Posted on 11/27/2005 12:29:48 PM PST by kristinn
Over the course of the eight months of the D.C. Chapter's Friday night demonstrations in support of our troops recuperating at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, we've been fortunate to be able to able to speak with many soldiers and hear their thoughts about the war and those who protest against it.
Recently, one soldier shared his stories with us of his experiences with those opposed to the war. To preserve his privacy from vindictive leftists, I'm leaving out details that might help them identify him.
The soldier told us of returning to a stateside civilian airport last year in uniform. Most of the time, he said, he and his fellow soldiers are greeted warmly, regardless of politics.
However, this time he was approached by a man who berated his service. The soldier responded with what is a standard statement, that he was fighting for the man's right to make such comments.
The man replied by spitting on the soldier.
A police officer witnessed the exchange and promptly intervened. He arrested the man for assault and took him away.
This month, while the soldier was staying at Walter Reed, he ventured out with four of his buddies for a relaxing evening at a local establishment.
A man approached the obviously wounded soldier and called him a "baby killer." The soldier responded by telling the man that he was fighting for his right to say things like that.
The man replied by shoving the soldier hard in the chest with both hands.
The soldier instinctively defended himself and decked the man with one punch.
As the man lay on the floor, five of his friends approached the wounded soldier to take him and his four buddies on.
Foolishly, they failed to recognize the group of eight Marines and Air Force personnel also hanging out in the joint who had been watching the wounded soldier's back.
It was all over very quickly. The manager asked everyone to leave, but he made a point of thanking the military men for their service to our country.
Which one?
Ping, in case you haven't already seen this one.
A must read. This sucks, but I love a happy ending.
I'm in Arizona, but my thoughts are with those guys back there. We have Army and Marines here in Yuma, and I make damn sure they know I back them up. But they know it without me having to tell them. Still it's a good idea to tell them anyway, so there's no doubts.
There's no way I want them to have to go thru anything near what we went through coming home from RVN.
Show up to Walter Reed this Friday evening if you're so darned concerned about proof.
Agreed. And a very belated "Welcome home!"
Too damned many fanatical leftists (progressives) believe THEIR "Freedom of Speech" includes being physically aggressive....
To correct this error in their minds -- requires a physically overwhelming response...
Semper Fi
Peace through superior firepower!
Thanks for the ping.
Some folks are lucky that an Eaker wasn't there.
Eakers break stuff.
Send them to Iraq so they can "sympathize" with Al Queda. Just before Zarqawi cuts his head off on the Internet just like that naive kid last year.
I got your six!
>>The lefties say they "Support our Troops" and then...spit on them? So that means if I spit on a liberal, or a communist, or some gay person, or a feminist, I am supporting them, right?
I ought to ask a liberal that next time I see one..
good point! Or at the very least, to them, "support the troops" means "but also oppose the war" and "but also still hate the Commander in Chief".
Unless said Commander in Chief is a Democrat (hi Bubba!)
Republican war BAD, Democratic war GOOD...
Yes that did happen then, but have you noticed how now the left tries to claim that is a myth??
These related accounts have made my day.
Glad to see these anti-American scum got what was due them, by the hands of our heros.
I got yers too Bro!
...OUR unending shame, of these Leftist/Stalinist Morons...but, they persist.
When I came back from Nam someone called me a baby killer. It didn't go the way he wanted it to either. I've thought about that day many times over the years and the only thing I'm sorry about is that I didn't take longer and inflict more pain. The memory would be much better.
Roger that!
Words from diplomats, rarely quiets the heart of a lunatic.
Often it has the effect of encouragement to attack weakness.
High velocity copper jacketed lead, or the sudden arrival of high explosive ordnance has a very quieting and peaceful effect....
Semper Fi
I know I am a small minority on FR on this issue but long ago when I used to hang out in some notorious Leftist circles, NONE of the hard core New Left types would EVER spit at a serviceman.Their goal was to win over the soldiers to THE REVOLUTION and they went out of their way to be nicey-nice to these guys,especially the draftees.
Now there WERE a huge group of idiotic,doped up,psuedo hippie types who DID spit and abuse men in uniform back then.You used to see them all the time in their fake fringed buckskin coats,raggedy as hell and drunk or stoned much of the time.They were almost never affiliated with Left wing militants who scorned them like the plague unless they could provide rock and bottle throwing efforts at demonstrations.
Not defending the New Leftists for their anti-Americanism.They did much to harm the country.But the spitting and yelling at our military was not part of their strategy.
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