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.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
Good for this Navy Vet!
Thank You Kristinn for your years of support for our country and our troops.
God Bless
Thank you for all the great work by you and the DC Chapter.
Isn’t Kevin FR’s TRUEBLACKMAN. I heard he was involved in this from the beginning. And he don’t take no sh*t from these animals.
Here’s a picture of Trueblackman (Kevin) confronting the pinkos:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1985781/posts?page=4#4
Ping!
Semper Fidelis America
I hope it was,teehee.
Go Kevin.
Thank you!
It’s been a very busy day and tomorrow will be busy too, so I’m off to bed.
We had a very good turnout at Walter Reed this evening. The Pinkos were not so bold tonight, LOL!
God bless you both. I promise I will stand beside both of you if I can get to DC.
Thanks as always for standing where others of us—physically—cannot.
Prayers for Eagles UP!
Good Job Kristinn, wish I had been there
Keep up the good work and you know what I am going to say.
God Bless
Leo
Y’all made us very proud to be associated with you today.
With Wednesday marking the anniversary of the Iraq War, I plan to be carrying Old Glory and a couple of signs outside our local recruiting office on Wednesday supporting our troops and their mission with no “buts” attached.
The Marine Corp needs to pipe an endless loop on speakers to the Code Pink Whackos of Jack Nicholson’s Tirade against Tom Cruise from A Few good men.
That’d shut em up..
Counter-protesters
Counter-protesters outside derided the event and were deeply skeptical of the claims being made inside. "We want absolute specifics," said Harry Riley, a retired Army colonel who leads Eagles Up!. "This is too important to our nation. The credibility of our nation and the credibility of our soldiers are involved."
Riley said those making allegations against the U.S. military should have to give sworn testimony instead of speaking at an antiwar conference. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23645646/
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March 09, 2008
Winter Soldiers Face New Law, by D. Keohane (with correction)
Writing in Winter Soldiers on Slippery Slope to Haditha, Nathaniel R. Helms and David Allender point out that the law has changed since 1971...
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2008/03/winter_soldiers_face_new_law.html
Thanks for the update.
Great job.
Wish I could have attended,but finances kept me home this time around.
I am with all of you in spirit.
God bless you all.
We might have set a record with our post times, eh?
LOL.
Yup.
Interesting article you posted.
IVAW better be careful what they wish for, or they may end up in jail.Oh heck, who cares if they wind up in jail,that's where they belong.
prayers continue for the safety, wisdom, discernment of all our veterans, the organizations and those who are participating in the events supporting the troops/ veterans.
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