Posted on 08/04/2007 7:30:17 AM PDT by chessplayer
AN ODD CLOSE. As the Military and Progressives panel came to an end, a young man in uniform stood up to argue that the surge was working, and cutting down on Iraqi casualties. The moderator largely freaked out. When other members of the panel tried to answer his question, he demanded they stand down. He demanded the questioner give his name, the name of his commander, and the name of his unit. And then he closed the panel, no answer offered or allowed, and stalked off the stage,
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Wasn’t some vet just prosecuted earlier this year for wearing his uniform to an anti-war rally in DC? He was going to be courtmartialed and dishonorably discharged, and he didn’t even speak. He was just wearing his uniform to a political event.
Apparently it’s against Army regs to wear the uniform to any partisan or political event, whether it is affiliated with a particular party or no.
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