They sought to enlist!
Charges have been dropped against the “Raging Grannies,” five women accused of trespassing after they tried to enlist at a military recruitment center to protest the war in Iraq, a city prosecutor said.
The five women tried to enlist on July 13, saying they wanted to go to Iraq so their children and grandchildren could come home. Recruiters called police.
Their group, dubbed the “Tucson Raging Grannies,” includes members ranging in age from 65 to 81 – decades older than the maximum age for recruits.
Raging Grannies groups have been around for a while. Here’s a brief history page from a Seattle group. (Wish they would cut the looping midi on their home page.)
Oh, we are a gaggle of grannies
Urging you off your fannies
We’re raising our voice
We’re sick of your toys
NO MORE WAR!
Bravo!
Hopefully the didn’t need to “taser” any of these ladies when they arrested them.
I had one Grandmother who would have done very well in combat. She could swing an old yard stick with the best of cavalrymen. I know I date myself but she would have been 107 this year. She not only believed in not sparing the rod, she wore several out a year.