Military Impostors at Antiwar Protest

I don't like the phrase "stolen valor", which was first made famous by a book with that same phrase as the title. That book debunked myths about the Vietnam War such as:

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that most Vietnam vets are baby-killing, wife-beating, drug addicts who cannot adjust to society

that blacks served and died disproportionately in Vietnam

that many who claim to be Vietnam vets were never in the military or were never in Vietnam or, if they 

were in Vietnam, they exaggerate their combat experience and heroism

that military personnel in Vietnam committed widespread atrocities

that so-called post-traumatic stress disorder is as extensive and as widespread as depicted by those who purport to suffer from it and by anti-war activists

that Vietnam vets commit suicide in disproportionate numbers and do so because they served in Vietnam

that Vietnam vets are disproportionately homeless and that the cause is their service in Vietnam

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You can read more about that here: Agent Orange never hurt anyone – John T. Reed (johntreed.com)

I'll add that John T Reed probably has the best military blog on the internet. 

Here is a video from a recent antiwar protest:

While watching this video, I couldn't help but notice the incorrect placement of the US flag and deployment patches. Behold:

Note the patch above the US flag. I suppose he added that patch later as a form of protest, but that is not the proper place for such a patch. On a US Army uniform, the patch for a unit you deployed with goes beneath the US flag like so:

This protester had his patches in the right places:

The next guy has patches in the wrong places:

And this guy's patches are in the wrong places too. The US flag should over his deployment patch, which indicates he was in the 3rd Infantry Division. 

The first thing people will do to get what they want is lie. Liars often count on people being gullible, ignorant, or too lazy to check anything. I doubt very much any of these protesters were asked by the event organizers for evidence of their military experience. 

I'll add that I probably agree with the protesters in that the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were colossal blunders. The US should not have invaded Iraq and US troops should have left Afghanistan after bin Laden was killed.