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And Code Pink demonstrators. But then, I repeat myself.

By Moe Lane Posted in Liberals — Comments (12) / Email this page » / Leave a comment »

And I'd like to note for the record that I am not questioning Code Pink's patriotism. I am flat-out denying that, institutionally, they have any at all:

Code Pink Protests Marine Recruitment Center
By Riya Bhattacharjee (09-28-07)

Code Pink took to the streets of Berkeley Wednesday to try to drive the U.S. Marine Recruitment Center out of the city.

Donning pink hats, T-shirts and badges, a group of 10 braved rush-hour traffic on Shattuck Avenue to protest against the recruitment office located at 64 Shattuck Square.

Via Gateway Pundit, who also links to the video.

I'd hate to be the photo guy for the Berkeley Daily Planet: finding just the right photo for the article must have been a whale of a problem. They'd need a nice, wide shot that would require squinting to really read the signs, one that wasn't too obnoxious... and, oh, yes, one that didn't give the whole game away about what the "heroes" of their piece really think about the United States military. However badly spelled.

Read on.

I nearly posted all of Captain Richard Lund's response to the fools that defaced his place of work, but I decided that even an Open Letter shouldn't be just reproduced without express permission. Read the whole thing: he's a good deal more polite to these people than I'm being, while also being implacable about it. One thing to note, in particular:

Next, scrawled across the doorway to my office, you wrote, “Recruiters are Traitors.” Please explain this one. How exactly am I a traitor? Was I a traitor when I joined the Marine Corps all those years ago? Is every Marine, therefore, a traitor? Was I a traitor during my two stints in Iraq? Was I a traitor when I was delivering humanitarian aid to the victims of the tsunami in Sumatra? Or do you only consider me a traitor while I am on this job? The fact is, recruitment is and always has been a part of maintaining any military organization. In fact, recruitment is a necessity of any large organization. Large corporations have employees that recruit full-time. Even you, I’m sure, must expend some effort to recruit for Code Pink. So what, exactly, is it that makes me a traitor?

You have the temerity to work for a organization that Code Pink - and the rest of the antiwar movement - hates, Captain Lund. That's all the excuse they need.

Moe Lane

PS: Yes, before anyone asks: I recognize that they have a legal right to do all of that. The antiwar movement has proven quite adept in working out how close to the line they can skate before being arrested for sedition. Alas for both them and their apologists, "legal" and "moral" are not synonyms.