Vietnam War Memorial Vandalized

UPDATE #2: I’m not the surprised but the vandalism of war memorials is widespread across the country.  The communists and anarchists usually responsible for these crimes are marching on DC this weekend.  There are a variety of groups that are going to counter-protest against them.  If you are living in the area and support the troops this is a good way to show your support by standing up to these communist idiots that are a disgrace to our country.

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UPDATE #1: The vandalism of war memorials has not only occurred in Washington, DC but in California as well:

Vandals have hit the Veterans War Memorial at Sacramento’s Capitol Park. Veterans say it is a recurring problem and now they’re fighting back.

He spent 3 years serving in Vietnam, and now Ken Nelson spends his days taking care of those who didn’t make it back.

“This is the second best memorial in the country,” Nelson says.

Nearly every day, Nelson protects the more than 5,200 names at the Vietnam War Memorial. But often, while polishing the bronze statues, he finds himself picking up what vandals left behind.

“People sleeping, use it for a toilet, total disrespect, it kind of hurt me,” he says.

Nelson says it’s been going on for some time. People litter, deface the statues, climb the flag pole, and just yesterday, sprayed graffiti. [CBS13 Sacramento]

Make sure you click to link and watch the video.  I really respect those veterans that constantly clean and repair the memorial after it is defaced by the usual idiots.  I hope the Sacramento community rallies around these veterans to protect the memorial.

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This is disgraceful:

The U.S. Park Police are investigating suspected vandalism at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on the Mall.

Volunteers and National Park Service rangers on Saturday discovered a “light, oily” substance on the memorial’s wall panels and the paving stones in front of it, Bill Line, a Park Service spokesman, said yesterday.

The substance, which has not been identified, was spread over an area of about 50 to 60 feet, mostly on the paving stones, Mr. Line said. [Natasha Altamirano, Washington Times]

It has not been confirmed yet who did this but I would not be surprised if the leftist protesters who vowed to deface the memorial before and were in D.C. again due to General Petraeus’ report to Congress did this.  Here is a picture from this set of pictures of the damage to the wall:

As you can see the substance was corrosive and damaged the names on the wall.  Michelle Malkin has video footage of the damage:

No matter what your opinion on the Iraq war is defacing the memorial is just disgraceful. It may be time for the government to install a video camera or a 24 hour guard on the memorial to protect the memorial and others that have been defaced in DC from the leftist scum.  If proven to be done by the usual suspect leftists it just serves as another example that they do not support troops and they never did.