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Anti-war crowd fights military recruiters in schools
No, this is not about San Francisco – but Seattle, WA:
SEATTLE — When military recruiters march into any Seattle high school, they could find themselves in a war of words. Under new district guidelines, schools must allow anti-military groups to “counter-recruit” right next to them
“There might be good reasons to die for things, but there’s no good reason to kill for anything,” said Amy Hagopian, the mother of a senior at Garfield High School and the co-chairwoman of the PTSA, which passed a resolution seeking to ban the military from all Seattle schools.
Before the school board could act on the request, she berated an Army recruiter who showed up at Garfield High, told the soldier he was not welcome and waved pictures of Iraq war casualties in his face.
That incident followed a confrontation at a Seattle community college, where war protesters chased a recruiter off campus.
“It’s something we have to deal with out here as recruiters because there’s a lot of teachers and people in Seattle that just don’t like the military being in the schools,” said Sgt. James Ramsey, an Army recruiter in the area.
To add to what Sgt. Ramsey said, there are lots of teachers and people in Seattle who just don’t like the military – PERIOD. Yet these same folks who advocate nonsense like this no doubt expect the US military to defend them when there is a threat. Same same for the majority in San Francisco.
So I guess the people who who are on board with this sort of thing still support the troops – just as long as they come from someone else’s city. And on a related note on the west coast, specifically in Los Angeles, they support helping students with transportation to a political rally … as long as it’s an anti-Bush rally.
SSDD on the left coast. I admire the conservatives there who are fighting the good fight in spite of that steep uphill climb they face in the form of countering the anti-war, Bush-hating left.
Hat tip: Rob at Say Anything.
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(Cross-posted at California Conservative)
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Sister, if I am not mistaken, you are sounding like the sofer version of Bill O’Reilly:mrgreen: All joking aside though, this quote from you nailed it Yet these same folks who advocate nonsense like this no doubt expect the US military to defend them when there is a threat. You bet they do, and I bet if one of us took the time to review the newspapers in that region for the time period during Katrina, we would see that they complained that the military didn’t react fast enough etc. Great topic!
I guess that by her own statement, she wouldn’t be willing to kill a criminal who was threatening the life of her son.
I’m not sure what emotion is on display here, but I don’t think it is love.
I remember that Seattle was the place where an Al Qaida operative was caught with explosives and plans to blow up the space needle or some such attraction.
Liberals are selfish, self centered, sunshine patriots. They want everything done for them at no cost to them. If the Congress stripped Seattle and San Francisco of all Federal dollars for their anti-military recruiter actions, the libs would change their tune in a hurry.
Hello all!! I’m a police officer from S.T.’s home state of NC. For the last 13 months I have been working as a contractor in Iraq, retraining Iraqi police. I’ve got 5 more months to go!!
Anyway, I can’t tell you how much this site helps!! We get all types of news programs over here and after being bombarded with all the negative press it gets a little depressing! I start to wonder if I’m in the same country that they are showing on TV. Don’t get me wrong, bad things happen over here all the time, but there are so many good things going on, I can’t believe how they have been ignored. Hope I didn’t ramble too much and I just wanted to thank you guys for helping me keep the faith over here!! I think the Iraqi people are going to surprise alot of negative people in the future.
I believe that whenever recruiters are harassed it shall be assumed it was with the approval of the administration, and federal funds should be shut off until recruiters are assured unhassesed access, and for one additional year.
NC Cop,
Thanks for your service. I hope through your example that the Iraqi cops become a stabilizing force in their society, not a political tool or something a kin to the perception of corrupt Chicago cops.
Anti-war, only anti-bush if he’s pro-war. Which he is, so anti-bush as well. People wanting to help stop people from dying are immoral and unpatriotic? You all want to stop abortion but, once a fetus pops out of mom watch out. You may die in some stupid war somewhere. Some bargin. Peace
NC Cop,
God Bless you for your sacrifice. The more I learn about the Iraqi people the deeper my conviction is that this was absolutely the right thing to do. I have a very dear friend over there right now. She has been there for 1 year now, and the Army has asked her to stay for another year. She loves it there, and although she misses her family here, says that she has gotten to know the Iraqi people and they are such a good and honorable folk.
Back to the topic at hand. I have to wonder 1 thing about this. Did these same people protest when we were at peace. Or will these same people protest once Iraq is a free and open democracy?? It is a shame that these folk want to deny young men and woman the honor of serving their country and what could be a very bright future considering all the benefits the military offers. – Lorica
NC Cop: Thank you so much! God bless to you and yours.