You rang?
Posted on 09/23/2005 2:54:12 PM PDT by GianniV
WASHINGTON - Hundreds of thousands of anti-war protesters will descend on the nation's capital this weekend, demanding that Congress and President Bush withdraw American soldiers from Iraq.
Yet as Washington girded for three days of demonstrations, President Bush promised yesterday to remain firm in his support of the war effort.
In remarks delivered at the Pentagon, the president said Americans who want to withdraw troops from Iraq to escape violence have "good intentions, but their position is wrong."
"To leave Iraq now," Mr. Bush said, "would be to repeat the costly mistakes of the past that led to the terrorist attacks of September the 11th, 2001."
"The battle lines are drawn, and there is no middle ground," the president said. "Either we defeat the terrorists and help the Iraqis build a working democracy, or the terrorists will impose their dark ideology on the Iraqi people and make that country a source of terror and instability to come for decades."
This weekend's "mobilization" against the war in Iraq is being organized by a New York-based anti-war coalition, United for Peace and Justice, which has staged similar gatherings in the past. UFPJ will be joined by a constellation of left-leaning anti-war organizations from across the country, ranging from ANSWER to Code Pink to the U.S. Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation.
Unofficial anti-Israel events are scheduled to begin this evening, but the major festivities will kick off with a rally at the Ellipse tomorrow morning. From there, demonstrators are scheduled to parade around Washington, past the White House. Tomorrow evening brings an "Operation Ceasefire" concert, and Sunday's activities will include training in "non-violent resistance" for those who plan to participate in Monday's act of "massive non-violent direct action at the White House," according to the weekend's schedule.
(Excerpt) Read more at nysun.com ...
"We're a country of 300 million people," Mr. Taylor said. "They're only going to draw 100,000. That's not very impressive ... 100,000 people go to football games every weekend, and they pay more money to do it."
Of course, the media will report that "millions" attended and were all from "diverse" walks of life.
You rang?
wishful thinking....
Too close to dinner.
Cute! *Barf*
In your dreams, moonbats!
I want to go real bad, but there are only Acella tickets back this way, and I cant see spending almost 250 on train tix. My car is a piece of crap, too.
...and a crab feast!
Nice.
I doubt that they'll get a 100,000 but the media will say it's a 100,000.
I remember when President Bush went to London and the turnout by the bats wasn't that great. BBC started really hyping the demonstration and magically the number was what the organizers predicted. How do I know, because the BBC told me so.
It's a shame the Park Police don't do counts anymore. This allows the media to lie about the crowd size. In this case, they'll work with the organizers.
I really hate the media.
Um, are these photos from a History Book of the 60s?????? And the President is in Texas?? Good place to get away.
"UNSHAVEN ARMPIT ALERT"
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You mean they're expecting a bunch of French women? :)
That looks like unshaven belly button alert as well. I gotta go barf now.
Say what you will about President Bush. In the war on terror,when the going gets tough, he doesn't go wobbly.
Did anyone tell them the gubment don't work on the weekends? I'm sure they will kill the hurricane coverage to cover this. LOL
UnAmerican scum of the earth.
And yet not one of them bothered to go to Galveston and Houston to pick up busloads of evacuees to protest uncaring Bush.
Mna that chick looks like she put away more beer than I did at that age.
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