From AmericaBlog, a link to a WaPo article about a VERY good dramatic reenactment, or, if you prefer, guerrilla theater piece, no pun intended. A group of Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans thought they'd give the Washington DC public a taste of what their--and our--tax dollars have been paying for.
If you've got the time, be sure to click on the video report, which really gives you an idea of what "freedom" means in context of Team Bush, um, policy.
Also, what's both funny and infuriating is the response to this action...talk about a whole new meaning to "without a clue:"
"Way off the hook," said a man on his way to work.
Motorists halted for the strangely alert, cautious, crouching column. Men and women in the workaday uniforms of trench coats and business suits got tangled in the advance. While explanatory fliers were handed out, not everybody got the message.
"I don't know what they're doing, but they're in everybody's way," said Janet Ruck, a career counselor in Washington. Upon hearing an explanation, she said, "So they were intentionally getting in people's way. I don't think that people have lost touch or forgotten [about the war]. I don't think this is the way to get people to connect."
"At first I was scared," said Maria Rave, a restaurant owner from Maine who saw the platoon reenact visions of a sniper attack, near the Smithsonian Castle.
No, it's not 'way off the hook.' It's your tax dollars at work.
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