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Arrests made at Boston Veterans Day event when antiwar group refuses to move away from podium
AP ^ | 6:07 a.m. November 12, 2007 | AP

Posted on 11/12/2007 9:15:04 PM PST by granite

BOSTON – Several anti-war veterans were arrested when they protested their exclusion from a Veterans Day event by refusing to move away from a podium.

The Boston chapter of a group called Veterans for Peace estimated 15 of its members and supporters were arrested Sunday at the event sponsored by the American Legion. Boston Police said several arrests were made, but did not have an exact number. The detainees were later released on bail.

Advertisement “We're opposed to the U.S. invasion of Iraq; we're opposed to the planned invasion of Iran,” said group member Winston Warfield, a Vietnam War veteran. “A lot of veterans view us as traitors.”

Warfield said the American Legion rejected their request to have a speaker at the event, which took place outside City Hall. A call to the American Legion office in Boston was not immediately returned Monday.

“From our point of view, it's a public affair,” Warfield said, despite U.S. Supreme Court precedent that allows private groups that obtain proper permits to choose who can participate in their events.

Earlier Sunday, Gov. Deval Patrick and Sen. John Kerry presented medals to five surviving members of the Tuskegee Airmen, the famed group of black fighter pilots from World War II.

“It is an honor to formally recognize these heroic pioneers,” said Patrick, the state's first black governor. Legislation was approved last year authorizing a Congressional Gold Medal for the Tuskegee Airmen as a group; it was presented in March. Individual airmen receive bronze replicas.


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: antisoap; antiwar
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1 posted on 11/12/2007 9:15:06 PM PST by granite
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To: granite
A lot of veterans view us as traitors

This one sure does ...

2 posted on 11/12/2007 9:16:17 PM PST by clamper1797 (Democrat-one who panders to the crude, imbecilic, and mindless whims of the masses)
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To: granite
“From our point of view, it's a public affair,”

From my point-of-view, your place is a public place. I'll be inviting my buds over to watch the game. I'm sure you won't mind.

3 posted on 11/12/2007 9:18:08 PM PST by Gondring (I'll give up my right to die when hell freezes over my dead body!)
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To: granite

The notion that leftist creeps have a holy right to constantly be in peoples faces is really getting old.


4 posted on 11/12/2007 9:20:25 PM PST by VR-21
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To: granite

the libs are complaining about this on all their filthy blogs.


5 posted on 11/12/2007 9:20:44 PM PST by camerakid400
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To: granite

6 posted on 11/12/2007 9:24:30 PM PST by granite ("We dare not tempt them with weakness" - JFK)
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To: granite
Anyone remember this dork?

Ken Nichol's O'Keefe

7 posted on 11/12/2007 9:28:49 PM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: VR-21

These moonbats protesters are phony soldiers.


8 posted on 11/12/2007 9:30:07 PM PST by july4thfreedomfoundation (Life's a bitch, so don't vote for one on November 4, 2008!)
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To: july4thfreedomfoundation

Youre gonna piss of Harry Reid and John Kerry


9 posted on 11/12/2007 9:32:32 PM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: granite

What’s interesting is that many of the so-called anti-war veterans AREN’T vets, they’re attention-whore wannabes at best.


10 posted on 11/12/2007 9:32:42 PM PST by xJones
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To: granite

Veterans Day and Memorial Day are not about political statements for either side. They are days set aside to honor those who served.

One claims many of us see them as traitors? Maybe, but more importantly, to politicize either of the solemn days makes them scumbags too.


11 posted on 11/12/2007 9:35:54 PM PST by DakotaRed (Liberals don't rattle sabers, they wave white flags)
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To: granite
POETRY FROM THE VETERANS FOR PEACE WEBSITE

http://www.veteransforpeace.org/Members_poetry_1.vp.html#a%20little%20touch%20of%20war

A LITTLE TOUCH OF WAR

A bit of you, a bit of me
A bit of them and more.
We’re all just little morsels
On the smorgasbord of war.

Everyone is mixed together
Like ingredients in a stew.
It’s hard to tell the different flavors.
I’ll just hope it isn’t you.

Who’ll ever know we went to war
If you never really call it one.
Just call it a small conflict
And tidy up when you are done.

We only want a little war,
A sip, a dash, a smidge, a drop.
And when we’ve tasted just a bit of blood
We’ll tell the war to stop.

Just treat it like a virus.
Just let it run its course.
And when enough of youth are dead,
We’ll offer some remorse.

We all just want a clean war
Without the dirt and grime.
In the safety of TV screens,
We keep our distance from the crime.

©Copyright 2006 Penny L. Rock
www.infinitecreation.net

12 posted on 11/12/2007 9:40:44 PM PST by Brad from Tennessee ("A politician can't give you anything he hasn't first stolen from you.")
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To: xJones

Whether they’re real or phoney Vets, they have no right to foment surrender and treason. Lock ‘em up!


13 posted on 11/12/2007 10:15:49 PM PST by FFranco
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To: DakotaRed
Well said.
14 posted on 11/12/2007 10:23:36 PM PST by Hornitos
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To: granite

In an article published in 2006 under http://www.feralscholar.org/blog/index.php/2006/11/29/doctrine/ Winston Warfield described himself as a Marxist-Leninist who is proud he refused orders to go on patrol in Vietman.

Some spokesperson they chose!


15 posted on 11/12/2007 10:24:20 PM PST by MindBender26 (Having my own CAR-15 in Vietnam meant never having to say I was sorry......)
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To: granite

It is entirely fitting and well deserved that John F’ng Kerry is discussed after the traitors, as a less important event.


16 posted on 11/12/2007 10:30:56 PM PST by matthew fuller (Crop-circles, killer rabbits and UFO'S are caused by GLOBAL WARMING!)
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To: MindBender26
Winston Warfield described himself as a Marxist-Leninist who is proud he refused orders to go on patrol in Vietman.

Now there's a shocker ;-)

17 posted on 11/12/2007 10:36:48 PM PST by VeniVidiVici (No buy China!!)
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To: granite
“We're opposed to the U.S. invasion of Iraq; we're opposed to the planned invasion of Iran,”

And, evidently, you also are opposed to free speech.

18 posted on 11/12/2007 10:58:47 PM PST by taxesareforever (Never forget Matt Maupin)
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To: clamper1797

“A lot of veterans view us as traitors”
.....”This one sure does”.

Amen!


19 posted on 11/12/2007 11:13:58 PM PST by BnBlFlag (Deo Vindice/Semper Fidelis "Ya gotta saddle up your boys; Ya gotta draw a hard line")
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To: clamper1797

This wife, daughter, step-daughter and neice of vetrans spanning back to WWII sure does.


20 posted on 11/12/2007 11:19:17 PM PST by Brytani
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