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Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Michelle Malkin :: Townhall.com Columnist
The Left's Escalating War on Military Recruiters
by Michelle Malkin
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March 2007: Vandals broke into a Milwaukee recruitment station wielding crowbars.

July 2007: A teenager in Bremerton, Wash., was charged with a felony for slashing 42 government tires of Army recruiting vehicles to protest the Iraq war and because he "hated the military." In Maryland, anti-recruiter vandals smashed a Rockville Air Force career center. In Lufkin, Texas, Navy recruiters were the targets of vandals who keyed their cars, smashed their windows and shot at their vehicles with "with what appeared to be a high-powered pellet gun."

August 2007: In Stamford, Conn., Francis Monaghan is arrested on charges that he twice left a fake bomb package at a military recruitment office.

September 2007: The far-left group Iraq Veterans Against the War calls on followers to commit fraud to interfere with military recruiters. Anti-war punks shut down the Times Square recruitment station.

October 2007: Code Pink defaces the Berkeley recruitment office, branding our troops as assassins.

Jan. 2008: The Code Pink/city council siege at the Berkeley recruiting center reaches a boiling point. Protesters chain themselves to the station to shut it down, and vandalize the windows with bloody handprints and signs branding recruiters "death pimps."

Feb. 2008: Anarchists trash the recruiting station at 14th and L Streets in Washington, D.C., which has been subjected to multiple attacks.

March 2008: The bomb goes off at the Times Square recruitment station.

When will this escalating war end? There will be no end in sight until lawmakers, law enforcement, the media and the public open their eyes to the hate, connect the dots, and stop coddling the increasingly crazed and emboldened anti-military militants before more bombs go off -- and innocents get harmed -- in the name of "peace."

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Reply # 1
Date: Mar 20, 2008 - 4:59 PM EST
VOLUNTEER!!!
Why is ALL VOLUNTEER so hard for these people to understand? Unlike other countries, we have a choice. I wish that they would stop disrespecting that. I was proud of myself the day that I signed the contract to join our military. Everyone else that signed it should have felt the same way. Signing up for the Armed Forces is not a vacation. NO ONE ever said it would be. You do it to protect the rights that these people like to take advantage of. But everyday, you go to work, and prove your loyalty anyway. It's called the Department of Defense for a reason. What you will be doing is in the title. Defend! It's a sheer give away. Not one person should be surprised that they will go to war. YOU joined the military. Suck it up.
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Reply # 2
Date: Mar 16, 2008 - 7:43 PM EST
Anti-War But Pro-Defense
I worked with the anti-war group 'Indymedia' in New York during 2004, trying to stop Bush's re-election. I stopped working for Indymedia when I learned of their 'counter-recruitment' campaigns, which is a completely separate issue. I've always opposed the Iraq War. But undermining the willingness of young Americans to serve in the Armed Services is treason. The counter-recruiters want to change American culture to deplete the armed forces and undermine the national defense.

So one problem is the Iraq War gives cover for these misguided anti-Americans. A patriot can oppose a war, but only a traitor will oppose national defense.

And I'll say this, you would have to draft me to get me in the army, I would not volunteer for military service. Those that do have more courage than I do, and the least I can do is respect and support them, even if I oppose Bush's policies.

"Your idea is good but hate crimes only apply to White on Black crime or Heterosexual on Homosexual crime."

This statement is a lie. A black person committing a bias crime, just like anyone else, is subject to the Hate Crimes law in New York State.

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