Oswego police are continuing their investigation of a Sunday morning melee that left a Barack Obama supporter gravely injured and a soldier who fought in Afghanistan charged with his beating.Angel Moreno, 19, of the Bronx, was listed in critical condition at University Hospital Monday.
The soldier, Pvt. Kevin T. Flanagan, from Manchester, N.H., was being held in the Oswego County jail. He is charged with third-degree assault, a misdemeanor.
...According to a witness in the restaurant, the fight began when patrons began arguing about Obama's presidential election.
About 12 people, including several soldiers, took the argument outside and the fight broke out, according to a restaurant waitress who declined to give her name.
'It was all over the new president,' the waitress said.
Police said no weapons were involved in the fight.
Moreno, who is majoring in wellness management, is an Obama supporter according to his Facebook Web site, which features an Obama poster."
-- John Doherty, revealing the emptiness at the core of the NewAge phrase "wellness management", for New York's Syracuse.com.
another reason why we needed a draft for these wars.
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