False Pacifism

Hat tip to Little Green Footballs for this entire post.

It seems as if the good Quakers are finding unique ways to undermine the sacrifice of our troops in Iraq. Fine. They are just one of many preaching to their own choirs.

No link for them, but if you want to see: http://www.afsc.org/eyes/default.htm

But. They are using the names of heroes without the consent of their families and this is an outrage.

A spokesman for the families had this to say:

Dear Friends,

My name is Michael Becker, I live in Phoenix, AZ and my son is a US
Marine.
I am writing to you because it has come to my attention thru several
Marine Corps family support groups to which I belong that the American Friends
Service Committee (AFSC) is sponsoring a tour of an exhibit they call “Eyes Wide
Open”. As I understand the exhibit, they have acquired combat boots and attached
a name label for each fallen soldier, sailor and Marine in Iraq.

I - many of us, actually - have real objections to this display. The
primary reason, from our perspective, is that AFSC has not contacted any of the
families of the fallen to request their permission to use their service member’s
name in their tour. We consider this to be an outrage, and is an affront to our
belief that the war in Iraq is both just and is yielding very positive results
in the Middle East.

We feel AFSC, with this tour, is attempting to associate our fallen heros
with their effort at an anti-war protest. I have sent two emails asking for
clarification and requesting that they contact the families of the fallen to get
permission to use their names. I am aware of at least 5 other similar requests.
AFSC has not responded.

I am aware that they will have the “tour” in Dallas in the next couple of
weeks. I am also aware that a protest is being organized and that a number of
Gold Star families will be requesting the name tags of their fallen service
member at that event.
I’m writing to you for two reasons. First, I believe
you folks actually care about our troops and their families. Second, you’ve got
clout, we’re just military families that AFSC could not care less
about.

I am asking that you take a look at this display, contact AFSC and see if
they will justify their actions to you. We would just like to get some light on
the subject. If there are families of fallen who support AFSC and their tour, we
have no problem with their service member’s names being used in the tour. We
simply feel that each family should have the opportunity to be NOT represented
in this tour de farce if they do not agree with AFSC.

Thank you for the great job you do reporting and commenting on the news.

Sincerely,
Michael Becker Phoenix, AZ
Proud father of LCpl Josh, the best man we know...

Now I have no problem with families of the fallen participating in this exhibit. It is their right. I think of their loved one as a hero and that is what I would tell them if ever given the opportunity.

But for a gaggle of pacifists like the Quakers, who would depend entirely on others for their defense, to use the names of the fallen, without the permission of their families, is vile, disgusting and beyond contempt. These dead are heroes not victims and for them to be portrayed as such without their permission or the permission of their families is an affront not a tribute.

I don't have a problem with a memorial - even an anti-war memorial. But make it an honest one and leave politics out of it otherwise you are just using dead heroes to further your own political goals. And we know what that makes you.

Let The Islamofascists have NYC

I know it's been awhile. I've been busy catching up on my politics instead of posting. It seems as if the second I get a coherent political thought in my head, it is suddenly old news. I realize this doesn't preclude me from competing with the lib blogs, but I'd rather keep up nontheless.

My local PW chapter is going out again on 3/19. Very irritating that we have to, but for some reason the Lefties have decided to protest the military engagement that liberated an entire country from a brutal, mass-murdering dictator. We will be there with blue fingers, clever signs, and superior intellects.

But the issue most compelling me to write today is the NYC schoolchildren sending demoralizing letters to Pfc. Rob Jacobs from New Jersey currently stationed in South Korea, but possibly getting ready to go to Iraq.

Exerpt of one the letters from a Muslim student courtesy of the New York Post:

"Even thoe [sic] you are risking your life for our country, have you seen how many civilians you or some other soldier killed?"

It goes on to say, "I know your [sic] trying to save our country and kill the terrorists but you are also destroying holy places like Mosques."

This is just a suggestion and I realize it is probably insensitive, but perhaps they ought to teach this little snot grammar and spelling before they allow him to propagandize. In my mind it is disrespectful for sixth graders to send a troop a letter with obvious spelling and grammatical errors, much less demoralizing content.

Here is nifty little statement from the school principal a Mr. Xavier Costello: “While we would never censor anything that our children write, we sincerely apologize for forwarding letters that were in any way inappropriate to Pfc. Jacobs. This assignment was not intended to be insensitive, but to be supportive of the men and women in service to our nation.”

So let me ask you something, Mr. Costello. If I were a student and you were having us post, oh say, art for public view, would you allow me to write MR. COSTELLO HOLDS HIS NOSE WHEN HE FUCKS MUSLIM CHICKS on a piece of notebook paper and stick it to the wall, or would I be censored? Oh it's not the assignment, you say? Was it the assignment to allow little traitors to write propaganda to the troops who are their first line of defense? But whatever. Indoctrinate your children. I care not. Your pacifism won't save you and it will be your own fault.

So that's it. The Mexicans can have California and the terrorists can have NYC. I'd rather live in Jesusland despite the Southern Baptists. At least they can shoot.