Vacaville Stop of Pro-Troop Bus Tour (update from Move America Forward)

The “We Support Our Troops And Their Mission” Bus Tour continued Monday in Vacaville, California, with a raucous rally in front of the Vacaville Veterans Hall. About 100 people showed up to see Move America Forward co-founder Melanie Morgan and Marine Mom Deborah Johns speak. Also joining the tour was Gold-Star Dad Joseph Williams, who resides in Vacaville. Joseph’s son, Michael, died in combat in Operation Iraqi Freedom.

The Vacaville stop was particularly important, as it is also the home of anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan, who has been making headlines with anti-military comments in recent months. This past week she called for a withdrawal of the occupation forces from Iraq and New Orleans. (Yes, Cindy Sheehan attacked our military men and women who are helping out the reliefs efforts in New Orleans!)

Patricia King, of Suisun came out with her granddaughter Veronica. Mrs. King’s husband and brothers are all in the military and loves that there is a rally for them. “The more bodies at these events, the better,” she said. “Even if all you do is come out and wave a little flag, it’s worthwhile.” Asked why she brought her granddaughter, she said, “Because I want to help raise her right.”

Curtis Cardwell, his wife Christina, and their two children Jacob and Jillian also came out. He emphasized that while he mourns Cindy Sheehan’s loss, she does not speak for them. He wanted to ensure that Iraq is not turned into another Vietnam.

Also speaking was Solano County Supervisor Mike Reagan. Mr. Reagan has been supporting the pro-troop movement for some time now and spent twenty-eight years in the Air Force.

Your article says "support our troops and the mission". Do you know what the mission is? I did, several times, but each time we find out that something/someone is not there, the mission changes. I was just curious what this week's/month's mission is. I feel I have a right to know since I have three Marines, one son, one daughter in law, and one 'almost' son in law.

The mission has been the same since the beginning. To leave Iraq with an opportunity to be a 'free' nation, although it will take generations for the horror and memories of Saddam Hussein's brutal regime, based on Stalinism, to fade into history. In the end it's up to the Iraqis to make it happen and I think they will.

It's great that your son, daughter in-law and son-in-law have chosen the mission of serving our country of their own free will. This next greatest generation made that choice, not their friends, co-workers or family. I salute them for it.

Just a small part of the overall mission... the discovery of trenches of full of women still holding their newborns. The women were executed with a shot to the face and according the the international forensic teams that surveyed the site determined that the babies died by suffocation while being buried in dirt as the bulldozers plowed them over or by having their living bodies crushed to death by the tracks of those same bulldozers.

I can go on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on, etc., etc., etc., etc.

Biggest mistake so far in the mission of Iraqi Freedom... not dropping a grenade first down Saddam's 'spider hole'. That's one of the main reasons, never talked about, that we are still facing down the remnants of Saddam's multi-layered organizations of brutality that he used to keep the majority of Iraqis in check. The fact that Saddam is still alive gives the former regime henchmen hope that Saddam will return to power if they outlast our military and coalition partners. That will not happen on President George W. Bush's watch.

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