What an absolute crock!
Posted on 09/14/2007 11:46:23 AM PDT by vietvet67
Last Friday evening an oily substance that has proved extremely difficult to remove was splattered along an approximately 60 foot section of the wall, defacing panels bearing the names of the deceased as well as ornamental stones along the base. Mainstream media coverage has been sparse.
Veterans immediately attributed the defacement to anti-war groups that have threatened the memorial in past months, have defaced monuments and memorials nationwide, and are gathering in Washington this weekend to protest the War on Terror.
The outrage in the veteran community is palpable. In apparent fear of vets’ reaction, some who sympathize with the anti-war group ANSWER (which is coordinating this weekend’s protests) have issued bogus news releases stating that there was no damage to The Wall. This led some veterans to speculate that ANSWER is hoping to convince veterans to avoid Washington this weekend.
Nonetheless, the Park Service has stopped short of labeling the incident as vandalism.
“The United States Park Police is investigating the matter. Until this investigation is completed, it is premature to speculate whether any intentional act was committed,” is the official statement.
Bill Line, NPS Communications & Tourism Officer for the National Capital Region adds that although crews have been working since Saturday to remove the substance, they don’t even know what it is, much less who splattered it on the memorial.
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“Until this investigation is completed, it is premature to speculate whether any intentional act was committed,”
Probably just some little tyke in his stroller swinging his sippy cup around. Filled up with transmission fluid.
And do they say the gouges in one panel aren’t vandalism, too?
Who is analyzing the substance? They can’t really treat the damage unless they know what it is!
Aging hippies still stuck in the 60s and young adults a/k/a “internet tough guys” living in mom’s basement...
sad, sad testaments to the mental disease of liberalism.
I find it hard to believe the Park Service has no access to gas chromatography.
A cover-up by the Park Police
However in this case I wouldn't mind seeing a bunch of Viet Nam vets engaging in a good old fashioned extended hippy beat down as the DC cops stand around watching and smiling.
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It’s not possible for the substance to have been applied over such a considerable length of the wall unintentionally, sippy cups notwithstanding. And it is inadvisable, to say the least, to try to remove something before knowing what it is.
Are there no AROUND THE CLOCK CAMERAS AT THIS LOCATION?
WHO HAS THE FILM?
That would be my guess. Looks like there's never going to be a "CSI Washington", just like there's never going to be a "CSI Fort Marcy Park"
post a couple of those vets in some trees with night vision goggles. if they see something, call in the cavalry.
The Park service police don’t want to see a bunch of Vets come in and kick some commie pinko hippie ass!....I do!
“However in this case I wouldn’t mind seeing a bunch of Viet Nam vets engaging in a good old fashioned extended hippy beat down as the DC cops stand around watching and smiling.”
I’ll volunteer, although it really does not take very long.
They thought about it, but, sadly, Buster Keaton and all the original Keystone Cops have passed away.
What kind of substance CAN'T be removed from granite? Perhaps an acid type fluid? DAMN SCUMBAGS! I hate the antiwar over the hill freakin hippies!! Don't think for one minute this is a localized situation in DC. Just this morning some Vets were in front of Wal-mart picking up some signatures for a petition against our city for neglecting our Fort Bliss Cemetery grounds. THERE was absolutely no grass across the cemetery...BUT just a few blocks away a gulf course as green as the grass in Valley Forge! I could not believe it! I should have asked them for some pic so that I could have posted them here! Your stomach would have turn over twice with rage!
“Mainstream media coverage has been sparse.”
Understatement of the year.
I have visited the wall several times. Cried like a baby each time.
I have high school friends on the wall.
DAMN the SOBs that defaced this precious American memorial.
Look to Moveon.org as the culprits. Wouldn’t be surprising.
My money’s on Code Pink.
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