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To: Sully- who wrote (12587)	8/1/2005 1:18:41 AM
From: Sully-	of 35834

Conclusion Jumping At CQ By Captain Ed on Weblogs Captain's Quarters On July 25th, I wrote that leftist vandals piled flags from the yard of a family mourning the loss of a son-in-law who died serving his country in Iraq. An arsonist had piled all twenty flags adorning the yard of the Wessel home under their daughter's car and set them on fire, totaling the vehicle and narrowly avoiding setting their house on fire. I had assumed that only someone who wanted to stage a protest to the war would do something that stupid and dangerous to make a point. Well, I was wrong. It turned out to be pointless after all: <<< Two teenage boys were charged Thursday with burning 20 small American flags set up in honor of a soldier who died from injuries suffered in the Iraq war. Police said the boys apparently did not know the significance of the flags they took from the yard and set afire under a car belonging to the soldier's sister-in-law. The vehicle was destroyed. >>> To be honest, I'm not sure what's worse -- being wrong, or knowing that teenage boys consider the flag only suitable for kindling. It still sounds suspicious to me, as it hardly takes all twenty flags to set a car on fire. Like Glenn Reynolds, I think that the fact that every single one of the flags went into the flames meant something, even if it turns out that the Wessel home was just one stop on a night of destruction and debauchery for these two unsupervised morons. Libby says that a simple sorry from bloggers such as myself would suffice to correct the conclusion-jumping of last week. She's right, and I am sorry for reaching that conclusion before all of the facts came in. I blew this one, and I do apologize. captainsquartersblog.com captainsquartersblog.com suntimes.com instapundit.com cleveland.com theimpolitic.blogspot.com

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