Posted on 10/27/2005 7:37:45 AM PDT by Brian Mosely
The following pictures were taken in San Francisco on October 26, 2005, at the rally "commemorating" the 2000th death of an American soldier in the Iraq War.
A minor imbroglio erupted few days earlier when the blogs littlegreenfootballs.com and michellemalkin.com made posts mocking the American Friends Service Committee's plans to politicize the 2000th death of an American soldier in the Iraq War, with both blogs describing the upcoming nationwide events as "parties." Many anti-war blogs (which were also politicizing this artificial "milestone") took deep umbrage at this ironic insult, venting their anger at both bloggers, and insisting that the comemmorative events would be somber and respectful.
I decided to check out the AFSC's "Not One More Death, Not One More Dollar" event in San Francisco to settle the dispute. Would the rally be a somber and respectful memorial to our troops -- or a fun and exciting "death party"?
You decide.
(Excerpt) Read more at zombietime.com ...
Exactly the same way.
When a soldier dies
A protester gloats
A family cries
An Iraqi votes
Are you sure this photo isn't from a millenium celebration?
Hey, great poem-puts the whole sit. in a nutshell.
I've been dealing with some lefties here on my college campus. One asked why we were still in there after so many soldiers had died
I felt like telling them to remember that 3,000 civilians died on 9-11-01, that the soldiers had signed up to do a job, that every death was tragic, but the men and women in our armed services know that there are risks to serving.
They weren't forced into the army, they made the choice to join, some of them wanting to see acutal combat after 9-11, and I honor them for that, as their sacrifice has brought freedom to the land of wood-chippers. I feel sorry for the families who have lost loved ones, but I will not, and can not condemn the war in Iraq. We should stay in until the job is done.
Great Poem--is it yours and can we repeat it?
That's good!
Thanks. I made it up in response to anti-war bumper sticker logic like "Bush Lied People Died". Please use it freely and don't bother to credit me for it.
But, but...... they are "concerned" about our service men and women.
And of course, at the same time they call them baby killers and terrorists and hope that they all die at the hands of the "freedom fighters" in Iraq.
Post the link please, this does not pass my smell test.
We discredit ourselves when we pass out this kind of BS.
If I am wrong, I will be more than happy to apologize to you......
And it's more than 5 years old.
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