The
St. Louis Post-Dispatch (thanks
GamePolitics) reports on Iraq war backlash directed towards the
America's Army game, which has drawn the ire of a group called Iraq Veterans
Against the War. The report, which is from a couple of weeks ago, describes a
scene where 90 members of the group stood in formation in front of a recruiting
event shouting "war is not a game" in a protest that lasted a few minutes. From
the description, this sounds like a spontaneous event, rather than part of a
larger campaign:
They were referring to the large military simulation
game set up by Army recruiters at the Missouri Black Expo. The group of
veterans, known as Iraq Veterans Against the War, were in St. Louis for their
annual meeting this weekend when they decided to stage a brief demonstration at
the Expo.