Open Sedition: The Left vs Military Recruiters
Michelle Malkin reports on a new project by far-left group Iraq Veterans Against the War:
HELP END THE WAR!
BEFRIEND A RECRUITER!Recruitment is essential for the military and politicians to carry out the war and occupation of Iraq. Recruitment levels are low thanks to “truth in recruiting” efforts, but now it is time to shut recruitment down. By flooding recruiters and recruitment centers with phone calls, appointments, questions, and smiling faces, recruiters will waste their time and resources on you. By calling and asking every question you can think off about all the false opportunities the military is offering, you are stealing away recruiters ability to do recruitment.
Like Michelle, I don’t see how this could fail to be sedition, though blogger Allah has done some research and claims that nobody could be convicted of a crime. I’m not convinced. Maybe you couldn’t prove a crime by the people who actually do this, but surely you could prove a crime by the people who put the web site together. Those people are very open about their intent to disrupt the operations of the US military. As I recall from law school, criminal conspiracy statutes are usually pretty darn broad. The real problem is that prosecution wouldn’t politically feasible.
I sure hope that the left’s “Don’t you dare question my patriotism” line has worn itself out by now.
The good news is that their plan is pretty silly. Rabid leftists are brave in groups, but I doubt that they could do much as individuals. Besides, in essence they would be pitting their own resources against the US Treasury. I would be surprised if more than a handful tried this preposterous stunt, and they would fail. Only the fanatics would be bold enough to try it, and they would be the least capable of keeping their cool.