I was very young when the last wave of antiwar lunacy swept this country during Vietnam. I never thought I would ever see it firsthand. Unfortunately its getting hard to miss. Perhaps I am sadistic but lately I've been looking for it. What follows is a few examples of it. We've all seen and heard Mother Sheehan, she is now ticked off with the Dems and is running against Nancy Pelosi for her seat in Congress. This was spawned by Speaker Pelosi's lack of attention to matter of bringing articles of impeachment against the President. So she is going to take matters into her own hand. Of course I am not sure how much of campaign she can mount with only the $25,000.00 she received from the selling of Camp Crawford.
How about Whitney Brown? Maybe you remember the name from Saturday Night Live, he used sit opposite Dennis Miller during the news parodies. Just today the fine Mr. Brown posted a dairy entry on DailyKOS:
"But do I still support the individual men and women who have given so much to serve their country? No. I think they’re a bunch of idiots. I also think they’re morally retarded. Because they sign a contract that says they will kill whoever you tell me to kill. And that is morally retarded. "
Lastly, Senior Airman Jonathan Schrieken. This young 22 year old hero was shot in the chest at point blank range with a small caliber weapon outside of his home on July the 4th. The shooter another 22 year old male, who's name I will not even acknowledge, then turned the gun on himself and committed suicide. During the ensuing investigation suicide notes were found stating his radical anti-war beliefs and how he "despised the Bush Administration and wanted to kill a soldier, to make a splash on the 4th." Fortunately, this slug didn't get his wish, Sra Schrieken was not killed. Johnathan remains hospitalized and his condition is day to day.
Actions of these ant-war radicals are well beyond the pale. When a man is driven to attempt to murder a military member because of "ideological" differences with our nation's policies they have progressed well past the tinfoil hat wearing stage. I fear that even worse awaits.
