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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Proof positive that if those supporting the troops/ veterans and the war remain unmoved by their antagonism, not reacting in anger, it makes them look even worse. Don't engage, and they look foolish!
Yep - looks like the so called “marine” wore pink undies!
Proof positive that if those supporting the troops/ veterans and the war remain unmoved by their antagonism, not reacting in anger, it makes them look even worse. Don't engage, and they look foolish!
Yep. The pro-jihadists would love to have a violent clash with the pro-Americans, just so our media could get one picture of a "violent" American striking a "peaceful" jihadist.
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