Posted on 03/19/2008 6:42:51 PM PDT by GATOR NAVY
Vandals dumped a bucket of red paint on a downtown veterans memorial this morning, the fifth anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, in what police suspect was a symbolic act of protest. Passers-by spotted the blood-toned paint on the Anchorage Veterans Memorial, in the Delaney Park Strip off I Street, during the morning commute and reported it to police. The soldier's helmet was blood red, with the paint dripping down to the ground below.
"There's a movement across the country, since it's the fifth anniversary of the war, to protest," police Lt. Paul Honeman said.
Police say they are investigating the vandalism as a crime, and the responsible party could be facing charges of malicious destruction of property or felony criminal mischief, depending on what it cost to clean up the paint, he said.
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Hang the scum.
Kill them.
Hopefully, there’s a special place in hell for these anti-war freaks. They don’t deserve to be anywhere else.
Peter Pierre, left, and Doug Ellison of the city's Facility Maintenance department brush thinner to remove oil-based red paint from the World War II infantryman statue at the Anchorage Veterans Monument Wednesday morning March 19, 2008 on the Delaney Park Strip. Paint was dumped onto the piece early Wednesday morning, perhaps to coincide with national protests against the war in Iraq. "It's a damn shame," said Pierre of the vandalism. "This doesn't help nobody."
I second, all those in favor, say ‘aye’.
Firing squad.
That’s a WWII memorial. I guess this scum would have surrendered to Hitler and Tojo too, just like they aspire to dhimmitude.
ping
AYE x 100!
Firing squad at the very least, traitors - all of ‘em! Not good enough to even shine our troops’ boots!
aye
I'll second that.
On the one hand, I would love to catch these cowards in the act; on the other hand, I don’t wish to spend my remaining years in jail for murder … quandary. ;-)
Firing squad hell. Gut shoot the bastards and let them die holding their guts in.
The typical lowlife is soooo pathetic, he'd probably enjoy the attention.
“Night and fog”
they just...... disappear
Liberalism’s finest. Children who do not understand honor, sacrifice or duty.
These are people who probably believe WWII was wrong.
I hate these people, can’t help it - I just flat out hate ‘em.
Immature, ungrateful @#$%^&&*’n Marxists!!!!!!!!!! I’m tired of playing games with these fools! Hang em!
I’m with ya sistah!
You dear person - I like your plan! There are people in this country who are not worth defending.
These scumbags do not deserve to live in this country. They should be caught and sent to any country of their choice. Any country but America.
‘AYE’
Ping..
When has it not been a crime? Well as we used to see written on bulkheads BOHICA. It shouldn't be happening and the soldier and servicemen should never be the target of anti-war protest.
Some huge mistakes have been made. There should be no war in Iraq to protest as Iraq should have be in smoldering ashes 4 and a half years ago. It wasn't, the war has been drug out for five years, and that has created opportunity for anarchist. Did we not expect any less based on previous national experiences?
When will the United States ever learn from past mistakes? And I don't mean it as an anti-war statement but rather an anti- misguided mission statement in Iraq. That being said I hope they are caught and forced to make restitution. Put their sorry hides on a plane to Iraq and let them re-build Iraq instead.
Aye
The Godless far left is tearing this country apart. They truly sit at the altar of Satan!
Deserves a not-so-symbolic and medieval ass-kicking.
There is no excuse of justification for this.
can we hurt them now??? i want somebody to tell me what the line is that they have cross so we that can finally hurt them.
Purge
Purge
Purge
Lunatic Leftists and irrational folks of all “persuasions” are going to push just a little too far -— and one day they will unleash a response from the rest of us that will shock the world........
It will make the French Revolution look like a Sunday picnic...
I’m already ready...
They’re already dead - to have a beating heart in the land of Freedom and not love and appreciate our veterans and servicemembers; to think “peace” actually has a chance in spite of all known (and unknown, like the Aztec’s) history, without our warriors!?!?!!! DEAD-dead.
Must be some organized insurgency by this rag tag peace protesters because today we had some pitiful little “anti war” uprising here in Arlington Tx of all places. We don’t have protests of any kind here. Ever.
POS
Added as a keyword.
BTTT
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NEVER FORGET
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CLARITY =
Saddleback College plans Memorial Day completion of new monument
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NEVER FORGET
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Ping.
Just Damn
Symbolic act of protest? BS!
It is a HATE CRIME and should be treated as such! We need to beat this trash with their own medicine.
vertical butt stroke and hold
I agree with you 100%. “No nation has ever benefited from prolonged war”...Sun Tzu.
Wars are costly both in terms of human lives and financially and support will be eroded the longer it lasts. With Sadam firing SAMs at our jets patrolling the no fly zone, we could have taken out his military and all of his defenses.
I am for projecting our military power punitively, not through this nation building non-sense that will never work. It has us bogged down in one country while other regimes build up their arsenals and defenses against us. A few targeted shock and awes in Iraq as well as a land invasion in Afghanistan, backed up by demands on Iraq under threats of future air attacks would have been the right way to fight.
When we fight the right way, we win. We just stopped fighting the right way after WWll. Make demands and back them up with force without regard for the well being or prosperity of your enemy. That is the only war strategy that has ever worked and yet we keep trying to do what has never been done and we needlessly sacrifice our own in the process.
Use that tax rebate that we are {given} by our law makers to buy as many guns as you can.
I agree, and I have always felt that way about those that do not love this country and support the military. I have never understood why in the world they would want to live in this country as bad as they think it is.
They've been doing most of their planning out in the open. Should make it easy to find and arrest the main conspirators... if there was a will to do so.
That's too good for 'em.
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