Some called for Hozza to resign.<\/p>\n
One man claimed he violated federal laws. <\/p>\n
Another compared him to \u201cHanoi Jane,\u201d a name given to actress Jane Fonda, who will never be forgiven by many vets for what they consider her traitorous visit to North Vietnam during the Vietnam War.<\/p>\n
[…]<\/p>\n
Township resident Kevin Seyfried declared the only time the POW\/MIA flag is allowed to come down \u201cis when all 88,000 POWs and MIAs return home.\u201d He also maintained no other flag is allowed to fly on the same pole as the American flag. And he said the U.S. State Department considers Syria a terrorist-supporting country \u2014 yet its flag was placed underneath the American flag at the April 18 program.<\/p>\n
Seyfried asked township commissioners to take formal action so the POW flag \u201cnever comes down again.\u201d He also wanted \u201ca public apology from all who were involved on April 18 to POWs, MIAs, their families, the veterans, the people of this township and the men and women serving our country today.\u201d Seyfried was loudly cheered and applauded.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The article goes on for five more pages. But it looks to me like veterans in Whitehall have a handle on this. Some of them, it is pointed out in the article, wore motorcycle club vests – so, oh, so scary veterans were there. <\/p>\n
I’m just curious as to why the mayor decided to raise the Syrian flag in Pennsylvania. <\/p>\n
Township resident Nidal Yacoub also apologized, saying there was no intention to insult anyone by having the flag raising. \u201cIf what we did caused any insult to anybody, we do apologize,\u201d said Yacoub. \u201cWe respect the troops, we respect the veterans. \u201cWe come from Syria, but we\u2019re American. We live here now. We don\u2019t like to insult anybody. Accept our apology if that caused any harm to anyone of you.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Yeah, well, just coming from somewhere doesn’t justify raising a flag from that place on US government property. And why the mayor would think it wouldn’t piss off people is beyond me. He should be removed from office just because of his poor judgement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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