FIRST THE IOWA ROTC, now this:

Portland Fire Bureau officials Monday ordered U.S. flags removed from downtown fire engines, concerned that their presence might provoke dangerous confrontations with antiwar demonstrators. . . .

“Protesters have threatened our personnel and are burning flags in the street,” the memo said. “We do not want extremists attacking our apparatus or our personnel.”

Want to see more political violence in America? Then just keep rewarding it this way. Once people figure out that it works, you’ll see a lot more.

UPDATE: Portland has backed down. Let’s hope Iowa does the same.