Not Anti-War - On the Other Side

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Carole Ward, 57, proves that moonbattery knows no age limits. On Tuesday night she was ejected from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport, after harassing military recruits with a disgusting poster showing a portrait of President Bush—composed of small images of soldiers who have died in Iraq: Woman says she was ejected from D/FW over anti-war poster.

Carole Ward, 57, says she was ejected from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport on Tuesday night after showing military recruits an 8 1/2-by-11-inch poster of a composite illustration of President Bush made up of the faces of soldiers who have died during the Iraq conflict.

An American Airlines spokesman said that some people found the poster offensive and that Ms. Ward became belligerent with the airline’s gate agent.

Carole Ward showed military recruits at D/FW Airport a poster of President Bush, made from images of dead soldiers.

“She’s not only going around talking to these recruits, saying they shouldn’t join the Army, they shouldn’t fight in the war, she’s also forcing [the poster] on them,” said Tim Wagner, American Airlines spokesman.

He added that Ms. Ward presented a security threat and made some passengers feel uncomfortable.

But Ms. Ward, who was returning home to Albuquerque, N.M., from Atlanta, said she started a conversation with a few recruits among several dozen passing through the airport. She was waiting after her plane returned to the gate because of thunderstorms.

She passed around the poster, which bore the title “Faces of Death” and messages to stop a possible military draft and elect Libertarian Aaron Russo president. (He lost the nomination.)

“We weren’t really causing a scene,” she said. “I was talking to them like they were my kids.”

Mr. Wagner said some people thought the poster had photographs of soldiers’ bodies.

“This is definitely material that could be considered offensive,” he said.

UPDATE: Why did I title this “Not Anti-War - On the Other Side”? Because of section 2387 of the US Criminal Code, under Chapter 115: Treason, Sedition, and Subversive Activities. (Hat tip: Thom™.)

Section 2387. Activities affecting armed forces generally

(a) Whoever, with intent to interfere with, impair, or influence the loyalty, morale, or discipline of the military or naval forces of the United States:

(1) advises, counsels, urges, or in any manner causes or attempts to cause insubordination, disloyalty, mutiny, or refusal of duty by any member of the military or naval forces of the United States; or

(2) distributes or attempts to distribute any written or printed matter which advises, counsels, or urges insubordination, disloyalty, mutiny, or refusal of duty by any member of the military or naval forces of the United States - Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both, and shall be ineligible for employment by the United States or any department or agency thereof, for the five years next following his conviction.

(b) For the purposes of this section, the term “military or naval forces of the United States” includes the Army of the United States, the Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Naval Reserve, Marine Corps Reserve, and Coast Guard Reserve of the United States; and, when any merchant vessel is commissioned in the Navy or is in the service of the Army or the Navy, includes the master, officers, and crew of such vessel.

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