Posted on 05/28/2007 5:06:49 PM PDT by TFFKAMM
(05-28) 15:58 PDT ORCAS ISLAND, Wash. (AP) --
Vandals burned dozens of small American flags that decorated veterans' graves for Memorial Day and replaced many of them with hand-drawn swastikas, authorities said Monday.
Forty-six flags were burned completely and another 33 were found in charred tatters Sunday in the cemetery, authorities said. Swastikas drawn on paper appeared where 14 of the flags had been.
Members of the American Legion on this island off Washington's northwest coast replaced the burned flags with new ones Sunday afternoon.
The vandals repeated the stunt on Memorial Day after a guard left at dawn, the San Juan County sheriff's office said. This time, the vandals left 33 of the hand-drawn swastikas.
"This is not an act of free speech. This is a crime," Sheriff Bill Cumming said in a statement released Monday afternoon.
Sheriff's department officials declined to comment further on Monday.
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Is this the work of the Aryan Nations crowd who gather in Coeur D’Elene, Idaho and display the Nazi flag? The biggest bunch of fat blond losers that anyone ever saw!!? Or is it the work of equally stupid skinheads?
Anyway: march under the swastika or the hammer & sickle or the red star or any other enemy banner against which brave Americans fought and died, AND YOUR TRAITOR ASS SHOULD BE DEPORTED!!
):^(
Blue state, not surprised.
Sorry to disappoint you but this didn't happen in San Francisco.
Read the story again if you know how to read!
Pearls before swine; holy things to the dogs.
Too bad we don’t use firing squads anymore. What they did is the ultimate disgrace!
Death by hanging would be better.
“AND YOUR TRAITOR ASS SHOULD BE.........”
Anyway, evidence grows that the Second Civil War is on its way.
2CW for short. Guess what this Vietnam vet did two weekends ago. Fired the M2 .50 caliber machine gun. On the range. Oh - forgot to add - I’m in the reserves.
Life’s still an adventure.
;^)
I’d wager that at least one of the idiots is bragging about this somewhere on MySpace right about now...
APf
This hits like a chest pain. I can’t believe how warped some people have gotten, and I hate to imagine that any of our institutions (public schools, media) might have aided and abbetted this type of sick thinking. They do not understand this country and with them by our side we might not get to keep it.
What happened?
Sad.
Perhaps if they capture these perverts, they could burn swastikas into their foreheads, letting everyone know what kind of sick people they are.
Air drop them into North Korea.
Well these twisted little freaks who did this might think they did something big,but what they really proved was how small and pathetic they are.Like I’m going to have less respect for the veterans whose graves were desecrated by them.Like HELL,I’ve got even more respect for them now then ever !!!
Actually I think it is not the work of either. It is probably the work of stupid, misinformed war protestors, who think these graves are connected to Iraq.
If I had my druthers I would put every law enforcement agency on this, find the scumbags and give them a fair trial. In IRAQ.
Our Vets/Soldiers give/gave their all for this country.
The scum who deface their final resting place need to see what they went through. Let our troops show them first hand what it is like to fight for the scumbags rights to exist.
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