Posted on 09/22/2005 7:08:05 PM PDT by Doctor Raoul
War Protests Will Devastate Morale Says VFW Chief WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- News reports about a large anti-war rally in Washington this weekend are deeply troubling to the new national commander of the nation's largest organization of combat veterans, the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. "Our concern isn't with fellow Americans exercising their First Amendment rights to be heard," said Jim Mueller, the VFW's new commander-in-chief. "Our concern is how their political protest messages will be perceived by the 2.2 million American military personnel who protect and defend those freedoms daily," he explained. "Our concern is for the millions of military family members who are standing strong at home while their loved ones are in harm's way. And our concern is that these protests will divide America just as they did in the 1960s." Four decades ago, America turned its back on an entire generation of servicemen and women because the country couldn't disassociate the war from the warrior. Returning troops from Vietnam were told to change into civilian clothes before mustering out because "peace" protesters would assault them verbally and physically. Veterans were made to feel ashamed of their military service because, in the public's eyes, theirs was an unpopular war. Mueller, a Vietnam veteran from O'Fallon, Mo., said no war is popular -- most especially to those doing the fighting -- and the decision to commit the military is not one that's taken lightly by the White House or Congress. "Our nation was viciously attacked on Sept. 11, 2001, by armed terrorists who continue to have no political agenda other than to kill as many freedom- loving people as possible," he said. "I will leave it to the historians to decide whether our actions in Afghanistan and Iraq and elsewhere have made America a safer place," he said, "but one thing I will say, however, is that ours has never been a country to turn the other cheek or one that sits idly by while others suffer. History has proven that America can be your best friend or your worst nightmare; the choice is yours." All 2.4 million members of the VFW and its Auxiliaries understand there's a price to freedom that only those who have worn the uniform understand. And that America has remained great for 229 years because of the service and sacrifice of generations of ordinary people who donned the uniform of our country and performed extraordinary deeds on behalf of all citizens." The political protesters of the '60s didn't end their war and neither will this new generation. They will, however, achieve the same result: they will devastate troop morale," he said. "Morale means everything on the field of battle, but good morale starts at home, and that's why the VFW is so concerned with this weekend's protest and those that are occurring elsewhere, most notably outside Walter Reed Army Medical Center," he said. "These protesters need to channel their energies into helping America stay great and not by driving a wedge back into a country that has provided phenomenal support to its military since the first Gulf War."
SOURCE Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S.
Web Site: http://www.vfw.org
bunp
I really hate them pinkos.
"History has proven that America can be your best friend or your worst nightmare; the choice is yours."
LOVE IT!
Keep up the good work in DC and elsewhere. I can't make it to DC this weekend, but hope to be able to help out there very soon.
Looking forward to seeing you again.
At the same time, lets credit our brave men and women for the adults that they are. They are aware of the seditionists and disloyal left-wing forces and fruit cakes who are working here at home for the enemy. And that includes a totally disloyal MSM.
Turning the other cheek is just the kind of hippie, liberal sentiment we need to get out American culture.
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Wouldn't be surprised if they gave money to code pink.
Now Code Pink has gotten the VFW PO'd at them about their "vigils" at WRAMC. (I guess the VFW isn't convinced by the Code PinkOs' "statement of support", either.)
Thank you VFW !!
Ah, in case they haven't noticed, the left has been doing that since 2000. (okay, since 1776)
I agree with another poster here, I hate Pinkos! :-)
Thank you VFW!!! BUMP
This is good news. Where is the American Legion.
It would take a crowd 10 times the size of theirs to get an even number reported by the MSM.
Absolutely! Code Pink is aiding the enemy by pysch ops against our troops outside a military hospital.
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Thank you VFW!!! BUMP
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