A lecturer at Iowa State University ignited a firestorm of controversy this past week when he publicly spoke out against a charity drive aimed at supporting our nation's troops.
The College Republicans at Iowa State started the charity drive, with the intention of donating goods to U.S. troops serving overseas in Afghanistan and Iraq. However, Thomas Walker, lecturer in the "intensive English and orientation program," was less than pleased.
Walker sent a scathing letter to a local paper belittling such charity efforts and the service of our troops.
"What are they [the troops] doing for us? Nothing," said Walker. "But against us they're doing a lot: creating anti-American terrorists in the countries they occupy."
In another portion of the letter, Walker said that "soldiers are to Republicans as fetuses are to them: prized. But once out of the womb-like army, Republican solicitude for hapless veterans goes where extracted zygotes go."
Conservative student activists at Iowa State did not remain silent.
Stephen Quist, Chair of the Iowa State College Republicans, had recently attended a Youth Leadership School at the Leadership Institute's headquarters in Arlington, VA. He decided to utilize a technique he learned at the school and created flash fliers to disseminate to students and faculty.
