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Those lovable moonbats. Because nothing says “Supporting Our Troops” like blocking needed material from getting to them. Moonbats in Olympia, Washington have been showing how much they love America and its troops by attempting to block shipments to those on the front lines. Michelle points out that that’s nothing new and, in fact, it’s been going on since 2003.

What does appear to be new? Using children as human shields in order to prevent supplies and machinery from getting to and from the troops. Obviously, the use of children complicated the police response. But that was their intention, now, wasn’t it?

Protesters declared victory after port activity ended Friday night with the unsuccessful attempt to drive out two trucks, one carrying a Stryker vehicle and the other carrying two cargo containers.

“We’re a little disappointed that we didn’t get some police support, but we understand that with the resources they expended the other night, they had problems pulling all the necessary officers together,” Port of Olympia Commission President Paul Telford said. “But they did a great job the other night.”

He also noted that by the time the protesters stopped the two trucks from leaving about 4 p.m., the day’s operations at the port were almost complete anyway.

Two nights earlier, on Wednesday, police clashed with protesters, moving groups and arresting two people who were attempting to block convoys from the port. The protests were organized by Olympia Port Militarization Resistance in opposition to the use of the port for what members say is an illegal, immoral war in Iraq. There were no convoys Thursday.

The problems the protesters are causing at the port “aren’t winning them any friends,” Telford said Friday. Added port spokeswoman Patti Grant, relaying a comment by port Executive Director Ed Galligan, “it’s unfortunate that the protests can’t be peaceful and nonobstructionist.”

For most of the day Friday, trucks were able to leave unimpeded. Friday’s standoff started after 3 p.m.

Olympia Police Commander Tor Bjornstad acknowledged the department’s difficulty in pulling together the resources needed to remove protesters who stood or sat in the path of the trucks.

“We understand that the port and the military are disappointed about this evening,” he said.

Bjornstad added that police didn’t anticipate protesters blocking trucks Friday afternoon. Police also didn’t anticipate that small children would be among them, he said.

Two grade-school-age boys and a toddler were among the people in the path of the trucks Friday, a development that Bjornstad said was “quite disturbing” and “quite appalling, in my opinion.” Police want to ensure the safety of the protesters, should they have to be removed, and police were not prepared for safely removing children Friday, he said.

“We’re going to have to figure out how to address that issue,” Bjornstad said.

The moonbats should be so proud of themselves. Not only did they prevent much-needed supplies from getting to our boys and girls on the front lines, they put their children in harms way, using them as a human shield, to do so.

But don’t question their patriotism…or sanity.

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