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Veterans Organizations Plan Rally
Three veterans organizations are urging their members to rally in Washington, D.C. on March 17, 2007, to protect the Vietnam Veterans Memorial (The Wall) from antiwar protesters.
Billed as a protest marking the fourth anniversary of the start of the Iraq war's start and the 40th anniversary of a large march on the Pentagon against the Vietnam War, the March 17 event will commence near the memorial and end at the Pentagon. Protest organizers expect a large turnout.
The Military Order of the Purple Heart, Rolling Thunder and other veterans groups are promising to form a protective ring around the Wall, which they consider hallowed ground.
For more information, visit the Rolling Thunder website at
http://www.rollingthunder1.com/.
Pentagon March: Vets vs Protesters
In the shadow of Lincoln's massive temple the street was divided by a line of mounted police, keeping at bay the angry vets. I was bothered by their presence but, being from a family of decorated militairy veterans, I think I might know why they were pissed about our protest.
Nam vets were treated with disrespect when they returned to the states. They didn't deserve it. Any man who suffers through war in the service of his country deserves honor. From what I know of Nam, I think our military was trying to doing a good thing. We were there to stop an aggressive expansion of Communist imperialism. But herein lies the irony.
In Nam we were the defenders AGAINST imperialism. In Iraq, WE ARE the agressive imperialists. America might have stood on the moral high ground in previous wars. Even in Afghanistan, perhaps. But not in Iraq.
War in Iraq was started with a lie and, thanks to poor intel from Cheney's intelligence Cabal, didn't even let us establish a healthy Democracy (Oligarchy, whatever). I don't think it's working, unless the idea is to start a civil war between Muslim factions. But that's no good. Getting people to kill each other? Better than trying to kill us but it still sucks.
What doesn't suck is showing the rest of the world, including Arabs, that Americans are good people who want peace, hate imperialism, and think dead civilians in Iraq matter. That's why I was there. To help America by showing the rest of the world that we give a shit. Not to disrespect vets.
i hope nobody even thought about defacing memorials. I'd kick their ass myself.
Make A List
I am seeing in your message bri some of the same stuff I see on websites all over the Internet. Cheney this and Cheney that. Lie here and lie there. Imperialist this and imperialist that.
We had somebody on this forum last year writing things about how the United States is such an awful imperialist country but that person's support was a whole bunch of links to other sources. I don't think that person read anything that was not already in line with his already formed opinion.
Do you keep an open mind bri?
Do you read the news on Fox, or just CNN?
Do you read the news on the Times of London, or just BBC?
Do you read anything other than the negative stuff?
For example, have you ever read the MNFI newsletter?
And I have another question for you. If the leader of another country orders the assassination of the president of the United States what should we do about that?
