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Marines not welcome.

Stifling dissent.

Bought and owned.

Unhinged.

We brought you our video report on the defaced Vietnam Veterans War memorial last week. Now, the Park Police confirm this afternoon:
The unidentified substance that was found splashed on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial earlier this month was the result of vandalism, the U.S. Park Police said today.
Sgt. Robert Lachance, a spokesman for the Park Police, [...]

Welcome to George Soros’s America.

Accountability.

Update 9/13 10:30am. Just received an email from reader Dave…
On Saturday, September 15, the Nam Knights of America Motorcycle Club, a U.S. military veteran and law enforcement MC, will provide security at the Vietnam Memorial and the Vietnam Nurses Memorial in Washington, D.C. as part of the larger counter demonstation to that of ANSWER. (www.freestate-nk.org) [...]

Defamed.

A survivor of the Vietnam War strikes back at Bush Derangement Syndrome and the Jane Fonda Left. Read it.

Pat Dollard spotlights the man behind “Redacted.” Debbie Schlussel has more.
Jack Murtha gives the troops-as-monsters movie two thumbs up.
De Palma, 66, whose “Casualties of War” in 1989 told a similar tale of abuse by American soldiers in Vietnam, makes no secret of the goal he is hoping to achieve with the film’s images, all based [...]

“We don’t care what your convictions are,” said Jan Lustig of Vancouver. “You are here to represent us.

Getcha head in the game. Plus: The Band of Mothers.

Yoo-hoo. Anybody home?

Scott Thomas Beauchamp and the Left.

Of Bradleys, dogs, and Quotey McQuoterton.

Winter Soldier Syndrome will only be cured when the costs of slandering the troops outweigh the benefits.

Update 8/7 9:20pm Eastern. The NYTimes files a story on the latest developments. It closes with this:
In an e-mail message, Mr. Foer said, “Thus far, we’ve been provided no evidence that contradicts our original statement, despite directly asking the military for any such evidence it might have,” adding, “We hope the military will share what [...]

Father Paul McNellis at the Democracy Project lays out the choices for Scott Thomas Beauchamp. Matt at Blackfive calls it the “best word on Beauchamp.” The conclusion:
When it comes to being a good man or something else, there is no middle ground. You’re either trying to become a better man, or you’re not; you’re moving [...]

“Pro-Military? That’s like being Pro-Abortion! Or Pro-chemo-therapy!”

“We sincerely regret this mistake.”

Shut up and dance. Plus: When is a hate crime not a hate crime?

Winter Soldier Syndrome.

“ill (sic) return to america an author.”

Moonbat of the day:
An aircraft mechanic sent e-mails to the FBI claiming he had planted explosives at Utah’s Hill Air Force Base and planned to take six hostages in Idaho, authorities said Wednesday. Five buildings were evacuated Tuesday after the e-mails began surfacing, but the threat turned out to be false and no hostages [...]

Follow the bouncing ball: The newspaper that was hoaxed by Jayson Blair covers the magazine that was hoaxed by Stephen Glass, and which is now under tough scrutiny over the work of pseudonymous soldier “Scott Thomas.” Plus: A Peter Beinart flashback.

Update 3:28pm Eastern. Noel Sheppard notes that Markos is alarmed and trying to control the inmates in the Daily Kos asylum:
“With us or against us”
by kos
Mon Jul 23, 2007 at 10:30:19 AM PDT
There has lately been an alarming rise in diaries and comments that seek to impugn (without evidence) the motives of those they disagree [...]

“Please be assured that it is not our intention to offend anyone.”

Senior Airman Jonathan Schrieken, a loadmaster in the 6th Airlift Squadron, could use your prayers and well wishes.

Report: The Pennsauken man who shot and wounded a member of the U.S. Air Force before killing himself left suicide notes that indicated he was “angry at the government and wanted to make a statement” on Independence Day, one of the man’s relatives said yesterday.