On the 18th of September, members of Veterans for Peace showed up with an anti-genocide banner at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, FL. The protest turned into a furious and very angry scene as cops pounded on the protesters and arrested five of them.
MacDill AFB is the headquarters of CENTCOM, which handles all US operations in the Middle East. This base also played a role in the bombing of targets in Iran. It is actually surprising they haven’t had a lot more problems with protesters given their role.
MacDill can be compared to a hypothetical WWII German Luftwaffe base used to coordinate aid to Japan for the Pacific Front. THAT’S how juicy a protest target MacDill is.