A soldier home on leave recuperating from a land mine that almost destroyed his leg, was beaten unconscious while leaving a concert.
"I don't remember getting hit at all, really," said Barton, a member of the 1st Calvary Division. "He hit me in the back of the head. I fell and hit the ground. I was knocked unconscious and he continued to punch and kick me on the ground."Barton and his family said he was beat up because he was wearing an Iraqi freedom T-shirt.
"It's not our fault," Barton said. "I'm just doing a job."
According to a Columbus police report, six witnesses who didn't know Barton said the person who beat him up was screaming profanities and making crude remarks about U.S. soldiers, Burton reported.
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After a two-week leave, Barton was supposed to return to Iraq Tuesday. But his broken nose will delay his return.
You can file this one under demonization works, because the demonizing of Operation Iraqi Freedom, or of the Commander and Chief, has real-life consequences out there on the streets.
(hat tip Mcgehee)
Posted by clark smith at September 23, 2004 12:48 AM | TrackBackThanks to liberals, we live in a nation where if you target a special interest minority for a minor crime, you can get slapped with much higher penalties as a 'hate crime', but if you seek out and violently attack our soldiers and police, it is all Bush's fault.
Attacks against the instumentalities of government, the police and military, should result in being sent to a special prison for a long period of time. At this prison conditions should be as miserable as possible within constitutional constraints.
Personally, I see this attack as treason, and if I were in charge I would put cammies on this asshole and send him out on patrol into fallujah alone and unarmed. Attacking US troops, whether at a concert here or when they are out on patrol in Iraq, is an act of aggression that places our whole nation in danger.
Posted by: Kaltes at September 23, 2004 04:30 AM (Permalink)Beat Up by a "Pacifist!"
It is becoming so clear to me that these people actually ARE everything that they imagine us to be!!! They can see depravity in everyone but themselves.
When I see an Iraqi Freedom T-shirt it reminds me to pray for that soldier, his family and my own nephew who is in Bagdad at this very moment. Then I pray for the men under my nephew's command -- that he will make good decisions and bring them home safely.
We need to care for our soldiers. Men die for the freedoms we abuse!
Posted by: rs at September 23, 2004 07:17 AM (Permalink)It is interesting how misinformed about Iraq most people are. A friend spent about 8 months in Iraq and has just started up a new website, www.thetruthaboutiraq.com. Check it out if you want to see what our media isn't telling us.
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