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US anti-war group vows sea of demonstrators at White House
Yahoo news ^ | Wed June 1st | AFP

Posted on 06/22/2005 2:25:08 PM PDT by Thunder90

WASHINGTON (AFP) - A US anti-war group vowed to surround the White House in a sea of demonstrators during coordinated protests scheduled to take place in Washington, as well as Los Angeles and San Francisco on September 24.

The ANSWER Coalition expects more than 100,000 people, from families of US soldiers to trade unions and diverse religious groups, to take part in the demonstrations against the war in Iraq.

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To: Marine_Uncle; All

Thought you all might like to see this from one of our soldiers currnetly in Iraq.
Tim is responding to an article from his hometowm newspaper that was sent to
him by his father:

"Young people aren't making sacrifices"

By Tim S.

My father sent me Murray Bass' column "Cowards aren't willing to defend this
great country" and I wanted to write to thank him for bringing to light an
important issue in today's society.

I am a 28-year-old deployed National Guard infantryman. I've been deployed since August, been home for two weeks to visit my wife - an area police officer - and won't be back home until February 2006.

I am a corporal/team leader and train my fellow troops in my off-time. I'd come home in a second if it was the right thing to do, but this for the time being is where my country needs me to be. I'll lose $50,000 from my civilian
job over the duration of this deployment, have missed more important events than I care to count and my wife and I have to put off having children until I return. And I'm proud to be here.

The young people of today have no idea what sacrifice is, nor do they care to honor the deeds of our soldiers today. My team has had many close calls, we have been shot at and our vehicle was riddled with shrapnel when an IED exploded 20 feet from my truck. We were sitting on a road and ready to get out to do our IED sweep.

If I had given that order, my driver would have been killed and my legs would have been cut off. Nothing could change the motivation and desire we have to be the most professional and best-trained soldiers the world has ever seen.

While we try to ignore the protests and try not to think of the anti-war sentiment at home, it stings. It bothers me to know that college "kids" hate what we are doing here. They never stop to think that death and destruction
on the field of battle is timeless and always will be.

We face death every day to make sure 9-11 doesn't happen again. We face death every day so the people of Iraq - Sunni, Shia and Kurds alike - can live without the worry of being raped or murdered during the night.

How many of these college students have seen what an IED does to American soldiers? Have they watched beheading or stoning videos, innocent people killed during Saddam's ruthless dictatorship? Do they know what it's like to
carry 60 pounds of gear in 115 degree heat, drinking gallons of water every day just to stay hydrated?

We have our struggles, and so have veterans of all time. World War I and World War II vets left home, not knowing when they would return - and I'm sure many certainly knew they wouldn't return. Soldiers volunteer for dangerous duties and missions so someone else doesn't have to.

A soldier will give you half his food even if he is hungry and he'll take your guard shift even if he's already done his. He'll spend hours cleaning gear and equipment he already knows is combat-ready, just because it might
make the difference. All this and we find simple pleasures in the jokes and companionship we share during our tour together.

Young people of today have no idea what sacrifices have been made so they can grow up and speak out against our great nation. They feel entitled to their opinions, their education, their job and the car that mommy and daddy are going to buy them. Signs of the times, plus an overloaded judicial system and a military struggling to keep its numbers up.

What happened to sticking with something, seeing it through; and why have rap artists replaced real heroes? What happened to the idea of an honest day's pay for an honest day's work, taking care of your parents when they
get old or actually stopping at a cross walk when a pedestrian is crossing the street?

And to the young person who would read this and say, "so what" or "you think you have it tough," you'll find out soon enough. Your selfish attitude and lack of service to your community and country makes you cheap in the eyes of
those who have earned your way for you.

You'll never know the great devotions, the brotherhood of people bonded together, trying to achieve peace and make it home alive. You'll never know what life really means because you've never had to fight for it or seen it
flash in a white light and deafening bang as your HUMMWV fills with smoke.

You'll never know the sorrow and strange sense of pride as you render a salute to a pair of boots, rifle and helmet - another soldier who gave their life for you. Go to school, learn how terrible your country is, speak out and alienate yourself - expect everything on a silver platter and take all you can get, because we've earned you those rights.

Tim S. is a police officer and a member of the National Guard, currently deployed in Iraq.




"People who don't have children in a war zone cannot fully understand what
we go through every second of every day. Our life is no longer normal.
Normal is watching TV news and flipping back and forth between CNN and
Fox...It's checking your email at 2,4,5,6 am just in case...And you pray.
And you remember the little boy you would not even allow to cross the street
by himself. And you pray..........." (Laurel Olmsted)


41 posted on 06/22/2005 10:16:49 PM PDT by SafeReturn (Praying for Their Safe Return and for the families who wait for them. www.bluestarsforsafereturn.com)
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To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub

Thanks for the ping!


42 posted on 06/22/2005 10:20:32 PM PDT by Alamo-Girl
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To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub


43 posted on 06/23/2005 3:04:01 AM PDT by E.G.C.
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To: All

**bump**


44 posted on 06/23/2005 4:21:33 AM PDT by corlorde (New Hampshire)
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To: Thunder90

confirmation of Karl Rove's words...

Rove Criticizes Liberals on 9/11
By PATRICK D. HEALY
Karl Rove came to the heart of Manhattan last night to rhapsodize about the decline of liberalism in politics, saying Democrats responded weakly to Sept. 11 and had placed American troops in greater danger by criticizing their actions.

"Conservatives saw the savagery of 9/11 in the attacks and prepared for war; liberals saw the savagery of the 9/11 attacks and wanted to prepare indictments and offer therapy and understanding for our attackers," Mr. Rove, the senior political adviser to President Bush, said at a fund-raiser in Midtown for the Conservative Party of New York State.

Citing calls by progressive groups to respond carefully to the attacks, Mr. Rove said to the applause of several hundred audience members, "I don't know about you, but moderation and restraint is not what I felt when I watched the twin towers crumble to the ground, a side of the Pentagon destroyed, and almost 3,000 of our fellow citizens perish in flames and rubble."

Told of Mr. Rove's remarks, Senator Charles E. Schumer, Democrat of New York, replied: "In New York, where everyone unified after 9/11, the last thing we need is somebody who seeks to divide us for political purposes."

Mr. Rove also said American armed forces overseas were in more jeopardy as a result of remarks last week by Senator Richard J. Durbin, Democrat of Illinois, who compared American mistreatment of detainees to the acts of "Nazis, Soviets in their gulags, or some mad regime - Pol Pot or others."

"Has there ever been a more revealing moment this year?" Mr. Rove asked. "Let me just put this in fairly simple terms: Al Jazeera now broadcasts the words of Senator Durbin to the Mideast, certainly putting our troops in greater danger. No more needs to be said about the motives of liberals."


45 posted on 06/23/2005 8:30:22 AM PDT by Jon Alvarez
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To: SafeReturn

Thanks for the writings by Cpl Tim. They truly reflect what our men and women in uniform represent. For so many entrenched "safe" people in this country, they have not a clue as to the underlining goodness inherit in those that serve, often sign up during a national crisis, war, etc.. So many spoiled lame brained dumbed down parents and children inhabit this land with not a clue as to what Cpl Tim writes about, that is for sure. I wonder just how many people say teenager and up while viewing pictures of our fallen heros on the boob tube and in newspapers etc., wonder for even a minute of just what kinds of individuals these fallen heros are. They serve with honor and un-yielding commitment, not found elsewhere in this society. We salute them and we who know, shall never forget the sacrifices these men and women make. As for the anti-war protestors. It has to be expected. As in every war this country has fought, they always appear sooner or later.


46 posted on 06/23/2005 10:19:22 AM PDT by Marine_Uncle (Honor must be earned)
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To: Thunder90
The ANSWER Coalition expects more than 100,000 people, from families of US soldiers to trade unions and diverse religious groups, to take part in the demonstrations against the war in Iraq.

I want a gold toilet and Heidi Klum to give me a footrub. Oh, and a pony.

47 posted on 06/23/2005 10:25:45 AM PDT by Modernman ("Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made." -Bismarck)
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To: Valin

"The ANSWER Coalition expects more than 100,000 people, from families of US soldiers to trade unions and diverse religious groups, to take part in the demonstrations against the war in Iraq."

I'd like to see 100,000 patriots show up in a counter demonstration with baseball bats. Then we'll have a contest to see who can hit these moonbat's heads the farthest.


48 posted on 06/23/2005 11:00:17 AM PDT by DarthVader (Always ready to educate liberals by beating them profusely about the head with a Louisville Slugger.)
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To: SafeReturn

BUMP


49 posted on 06/23/2005 8:27:49 PM PDT by Valin (The right to do something does not mean that doing it is right.)
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To: Seadog Bytes

Haven't you heard? As of today the Supreme Court has declared the Constitution null and void.


50 posted on 06/23/2005 8:29:32 PM PDT by SlowBoat407 (A living affront to Islam since 1959)
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To: bitt
LOL!!!! I never knew I was sooooo good a lip reading!! Is that Penn Gillette?
51 posted on 06/23/2005 8:32:58 PM PDT by Lockbar (March toward the sound of the guns.)
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To: Thunder90
The commie politicians are stirring up the radicals to take to the streets again as they did during the Viet Nam war.

I hope the populace sees through them this time around. But I wonder.

Where's the President? He's letting things get out of hand on many fronts.

No, I'm not getting wobbly. I'm getting ticked.

What the hell is going on?

Leni

52 posted on 06/23/2005 8:38:17 PM PDT by MinuteGal (Florida Freepers: Check out the Florida Forum. Click the Florida Flag on Your Profile Page)
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To: Lockbar
geez, I guess it is...
53 posted on 06/24/2005 5:59:35 AM PDT by bitt ('We will all soon reap what the ignorant are now sowing.' Victor Davis Hanson)
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To: Thunder90
What was the phrase???

"long-haired, hippie-type pinko fags" Gotta love CDB. We really should legallize pot, then these clods wouldn't have the drive to protest.

54 posted on 06/25/2005 10:37:42 PM PDT by Laurita (Welfare's purpose should be to eliminate . . . the need for its own existence. - Ronald Reagan)
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To: Marine_Uncle
"As for anti-war protesters,it has to be expected. As in every war this country has fought, they always appear sooner or later."

Only in ANSWER's case, they started holding protest *before* the war started. They are not so much against the current military operations in Iraq as they seem to be against anything and everything the US does.

VietVet
55 posted on 07/04/2005 12:01:48 AM PDT by VietVet (I am old enough to know who I am and what I believe, and I 'm not inclined to apologize for any of)
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To: TBarnett34
Hah, maybe 1,000 if they're lucky.

What they'll do is bus people in from as far away as they can find them. They'll even pay some of the unemployed, unwashed to participate. More affluent Communists will donate for this. (You know, like Hillary and Gore and those people.)

A.N.S.W.E.R. staged an anti-war protest in Houston in 2003 shortly before the war started and got about 4,000 of the unwashed to show up.

We FReeped it and did a lot of asking around and found out they had bused people in from all over Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas to get those numbers up.

56 posted on 07/04/2005 12:08:32 AM PDT by Allegra (On the Rocks With Salt, Please...)
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To: Thunder90
Yeah the ANSWER Commies need to be informed the war was over like - two years ago. What's their beef? It can't be that we're an imperialist empire. We don't have long-term designs on Iraq. What we're going to witness this fall is an orgy of America-hatred.

(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
57 posted on 07/04/2005 12:10:41 AM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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To: Jon Alvarez
"Citing calls by progressive groups to respond carefully to the attacks, Mr. Rove said..."I don't know about you, but moderation and restraint is not what I felt when I watched the the twin towers crumble to the ground, a side of the Pentagon destroyed, and 3000 or our fellow citizens perish..."

You know, I was discussing this topic gingerly with a friend on the opposite side of the political spectrum, I guess he would identify with those "progressive" groups, and I think that this is something they just don't understand.

VietVet
58 posted on 07/04/2005 12:14:12 AM PDT by VietVet (I am old enough to know who I am and what I believe, and I 'm not inclined to apologize for any of)
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To: VietVet

ME: "As for anti-war protesters,it has to be expected. As in every war this country has fought, they always appear sooner or later."

YOU: "Only in ANSWER's case, they started holding protest *before* the war started. They are not so much against the current military operations in Iraq as they seem to be against anything and everything the US does."

Amem to that accurate analysis. Most far lefters are against anything that in the slightest appears as a wholesome, patriotic gesture. Their minds are clouded, their eyes full of thick scales, and their knees sore from kneeling to the socialist leaders of the world. They have no honor nor vision, no balance nor focus. Thank you for having served in uniform. I stand at attention and smartly salute you.
stay healthy


59 posted on 07/04/2005 2:00:05 PM PDT by Marine_Uncle (Honor must be earned)
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To: VietVet

sadly, those progressives will get us all killed...if they have their way. thank GOD for common sense prevailing amongst the American public.


60 posted on 07/05/2005 5:17:50 AM PDT by Jon Alvarez
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