Antiwar protestors abuse disabled vet

[fintstone]

This NY Times article observed antiwar demonstrators spitting at an obviously disabled veteran amputee at the recent antiwar rally in DC. I imagine the P***y antiwar folks were lucky there were police there to protect them from a ass-whipping from a guy on crutches.
January 28, 2007
Protest Focuses on Iraq Troop Increase
By IAN URBINA
...There were a few tense moments, however, including an encounter involving Joshua Sparling, 25, who was on crutches and who said he was a corporal with the 82nd Airborne Division and lost his right leg below the knee in Ramadi, Iraq. Mr. Sparling spoke at a smaller rally held earlier in the day at the United States Navy Memorial, and voiced his support for the administration’s policies in Iraq.

Later, as antiwar protesters passed where he and his group were standing, words were exchanged and one of the antiwar protesters spit at the ground near Mr. Sparling; he spit back.

Capitol police made the antiwar protesters walk farther away from the counterprotesters.

“These are not Americans as far as I’m concerned,” Mr. Sparling said.

Another counterprotester, Larry Stark, 71, a retired Navy officer who fought in Vietnam for five years and was a prisoner of war, said, “We never lost a battle in Vietnam but we lost the war, and the same is going to be true in Iraq if these protesters have their way.”

The protesters on Saturday were undermining troop morale, Mr. Stark said, and increasing the likelihood of a premature withdrawal.

“It’s like we never learn from the past,” he said.

[Jim Richards]

Thanks fintpaste. Vet's deserve our respect. To do otherwise is shameful. These folks are just carrying out our govt's orders. Better to villify the govt's foreign policy approach.

[cool_chick]

Originally posted by Jim Richards
Thanks fintpaste. Vet's deserve our respect. To do otherwise is shameful. These folks are just carrying out our govt's orders. Better to villify the govt's foreign policy approach.

Sure. I agree.

But it says "words were exchanged." What was the conduct of this soldier towards these people? Was he intentionally invoking a fight?

This isn't the 60s anymore, it's the 2000s, and people no longer just spit in the direction of people simply because they're soldiers.

[Jim Richards]

CC, you never know. There are all sorts of people out there. It kinda sucked being in the service during Vietnam. A significant percentage of people here treated servicemen as scum. There will always be a percentage of people that don't get it...that the service personal are just "serving" America, and should be treated with some respect, even if one doesn't agree with the govt's foreign policy approach.

[Super_Dave_D]

Originally posted by cool_chick
Sure. I agree.

But it says "words were exchanged." What was the conduct of this soldier towards these people? Was he intentionally invoking a fight?

This isn't the 60s anymore, it's the 2000s, and people no longer just spit in the direction of people simply because they're soldiers.

So your saying that a diabled person, through words, can provoke people to spit on him?? When is it remotely justifiable for someone to spit on you??

[cool_chick]

Originally posted by Super_Dave_D
So your saying that a diabled person, through words, can provoke people to spit on him?? When is it remotely justifiable for someone to spit on you??

According to the article, no one spit on him. Additionally, apparently he spit back so.....

And the OP is trying to erroneously imply someone spit in his direction because he's a vet. There's no proof in this.....

[Nathans_Dad]

Originally posted by cool_chick
This isn't the 60s anymore, it's the 2000s, and people no longer just spit in the direction of people simply because they're soldiers.

And Islam has nothing to do with terrorism.

And the moon is made of green cheese.

[cool_chick]

Originally posted by Nathans_Dad
And Islam has nothing to do with terrorism.

True.

And the moon is made of green cheese.

If you want to believe that, that's your perogative. Shrugs.

Are you guys going to bring up Islam in every thread even though it's irrelevant? WTF is wrong with you?

[Jim Richards]

Green cheese? What's it taste like?

[cool_chick]

Originally posted by Jim Richards
Green cheese? What's it taste like?

I dunno, ask Rick. Seems he knows about these things or something......

[Jeff Higgins]

Green cheese and ham?

[Jim Richards]

green eggs.

[widebody911]

Originally posted by Jeff Higgins
Green cheese and ham?

Sounds like my fridge...

[stevepaa]

“It’s like we never learn from the past,” he said.


so true. Removing a dictator who has held warring groups together does not lead to peace. What a bunch of numskulls in this admin.

[stevepaa]

http://getoffthis.blogspot.com/2007/01/tens-of-thousands-rally-in-dc-for-troop.html

for the rest of the story. no mention of spitting, other blogs suggest it was made up as the distance between the groups was substantial.

[fastpat]

Originally posted by fintstone
Capitol police made the antiwar protesters walk farther away from the counterprotesters.

“These are not Americans as far as I’m concerned,” Mr. Sparling said.

Another counterprotester, Larry Stark, 71, a retired Navy officer who fought in Vietnam for five years and was a prisoner of war, said, “We never lost a battle in Vietnam but we lost the war, and the same is going to be true in Iraq if these protesters have their way.”

The protesters on Saturday were undermining troop morale, Mr. Stark said, and increasing the likelihood of a premature withdrawal.

“It’s like we never learn from the past,” he said.

[Tim Hancock]

Originally posted by fastpat

Where can I get one of those posters? I want to hang it in my shop.

[fastpat]

Sorry, this is the best I can do for you.

[cool_chick]

Originally posted by Jim Richards
CC, you never know. There are all sorts of people out there. It kinda sucked being in the service during Vietnam. A significant percentage of people here treated servicemen as scum. There will always be a percentage of people that don't get it...that the service personal are just "serving" America, and should be treated with some respect, even if one doesn't agree with the govt's foreign policy approach.

Jim, it didn't just kinda sucked. It really sucked. That was completely horrible for them to do back then, and yes one who is/was serving in the military indeed deserve respect. No one should've treated those poor boys like that back then.

However, this is not the 60s, there are no longer people doing that to soldiers, that era and world is over. I don't hear of people doing the stuff that people did back then.

However, just because someone served in the military doesn't give them free pass to do anythign they want and no one can do anything in return. Now we don't know what exactly happened here, but from this article, it appears a prowar protestor got into an altercation with an antiwar protestor. The prowar poster happened to be in the military. I'm not getting the feeling what happened 40 years ago is happening here.....

[fastpat]

Originally posted by cool_chick
However, just because someone served in the military doesn't give them free pass to do anythign they want and no one can do anything in return. Now we don't know what exactly happened here, but from this article, it appears a prowar protestor got into an altercation with an antiwar protestor. The prowar poster happened to be in the military. I'm not getting the feeling what happened 40 years ago is happening here.....

It won't be long before the fabricated stories about being spit on will be heard, again. Just a matter of time.