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Activists on Each Side of War Effort Offer a Preview of Clashes (Free Republic, MAF Mentioned)
The Washington Post ^
| Saturday, March 14, 2008
| Michael E. Ruane
Posted on 03/14/2008 8:34:14 PM PDT by kristinn
The speakers had just finished lamenting recent acts of vandalism at military recruiting centers and had opened the floor to questions at the National Press Club when peace activist Tighe Barry jumped up, took off his shirt and revealed the pink military tunic he was wearing underneath.
"This is what I think of the Marine Corps!" he yelled. "The Marine Corps needs to be the peace corps!"
Incensed, Kevin L. Martin rushed to the microphone. "Let me tell you something, dammit!" he hollered. "I'm a Navy veteran of seven years, and . . . you are a joke, sir! Please step the hell out of the building!"
The face-off yesterday between the pro-troops group and the antiwar group Code Pink was a preview of a series of demonstrations and counter-demonstrations that are scheduled in and around Washington over the next few days.
Groups supporting the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, including Move America Forward, a Gathering of Eagles, and Free Republic, plan a rally at 11 a.m. today at the Washington Monument, followed by a 1 p.m. march along Constitution Avenue.
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Yesterday's preview began with the news conference arranged by Sacramento-based Move America Forward to call attention to vandalism at military recruiting offices across the country, including the detonation of a small bomb last week at a recruiting station in Manhattan.
The group issued a document, titled "the Sedition Report," which it said detailed acts of vandalism going back several years. The report included an incident last month in the 1300 block of L Street NW in which the lobby of the Armed Forces Recruiting Center was trashed and slogans were chalked on the outside walls.
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TOPICS: Activism/Chapters; Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia; US: Maryland; US: Virginia; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: aar; berkeley; codepink; dcchapter; gatheringofeagles; goe; kevinmartin; loonyleft; maf; marines; moveamericaforward; onthehomefront; rally; supportourtroops; walterreed
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To: kristinn; #1CTYankee; 1stbn27; 2111USMC; 2LT Radix jr; 2nd Bn, 11th Mar; 2ndDivisionVet; ...
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posted on
03/15/2008 5:33:41 AM PDT
by
MountainFlower
(There but by the grace of God go I.)
To: BARLF
22
posted on
03/15/2008 5:34:08 AM PDT
by
Trueblackman
(Terrorism and Liberalism never sleep and neither do I)
To: freema
23
posted on
03/15/2008 5:35:53 AM PDT
by
MountainFlower
(There but by the grace of God go I.)
To: kristinn
Sorry I could not come out and play last night, but she who must be obeyed had to use the car, so Kevin’s assets where parked at home!
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posted on
03/15/2008 5:36:47 AM PDT
by
Trueblackman
(Terrorism and Liberalism never sleep and neither do I)
To: kristinn; Trueblackman
To: buccaneer81
Looking forward to play time today.
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posted on
03/15/2008 5:37:22 AM PDT
by
Trueblackman
(Terrorism and Liberalism never sleep and neither do I)
To: MountainFlower
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posted on
03/15/2008 5:38:16 AM PDT
by
E.G.C.
To: Trueblackman
Thank you for your service, then and now.
28
posted on
03/15/2008 5:39:42 AM PDT
by
RedRover
(DefendOurMarines.org | DefendOurTroops.org)
To: MountainFlower
Thanks Mountain Flower, I’m sitting here chomping at the bit ‘cause I can’t be there today!
To: RedRover
No problem, I was not going to stand there and let Debbie’s Son be disrespected by some phony want be Marines.
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posted on
03/15/2008 5:42:22 AM PDT
by
Trueblackman
(Terrorism and Liberalism never sleep and neither do I)
To: Trueblackman
Loved the pictures I saw of you “taking out the trash”!
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posted on
03/15/2008 5:44:41 AM PDT
by
MEG33
(God Bless Our Military)
To: kristinn
next time they'll bring out their big gun...
32
posted on
03/15/2008 5:47:09 AM PDT
by
Chode
(American Hedonist ©®)
To: Trueblackman
33
posted on
03/15/2008 5:50:18 AM PDT
by
big'ol_freeper
("...millions hate what they mistakenly think that the Catholic Church is." ~ Archbishop Fulton Sheen)
To: MarineMom613
I loved it when Kenvin confronted Chris Matthews after a debate awhile back.
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posted on
03/15/2008 5:52:16 AM PDT
by
mware
(Americans in arm chairs doinSunny g the job that the media refuses to do.)
To: MountainFlower
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posted on
03/15/2008 5:52:20 AM PDT
by
MEG33
(God Bless Our Military)
To: Mrs.Nooseman
Yes, things are going to get interesting. They forgot to take into account the Not-So-Silent-Majority.
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posted on
03/15/2008 5:52:37 AM PDT
by
freema
(Proud Marine Niece, Daughter, Wife, Friend, Sister, Cousin, Mom and FRiend)
To: kristinn
"I'm a second-generation Marine!" he yelled as he revealed his pink coat, which he wore with light pink pants with a dark pink military stripe. He said later in an interview that he had not in fact been a Marine, but his father and brother had. "We love the Marines! We want to bring them home!"
Besides the vandalism, another trend that has emerged is the proliferation of bogus or "embellished" veterans among the antiwar movement.
To: The Pack Knight
Besides the vandalism, another trend that has emerged is the proliferation of bogus or "embellished" veterans among the antiwar movement.Re-emerged. Think JF Kerry and the first Winter Soldier event, which was bogus.
Fake veterans, fake stories, fake atrocities, are all out of the Vietnam era anti-America playbook.
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posted on
03/15/2008 6:02:38 AM PDT
by
Smokin' Joe
(How often God must weep at humans' folly.)
To: Trueblackman
Way to go Kevin.
God bless you.
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posted on
03/15/2008 6:05:03 AM PDT
by
Mrs.Nooseman
(Proudly supporting our Troops and Allies!!!!)
To: freema
You got that right.
NEVER AGAIN!!!!
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posted on
03/15/2008 6:06:34 AM PDT
by
Mrs.Nooseman
(Proudly supporting our Troops and Allies!!!!)
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