Western Resistance

The Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., the current home of hundreds of wounded veterans from the war in Iraq, has been the target of weekly anti-war demonstrations since March. The protesters hold signs that read "Maimed for Lies" and "Enlist here and die for Halliburton."

The anti-war demonstrators, who obtain their protest permits from the Washington, D.C., police department, position themselves directly in front of the main entrance to the Army Medical Center, which is located in northwest D.C., about five miles from the White House.

Among the props used by the protesters are mock caskets, lined up on the sidewalk to represent the death toll in Iraq.

Code Pink Women for Peace, one of the groups backing anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan's vigil outside President Bush's ranch in Crawford Texas, organizes the protests at Walter Reed as well.

Now, why would someone do something as depraved as taunting wounded soldiers? It is not as if the protests are effective; on the contrary, they're likely to originate backlash against the protesters, not the Army or the Iraq policy. Why would "Code Pink for Women" do something that absurd?

This is what I call "Sacred Thinking"; doing something not because you think it will serve a purpose, but because you think it is morally right. This is the same reason why I bow before the tomb of my Grandfather, or why I put my right hand on my heart when I hear the national anthem, whether someone is looking or not.

The height of depravity, then, lies not so much on their actions, but in their ethics, an ethics that considers not only morally right, but morally uplifting, to taunt your own wounded soldiers.

These people are the enemy.