Comments on: Showdown in Berkeley

By: Cynthia Morse

Cynthia Morse — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 12:05:45 +0000

All newspapers report that the man with the knife was arrested because he brandished the knife and threatened a Code Pink supporter. This is what happened:

The man in question left his group and crossed the street to a group of Code Pink members. He began berating the group and at one point a Code Pink supporter asked him if he had ever been to Iraq–the woman asking was Iraqi. He pulled the knife out and said to her that yes he had, that he was a contractor there, that he had killed three Iraqis, and if he could he would kill her too. The other Code Pink members threw the banner on him to prevent him from using the knife.

The woman he threatened has already lost 3 family members in the Iraq war.

That differs from the initial report. Of course there’s no call for pulling any sort of weapon on anybody unless you’re physically threatened, so in this case it sounds like the Code Pinkers may have done the right thing to protect their friend. Just shows that nobody’s all bad.

It does make me wonder, if the Code Pinkers felt the need to take action when they could see with their own eyes that somebody was threatened, then is their disconnect toward the Marines really just that they don’t see terrorists right in front of them, therefore they don’t believe terrorism exists? There’s a certain solipsism and a dangerous naivete in that attitude.

Thanks for the update.

By: Van

Van — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 18:44:38 +0000

Over 1 million Iraqi men, women, and children have died because of our invasion, but it’s the *MARINES* who keep complaining about their hurt feelings and wounded egos? Someone call Oprah.

For starters, it’s about 100,000, not over 1 million. But why bother with facts, right?

The thing you liberal folks don’t get is that for the Marines and supporters, it’s not about hurt feelings and wounded egos. That’s your gig. It’s about honor that’s been earned by men and women who have risked their lives to keep ingrates safe at home.

Let’s see. The Marines have been fighting people who want to kill us, including you and your family, but the Marines are the bad people? I can’t even begin to fathom the twists in that kind of thinking. Well, hey, maybe next time Muslim fanatics declare war on US by murdering thousands of people, we’ll just call them out in Berkeley. I’m sure al-Qaida’s probably heavily recruiting there right now.

Meanwhile, you can go back to worrying about a “real” threat to the world like melting glaciers or something. Take your time. The Marines are on guard.

By: Neocon News » Mostly victory in Berkeley! Code Pink & Hippie parody collection to celebrate!

Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:54:37 +0000

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By: 4urpets

4urpets — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 14:58:10 +0000

Great Blog. This Berkely City Council posts are very intersting.

Hey, I heard one of your blogs was discussed on salon.com yesterday.

Mind giving us the link?

Here’s the link to Salon. Just slide down to the item about sharia. Got a lot of traffic today from Michelle Malkin and Melanie Morgan, as well.

By: Michelle Malkin » The Berkeley after-action report

Michelle Malkin » The Berkeley after-action report — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 13:40:17 +0000

[...] the council chambers, there was an American flag burning, of course. A child’s bike was also burned. Internet photog Zombie has the first of two huge pictorial essays. Compare and contrast their side [...]