[A_Niceguy_in_CA]

Meanwhile in France:

French Anti-war protesters vandalise WWI memorial

The memorial at Etaples, near Boulogne on the Channel coast, was daubed in red paint with slogans including "Rosbeefs [British] go home", "Saddam will win and he will make you bleed" and "Dig up your rubbish, it is contaminating our soil".

Some 11,000 British servicemen and women are buried at the cemetery, most of whom died defending France in the first world war.

[nicmarlo]

That's absolutely sickening and sacraligeous

[bvw]

It also says "Death to Yankees" -- I guess they are Red Sox fans.

[ican'tbelieveit]

and "Dig up your rubbish, it is contaminating our soil".

Couple of thoughts. One, the comment should be from our side: "we are going to dig up our heros, your soil is contaminating them."

But when I see them react with this much hatred, it may be a good thing to leave them there, as this will be a lifelong reminder that they failed, and we had to come to their rescue.

[thedugal]

obviously a clever bunch.. they got the swastika wrong. the swastika is a perversion of an ancient symbol from several cultures around the world. traditionally it turns clockwise, (sunwise) and is a symbol of the order of the universe. Hitler twisted the symbol so it turned counterclockwise.

the defacing is horrendous, but it not only shows the depravity of the antiwar crowd, but also their ignorance...