JB :
An Air Force airman was shot by antiwar protestor on July 4th, but the establishment media and liberal blogs yawn. Airman Jonathan Schrieken, 22, is fighting for his life after being shot in the heart by a gunman intending to make an antiwar statement, while standing outside his home near McGuire Air Force Base in New Jersey on July 4th. Airman Schrieken, a loadmaster with the 6th Airlift Squadron based at McGuire, remains in critical condition at a Camden, New Jersey hospital.
The antiwar gunman, Matthew J. Marren, killed himself after shooting Schrieken and left two suicide notes explaining that he was “mad at the government”.
Meanwhile, the establishment media ignores the story. The initial Associated Press report on the incident never mentioned Marren’s motive for shooting Schrieken. The first media outlet to discuss Marren’s intent to make an antiwar statement on the 4th of July by killing a member of our military was Phillyburbs.com, and the story has only gained national attention after a post over the weekend at LittleGreenFootballs.com.
A member of Marren’s family described to Phillyburbs.com his reasons behind the attack:
Marren’s aunt, Terina Henderson of Trion, Ga., said she spoke to Marren’s mother yesterday who told her Marren left two notes, one in his home and one in his car, indicating he was upset with the government.
She said she did not know the exact wording in the notes, but said Marren was “mad at the government and wanted to make a statement … that’s why he did what he did on the Fourth of July.”
Over at LGF, a friend of the Schrieken family described the attack:
He had been on leave here in Ohio and got back to his home off base and was unpacking stuff from his car when this 22 year old guy walked up to him and asked him if he lived in the house. When Jon said yes, the guy said “not any more” and shot him point blank in the chest. He tried to shoot him again, but his gun jammed. Jonathan made it into the house. The guy then shot himself.
This makes it clear that Marren had nothing short of murder on his mind. Providentially, the gun jammed, allowing for Schrieken to escape into his house, where he lived with several other Airmen.
If Airman Schrieken had been an abortionist or homosexual, this story would be front page news for the New York Times and the lead story on CBS News with Katie Couric for at least the next month. But since Schrieken is serving in the military, even his hometown newspaper, the Columbus Dispatch, has ignored this story.
Predictably, a law enforcement spokesman says that Marren’s suicide notes “were indicative of an individual suffering from mental-health problems”, but that raises the question of how anyone could identify anyone suffering from mental-health problems amidst those devoted to bizarre conspiracy theories and the virulent anti-Americanism of the antiwar movement. If anything, Marren would have fit right in unnoticed.
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Why do you think it did not make any headlines. This goes against their agenda.
too long of a reading. but whats important to us may not be a priority to them. plus the less we know the less we worry and demand answers from them.
Claiming that the act of one individual represents all in this case is as stupid as trying to tie the acts of the gaurds at Abu Graib to all our servicemen., there are nuts all over society. Or that a person that sets off a bomb at a abortion clinic is indicative of all right to lifers, or that a senator visiting a prostitute reflects on all the senators from that party.
It really is a sad story… Unfortunately the liberal media only cares about the failures of Iraq, not the failures of liberals who shoot innocent soldiers. They NEVER focus on anything good out of Iraq….
Now if the Airman was the one who shot the liberal coward, then it probably would have made national news…. sickening
They won’t show it because most news stations ARE anti-war. Check out my post on here:
That prick should be skinned alive, and kept alive to be tortured by that man’s family.
Wow!!!! Thanks for sharing this. I agree that it is outrageous that this was not reported.! I am totally against the war, but the soldiers are only doing their job. They are not responsible for this mess and should be commended at every possible turn for their dedication and willingness to serve. My friend just got back from a second tour in Iraq and this time he was wounded. This man’s anger at the government should have been directed at the government, possibly by writing a letter to his congressman or senator or the president. He could have orgainized a protest march or something of that nature.
That is sooooo sad! My heart goes out to the airman and his family. It did not make headline news because the Liberals will only talk about the Conservatives’ failures.
If the people against the war want to make a statement, enacting violence is not the way. They should say it in a milder and more respectful way. There is no way that Airman Schieken should have been wounded like that. He didn’t do anything.