At this point I, for one, am all for sucession due to the liberal babies. We should break away from the pansy winers that don’t like the military, etc. I think we could probably raise at least 38 states that would be glad to form a new union and let the rest deal with the WOT all by themselves. You can bet that they would come crying in a hurry when they start getting blown up at their local theaters, malls, etc.
I know the Marine in question. He is actually a Navy Chaplain. The Navy supplies Chaplains to both the SeaBees and the Marines. He has completed two tours in Iraq, the first was with the SeaBees. He was then stationed in Southern California with the Navy and was transferred to HI last year, where he completed this most recent tour in Iraq with the Marines based out of Kaneohe, Hawaii. He’s an honorable man. I have no doubts about the veracity of his claims. While some have sought to focus on the “spitting” aspect of his e-mail, what really should be focused on is the thoughtless treatment these brave men and women received at the hands of OAK airport officials. The charter flight was operating under “sterile” conditions according to my contacts at TSA and the Marines and soldiers should have been granted the same access to the terminal at OAK that they were given at JFK. The OAK airport official’s statement is nothing but bureaucratic song and dance. They know they were in the wrong, they’ve treated troops returning from theater this way before (during the current conflict) and should immediately ensure they grant US soldiers traveling on charter flights operating under sterile conditions the same treatment the US public receives. OAK is after all a publicly funded airport.