Posted on 10/28/2006 10:04:10 PM PDT by Kitten Festival
Today I went to the antiwar protests, over in Hollywood, to check out the scene. Compared to other antiwar rallies, this was small. It might have been put together hastily - I did not learn about it until yesterday. Still, ANSWER tends to attract many more people than this and they did have Cindy Sheehan as their headliner.
Without prejudice, I estimated there were only about 650 people at this one - I’ve been to the last three and this was the smallest of all. The ANSWER procession was led by a big billowing Venezuelan flag, followed by a Palestinian one, so you wouldn’t at first glance think this actually was a protest about the Iraq War. There were plenty of anti-Bush signs, too, which seemed to run through all groups as an energizer, but on the whole, there wasn’t all that much focus on Iraq. ...
I was amazed to hear speaker after speaker praise Hugo Chavez. I think the appeal of it is that he’s come out so strong against Bush - the common theme was hating Bush. I am starting to think the antiwar crowd is getting downright bored of the endless Iraq War ...
This was the first antiwar rally where Hugo Chavez figured so prominently. Yes, I saw Bolivarian circles there. People wore their regalia from their recent Sandalista trips to Venezuela. There definitely was that fashion-show quality at the rally, show how many exotic places you have been to in your attire. Meanwhile, one old guy gave me a free bottle of Citgo Venezuelan motor oil, pulling it out of a big paper bag. He urged me to buy Citgo and I assured him I would treasure the motor oil.
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it must be a sad existence to live in perpeptual hate of your fellow beings. hate for breakfast lunch, and dinner. a depressing bunch lol
And getting smaller, smaller, smaller ....
Thanks for your service.
You know, after seeing Obsession, I realize even more how insipid the anti-war movement really is. Do they really not get it? Do they really believe that leaving Iraq is honestly a good long-term strategy?
Not that I believe for one second that she's speaking "from her heart" here...but the sad fact is that those who truly believe that the conflict in Iraq is a mistake simply don't get the bigger picture. Iraq is merely the main front on the global war against terrorism. Bin Laden gets it.
Bush gets it but doesn't explain it as well or as often as he should. I hope that we the American people understand what's truly at stake not only in the Presidential elections, but in any election where there's a danger that the reigns could end up in the hands of those who think the appropriate response to Islamofascism is to cut and run when things get tough.
Very beautifully said. You know, I think this is what the vast majority of the American people understand. This would explain the sparse attendence at this antiwar rally even with the 'star' power (to them) of Sheehan. I think most people know that Iraq is a war that we can't run from, we have to win it. That's why only the fringe is present at this rally even though logically they should be ascendent. They just aren't - they are shriveling faster than anyone realizes. Even THEY are bored of the war.
She is gonna pop someday. Most likely off herself.
Your question is ambiguous. Do mean to ask if they believe it's good for America, or good for their side?
Wait a minute! I thought there was a great blue tide of Bush hatred out there. That this bunch couldn't even get 1,000 to come out and hear the darling of the anti-war, anti-Bush set in loony-left Hollyweird speaks volumes.
"anti-Bush set in loony-left Hollyweird speaks volumes."
Ya think that maybe the loonies are not as popular as the lefties want us to think?
Ya think?
You know I had to stop and think about what you said here for a moment...and when I did, I realized how truly profound it is.
For leftist idealogues like Cindy Sheehan and Michael Moore, the Iraqi Front in the Global War on Terrorism [notice how I did not and never EVER again will say "The Iraq War"] is merely a weapon that they use to, in their mind, discredit the president because they hate him just that much.
They don't understand the stakes. They don't get that their necks are quite literally on the line. If their side wins (DEAR GOD ALMIGHTY...PLEASE FORBID), their victory will be truly Pyrrhic because the Islamofascists will have their "proof" that the United States does not have the stomach to stand up to them. Their tactics of death and destruction will have prevailed and they will be empowered to continue their campaign.
Do the Leftists really and truly believe that the war will end with us out of Iraq? That kind of foolish naivety can only have devastating consequences...because our retreating the primary front in this war will not end it, merely relocate it closer to home.
But then they don't believe that we are in a real war...just a fake one concocted by Bush to steal oil from the poor Iraqis and propel the American mission of global domination. To the leftists, we're the problem.
So to answer your question, I believe that it is a brilliant strategy for their side and for anyone else who actively supports the destruction of western civilization.
I hope the burka she'll be forced to wear under Sharia law chafes her skin something fierce. I know...I'm petty, aren't I? :)
They are bored with President Bush too. They need someone new to hate.
Man, that's a sexy women!
The rest of America has jobs.
Leftist jerks. They can all emigrate to Venezuela for all I care, this country will be better off. Idiots.
It was broiling hot and people were getting sunburned very rapidly. They all gathered to one shadowed spot near the truck where it was cooler, but also easy to count them. There were some ‘gold star mothers’ among the protestors, but few young people of draft age. I heard one saying to a pal that the young were so attracted to the military life, it was really hard for a good mom to stop them - she had a 16-year old at home and just really hoped she could dissuade him from joining the Marines like her 19-year old did. But she unwittingly was giving mixed message - the fanny pack she was carrying bore the bright red USMC logo, so I don’t know what she was thinking would dissuade her kid. Antiwar military moms were a small group - I only saw three; Code Pink was there - again, in very small numbers, only about three, too; some Korean activists were there, some Filipino Moro guerrilla supporters were there, a scrum of Hare Krishnas were there, dancing away, the Greens were a presence - there were about eight of them there; Palestinian scarves were in abundance and about two or three young women looked Arabic among them; I didn’t see any punk rockers or goths like I did last time. There was a young woman who went topless and painted her nipples like rainbows - and since she was saggy she wasn’t exactly photogenic. There were plenty of old people and 60s backwashers, too - two showed up in Vietnamese rice-farmer conical hats, no doubt fresh from a trip to Vietnam they’d taken to relive the good old days.
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