U.S. troops plan to attend Iraq protest – (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070126/ap_on_go_ot/iraq_protest_1)
(snip) – WASHINGTON - A small number of active military troops will take part in Saturday's rally in Washington against the Iraq war, co-founders of an active-duty protest group say.
One of the founders of Appeal for Redress, Navy Petty Officer Jonathan Hutto (John Effin Kerry II), said he planned to speak at the protest on the National Mall. Hutto is a sailor aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt, currently at Norfolk, Va.
United For Peace and Justice, an anti-war coalition of 1,400 organizations, said the protest could draw tens of thousands of demonstrators in all.
Hutto and Liam Madden, a Marine sergeant who received his discharge Jan. 20, founded Appeal for Redress, an organization of 1,200 active-duty personnel and veterans who favor a U.S. withdrawal from Iraq.
Hutto said 60 percent of the members have been in Iraq operations. He said he was on the Roosevelt off Iraq from September 2005 through March 2006. Madden said he was in Anbar Province from September 2004 to February 2005.
Hutto estimated more than a dozen individuals on active duty would attend Saturday.
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Hope they throw Hutto in the brig!
Being on a Carrier off Iraq isnt exactly like being in Iraq.
That's more accurate.
There were around a dozen active duty, as well as wounded warriors on our side, too.
They were spat on, called killers and viciously taunted by the rabid hate mongers.