learning a trade or busy, well-stocked markets.
None of the PAO personnel I know would be at all interested in working with Chiroux, I suspect, and several – especially the women – would probably pound his pretty boy face into pulp.
If CJ gets brought up on charges for the logo use, I know some very patriotic attorneys who would give the Army a very unique fight.
David
I watched the "hearing" on Thursday. Well, most of it…I just couldn't stand watching Lynn Woolsey twitch and stutter anymore or the PCOOTIW members come to tears and and praise the IVAW panelists again and again. (But then consider the source – Barbara Lee, Maxine Waters, Keith Ellison, Sheila Jackson as well as Woolsey)
My husband was also listening as he was doing this and that and summed up their stories filled with angst and woe by saying, "They knew they were going in to be Marines and Soldiers, for god's sake! Whya re they whining about doing things soldiers do?"
My favorite angst ridden story was about the *gasp* bayonet training in Basic. My daughter went through that. After all, she was being trained as a…soldier.
The trouble is so many people know nothing about the military, so they will take what these malcontents say as gospel. They pretty much called every General and those under them corrupt liars and worse. If all that was going on all the time, everywhere, with no end, more than nine soldiers would be making a lot of noise.
Of course, I was just waiting for them to say that they had cut off insurgents ears and wore them as necklaces. Bah!
As an army journalist whose job it was to college and filter service members%u2019 stories, I heard many a stomach-churning testimony of the horrors and crimes taking place in Iraq.
I'm sure every soldier who committed an "atrocity" ran right to the nearest photojournalist to tell the story…. didn't know him, never met him before, an NCO… just opened up and confessed… yah
"stomach-churning testimony" — testimony is given under oath in a legal proceeding. what's written on the bathroom walls is graffiti.
and once again (ala Winter Soldier I and II) there is all the gnashing of teeth and rending of clothing about "horrors and crimes" but not a scintilla of evidence.
the only people who will be convinced by the "testimony" already had their minds made up before the first speaker spoke.
and the only person Chiroux is fooling is himself.
Steve,
Yes, the logo is a trademark…
But it isn't an "Army of One" any more, it's "Army Strong" now. And that's also a patch worn in the Army (mostly 'round the five-sided puzzle palace.)
Who paid for said trademark? DoD? DA? Did they do it with some funding that WASN'T provided by the taxpayer?
Now quit quibbling, you retard. CJ and I have forgotten more acronyms than most people will ever know. (Like APFSDS-T, MELIOS, HMFICoKIR, and BOHICA.)
Anyway, why do we call them winter soldiers? Isn't Sunshine Patriots more apropos?
The point of the post is to illustrate the douchebaggery of chiroux, the IAVA, the idiots in congress who held this "hearing" and the faulty, biased reporting without fact checking.
"Who paid for said trademark? DoD? DA? Did they do it with some funding that WASN'T provided by the taxpayer?"
With that logic I should be able to go to the nearest armory and sign out a weapon and some ammunition and blaze away. After all my tax dollars paid for it.
How are the administrators of this web site any different than Chiroux? They are pro military patriots when it is convenient but when it's not they are all too willing to "stick it to the man". If you really love your country follow it's rule and laws. If you respect the military you shouldn't use their trademarks without permission.
If Steve were a truly decent person, he would have e-mailed CJ about his "concerns." I bet the army has the same concerns as Dunkin' Donuts would if a donut shop infringed on the name. You are an idiot. A pro-Army site uses the trademark and the army is harmed in the marketplace how? What kind of damages will be shown?
"With that logic I should be able to go to the nearest armory and sign out a weapon and some ammunition and blaze away. After all my tax dollars paid for it."
Your analogy is ridiculous.
Keep up the good work, CJ.
Very encouraging! Good for Matthis Chiroux! It makes me proud that Americans are standing up for American values. The time is coming when those in positions of power realize that Bush's war of terror in Iraq is illegal, immoral, and unjustified.
Praise be to God that I am never going back to Iraq!
Semper Fidelis!
Steve
Good work, since you are unable to attack the subject of the article, or the analysis of the story. Or support the IRR loser in anyway shape or form, you do what all liberals do when attacked with facts that they don%u2019t agree with. They attack, poorly in your case as normal, the people showing/telling the facts.
Good job, it gives me hope.
CJ
Good read as always. Hopefully the Army will drop on him like a ton of bricks.
JD
While the war in Iraq might be unjustified and or immoral, it is not illegal it was made legal by the US Congress on October 11 2002. Now for this war to be illegal they would have to pass another resolution that would remove authorization and funding for this 'war'. Until they do this the war is not illegal. Now You and I could go round and round about how immoral it is to remove a mass murdering dictator from power, or we could go on about how unjustified it is to remove from power a government that is funding terrorism around the glob. But I don%u2019t think that this is the forum for that. If you want and are willing to do it civilly feel free to email me. @ dagamore(nospam)@gmail(nospam).com
I am sure Chiroux says he is pro military too. But like the web site administrators he too is breaking the law.
"Like APFSDS-T, MELIOS, HMFICoKIR, and BOHICA.)"
I prefer FUBIJANG.
F U Buddy, I'm Just a National Guardsman.
Also, I may be mistaken, but isn't a Government Trademark open to Fair Use? I know it is in Copyright.
Steve and JD – You are idiots. Go play in traffic.
JD – I would be certain that a lot of your Semper Fi buddies are also praising God that you won't be going back to Iraq. You are one of those that will probably be known as an ex-Marine instead of former Marine.
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Why isn't Drudge reporting this? Someone should send this to him and LGF.