Teenagers throw rocks at military

[busybody..]

07:40 PM EST | Teenagers throw rocks at military
No, not in Iraq, in Vermont. A group of teenagers (who were probably at an antiwar rally earlier in the day), threw rocks at a seargent in the National Guard as she went into a store, calling her epithets like "babykiller."

Where are the machine guns???????

Use em on these "kids"

 

[QuickDuck]

damn those people who dare to have a different view than your insanity.

 

[zipman]

damn those people who dare to have a different view than your insanity.

Just because Busybody is a raving luntatic almost all of the time, doesn't mean that the behavior of those teenagers wasn't reprehensible. It definitely was. Throwing rocks at any member of the military is absolutely shameful behavior.

While I certainly wouldn't use machine guns on them, I would press charges against them and let them think about what they did while in jail, or doing community service.

It is one thing to voice an opinion, it is a completely different thing to break the law by assaulting a member of the military.

 

[Smiley777]

Isn't it pretty bad to throw rocks at anybody ?

 

[monkeyman185]

I was in the military before I was forced out because of an injury I had in Airborne training and even though I wasn't in for very long one thing I learned in my time is that nearly every military person hates is defending the freedom of speech for Americans and then having them use it against you. Although it wouldn't be free speech if they weren't allowed too. Soldiers bare a terrible burden indeed.

 

[Sillyman]

I will second that with a DON'T THROW ROCKS AT PEOPLE, PERIOD. Do not throw rocks at soldiers, cops, politicians, corporate officers, criminals, doctors or whoever no matter how much you disagree with them. It won't do shit to them in the long run and makes you look like an asshole. Don't do it.

 

[busybody..]

You call me insane and disturbed.....and I may very well be....in your eyes.....

To me, this is not discent, it it evil......ring out the machine guns, these "humans" dont deserve to live:

"PEACE" MOVEMENT UPDATE

From a circular making the Defense Department rounds:


[A] DoD family member while driving her vehicle and stuck in traffic was identified as having a DoD sticker. At the time there was an anti-war protest under way. When her vehicle was observed by the demonstrators, a member of the group yelled out "war bitch" and her vehicle was immediately surrounded. While some of the members pounded on her vehicle with their fists, others "keyed" it and wrote the word "peace" on the paint finish. ... It is recommended DoD personnel should avoid these protest at all cost. Even though the protesters proclaim on National TV that they support the military members involved in the war in Iraq, there are numerous members of the various Anti-war groups who do not share this view and will assault DOD members once they are identified."
I suggest that from now on as a matter of style we refer to the "Peace" Movement

 

[Byron In Exile]

You call me insane and disturbed.....and I may very well be

Just passing through, folks; carry on...

 

[busybody..]

Just passing through, folks; carry on...

 

[busybody..]

Cinderella Rule instituted for some troops
Some commanders of US forces stationed in Europe have instituted curfews and other limitations on movement of military personnel during off-duty hours, but the degree of limitation varies across unit and branch of the military.

By varying degrees — some great, some small, some not all — local commanders throughout Europe are making changes to how troops can live their off-duty lives now that America is at war...
That’s exactly what Col. Michael Tucker, commander of the 1st Armored Division’s 1st Brigade, did two weeks ago when he declared an entire Frankfurt-area pub district off limits after some of his soldiers clashed with Iranians in the area...

“I was stationed in Germany when the La Belle Disco got hit in Berlin,” said Tucker, referring to the 1986 terrorist attack that killed three people, including two GIs, and wounded around 230 people. “I don’t want to see that again.

 

[LadyG]

Ummm Busybody, if it was YOUR kids, doing that, and don't say they wouldn't, cuz no one knows what their kids do when they're out of sight, would you want someone to use a machine gun on them?


Or just kick their asses and teach them a lesson about being disrespectful to ANYONE.

I'm guessing you'd go with the second option. As would most people.

 

[busybody..]

If my kids would do that.......

Then they have not learned what I have taught them......

They would have NO RIGHT to do that to those that protect their

everyday rights.......

And they would be deserving of what they get!

One of my kids is a flaming lib........

He is a multiculti.......

And we always argue about reality......

And I love him dearly........

I dont believe he will engage in such actions......

However, if he were to do anything described in the above......

TUFF and SHAME on him!

 

[LadyG]

Hon, you didn't answer the question.

If someone shot your kid for throwing rocks, would you be okay with it?

 

[busybody..]

If my son was throwing ROCKS at military personel.....

And because of HIS actions, the MPs or Police would gun him down......

I would be very sad, upset.....and mourn for the rest of my life.....

But I would understand that what he did was evil and wrong.....

And that the MPs actions were justified!

 

[LadyG]

Okay, cool. I appreciate your honesty.

 

[teresafannin]

It is so easy to be honest when you don't live with the death of your child every day, no matter what the situation was that caused that death.

 

[brokenbrainwave]

shit, I so hate to do this

I have to agree with busy save for using weapons on the stinkin brats. To throw rocks at a group of people simply trying to do their job is a cruddy thing to do no matter how you may feel about this potential colonialism action.


Excuse me while I go force myself to vomit. I feel dirty now and also will need to soak in the tub to get this icky stain off me. Damn you busybody.

 

[bad kitty]

Ok it is pathetic to throw rocks at any body, but to throw rocks and disrespect military is reprehensible. The peace rallys from VietNam have been glorified thorugh the years and too many kids (even adults) want to mock the drama now. It truely is sad when the defenders of our country, our freedoms can't een wear their uniform to and from work because of fear of bodily harm. When I lived in DC the military was strongly advised against wearing their uniforms any where. They were told to come into work in civilian clothes then change.

Being in the military doesn't pay for shit, the benefits aren't that grand, but it is a job that you can be proud of and it should be. Now you have all theses lil pissants who don't understand anything that is going on other than what propaganda and rumors they have been exposed to. It just turns my stomach.

 

[leighchavarria]

Many thanks to supporters of our brave men and women in uniform! My husband is a PROUD member of the US Army, and it warms my heart to know that there are people out there who believe in what he and others like him are doing. The "peaceful" protesters can pack their bags and leave anytime they get tired of partaking of the freedoms offered to them, thanks to our fabulous military personnel.

 

[brokenbrainwave]

Many thanks to supporters of our brave men and women in uniform! My husband is a PROUD member of the US Army, and it warms my heart to know that there are people out there who believe in what he and others like him are doing. The "peaceful" protesters can pack their bags and leave anytime they get tired of partaking of the freedoms offered to them, thanks to our fabulous military personnel.

wrong, they have every right to do this, and owe people like your husband a debt of thanks for protecting said right.

 

[breakwall]

You call me insane and disturbed.....and I may very well be....in your eyes.....

To me, this is not discent, it it evil......ring out the machine guns, these "humans" dont deserve to live:

"PEACE" MOVEMENT UPDATE

From a circular making the Defense Department rounds:


[A] DoD family member while driving her vehicle and stuck in traffic was identified as having a DoD sticker. At the time there was an anti-war protest under way. When her vehicle was observed by the demonstrators, a member of the group yelled out "war bitch" and her vehicle was immediately surrounded. While some of the members pounded on her vehicle with their fists, others "keyed" it and wrote the word "peace" on the paint finish. ... It is recommended DoD personnel should avoid these protest at all cost. Even though the protesters proclaim on National TV that they support the military members involved in the war in Iraq, there are numerous members of the various Anti-war groups who do not share this view and will assault DOD members once they are identified."
I suggest that from now on as a matter of style we refer to the "Peace" Movement

Big fucking deal...cross a teamsters picket line someday. The Union is more dangerous than any peace protest.

 

[leighchavarria]

wrong, they have every right to do this, and owe people like your husband a debt of thanks for protecting said right.

they also have the RIGHT to pack up and leave, don't they?

 

[Sukit_beatch!]

Ponch knows there are good kids and bad kids. Ponch writes tickets. He teaches right from wrong. Ponch mentors the bad kids and turns them good.

 

[brokenbrainwave]

they also have the RIGHT to pack up and leave, don't they?

so do you, I, and everyone else that does not like whats going on. It is what makes this nation great, the freedom of expression. Jesus, they are taking everything else away from us, leave something for Gods Sake.

I feel for you being seperated from your husband, and I do hope he returns safely. Keep in mind, most of those protesters are not against the troops but against a decision their elected officials decided en masse was best for the nation.

For the record, I would also support you in a decision to protest against the protesters. Start picking and choosing what can be said in public and anarchy is here.

 

[busybody..]

This, Im for the troops, but hate the Pres.......IS BULLSHIT!



At an anti-war "teach-in" this week, a Columbia University professor called for the defeat of American forces in Iraq and said he would like to see "a million Mogadishus" -- a reference to the Somali city where American soldiers were ambushed, with 18 killed, in 1993.

"The only true heroes are those who find ways that help defeat the U.S. military," Nicholas De Genova, assistant professor of anthropology at Columbia University told the audience at Low Library Wednesday night. "I personally would like to see a million Mogadishus."

The crowd was largely silent at the remark. They loudly applauded De Genova later when he said, "If we really believe that this war is criminal ... then we have to believe in the victory of the Iraqi people and the defeat of the U.S. war machine."

At least two of the speakers who followed De Genova distanced themselves from his comments. One of them was teach-in organizer Eric Foner, a history professor, who disagreed with De Genova's assertion that Americans who called themselves "patriots" also were white supremacists.

In a telephone interview Thursday, Foner went further in his criticism, calling De Genova's statements "idiotic."

"I thought that was completely uncalled for," Foner said, referring to De Genova's allusion to the Mogadishu ambush and firefight, portrayed in the film "Black Hawk Down" and known for the graphic image of a slain American soldier being dragged through the streets. "We do not desire the deaths of American soldiers."

Foner said that because of the university's tradition of freedom of speech, it was unlikely De Genova would suffer professionally in any way because of what he said.

"A person's politics have no impact on their employment status here, whether they are promoted, whether they are fired or whether they get tenure," Foner said.

Foner said he did not know whether De Genova had tenure. De Genova was not available Thursday for an interview.

More than 3,000 students and faculty attended the Wednesday teach-in, which lasted from 6 p.m. until about midnight, and featured more than two dozen professors and other scholars.

The applause at De Genova's call for the defeat of U.S.-led forces in Iraq reflected widespread frustration at the inability to reverse President George W. Bush's Middle East policies, Foner said.

"A kind of flamboyant statement like that will get an applause in the heat of the moment," the history professor said.

By turns, the speakers Wednesday night said the Bush administration's actions in Iraq were bullying, illegal, deceitful, corrupt and murderous.

Some argued that Bush administration officials had ties to companies that stand to profit from the war.

Using a reference to Nazi Germany, a history professor, Barbara J. Fields, said like-minded Americans should vigorously oppose Bush.

"The 'good Germans' of the Nazi era were the few who said, 'No,'" Fields declared.