Activists on Each Side of War Effort Offer a Preview of Clashes (Free Republic, MAF Mentioned)

The Washington Post ^ | Saturday, March 14, 2008 | Michael E. Ruane

[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.

[MountainFlower]

PING!

[Trueblackman]

Yep it was I.

[MountainFlower]

thanks for the PING!

[Trueblackman]

Sorry I could not come out and play last night, but she who must be obeyed had to use the car, so Kevin’s assets where parked at home!

[Mustng959]

Good job Trueblackman!

[Trueblackman]

Looking forward to play time today.

[E.G.C.]

BTTT

[RedRover]

Thank you for your service, then and now.

[Mustng959]

Thanks Mountain Flower, I’m sitting here chomping at the bit ‘cause I can’t be there today!

[Trueblackman]

No problem, I was not going to stand there and let Debbie’s Son be disrespected by some phony want be Marines.

[MEG33]

Loved the pictures I saw of you “taking out the trash”!

[Chode]

next time they'll bring out their big gun...

[big'ol_freeper]

Army hooah’s to you!

[mware]

I loved it when Kenvin confronted Chris Matthews after a debate awhile back.

[MEG33]

Amen.

[freema]

Yes, things are going to get interesting. They forgot to take into account the Not-So-Silent-Majority.

[The Pack Knight]

"I'm a second-generation Marine!" he yelled as he revealed his pink coat, which he wore with light pink pants with a dark pink military stripe. He said later in an interview that he had not in fact been a Marine, but his father and brother had. "We love the Marines! We want to bring them home!"

Besides the vandalism, another trend that has emerged is the proliferation of bogus or "embellished" veterans among the antiwar movement.

[Smokin' Joe]

Besides the vandalism, another trend that has emerged is the proliferation of bogus or "embellished" veterans among the antiwar movement.

Re-emerged. Think JF Kerry and the first Winter Soldier event, which was bogus.

Fake veterans, fake stories, fake atrocities, are all out of the Vietnam era anti-America playbook.

[Mrs.Nooseman]

Way to go Kevin.

God bless you.

[Mrs.Nooseman]

You got that right.

NEVER AGAIN!!!!