Hmmmm....
Posted on 01/27/2007 1:27:10 PM PST by Jim Robinson
Edited on 01/27/2007 2:17:21 PM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
Tens of thousands of demonstrators from across the country converged on the Mall in Washington today to urge the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq as President Bush is proposing to send more troops in an effort to stabilize the country.
The enthusiastic crowd was generally good natured and orderly, waving hundreds of colorful placards and chanting slogans such as "Not another day, not another dollar" and "This is what democracy looks like."
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Across the street, however, was a counter-protest, staged by the Washington chapter of the conservative organization FreeRepublic.com. Those protesters, who organizers said feared that the antiwar march would hurt the U.S. anti-terror efforts, yelled and sported signs, such as one that read, "Go to hell traitors. You dishonor our dead on hallowed ground."
At least one veteran from the Iraq war tried to bridge the divide between the groups. Cpl. Joshua Sparling, 25, from Port Huron, Mich., who lost his right leg below the knee in an 2005 explosion in Ramadi, spoke to both groups.
Near the end of the CodePink rally, Sparling, a patient at Walter Reed Army Medical Hospital who used crutches to walk, went to the microphone and told the protesters that they are entitled to the right to demonstrate and must fight for what they believe in. But he reminded them that the situation is dire for many Iraqis and U.S. troops there believe that they are fighting to help provide a better option for the people of Iraq. He was rewarded with general applause, although a few feint boos could be heard.
When he finished, he walked across the street and spoke with the FreeRepublic group also.
I want to see them protesting in Baghdad, myself.
I'm sure all the insurgents/terrorists will be glad to join in the fun!
To the DC FReepers, thank you from the GA FReepers.
Remember, this is a PROPOGANDA WAR, and we are losing....
Some posts from a SINGLE yahoo board, in just the last 30 minutes....
-Amerika Is A Failed State (Not rated) 9 minutes ago It cannot survive without warfare.
-The USSA Can't Survive Without Warfare (Not rated) 6 minutes ago Both military industrial complexes must have a steady diet of death and destruction.
-Don't let dick get me, lol (1 Rating)
This country has learned to be afraid... of Dick Cheney. The number one reason a significant minority of Americans still hesitates to get behind impeachment of Bush is fear of Dick Cheney.
-America's Terrorist CIA!, The Most Evil of Terrorists!.
NOTHING is ever offered to back these accusations up, it's a battle of Sound bites, and easily shouted slogans. And IT WORKS...
Until we grow the stones to confront these treasonous idiots DIRECTLY, we will continue to lose....
-America Is Nothing To Be Proud Of!!! (1 Rating)
Just Think! We Started With Genocide, Went To Slavery, Then Predjudice. We Had Tammany Hall, Smoot-Hawley, and Lynch-Laws. Our CIA Has A Record of Slaughter In Every Corner of The Globe. Murdered Kennedys and Martin Luthr King. America Is So Fucking Fat It Could Burn Fat Americans For Energy....White-Trash Voted In This Bush Piece of Shit, This Country Is Satan's Poster of Temptation and Filth!!!.
You think? Because I think they really didn't want to catch something contagious from her! :-)
Hmmmm....
That pic (the one from today) reminded me of the Rachel Corrie flag burning picture.
Mnay times this number gathered fgor pro-life last week, and did we see any reporting of that demonstration?
Could be, but the single police officers I know, (and having been one before), would more be more than glad to take the opportunity to show her what a real man is like, and then walk away. I had several buddies on the force years ago in the 70's who enjoyed doing just that with wing-nut hippy chicks, repeatedly.
tens of thousands.....
Maybe it would bring them out in the open where our people could find them easier. They are always hiding behind women that are holding babies.
Wat's up with Kucinish??
He got married recently!
Is he now trolling for super young nubiles??
PERVERT!
That chickie sure does get around, doesn't she?
My late step-father (served in the Army in Korea and Vietnam) became a sheriff's deputy after he got out of the military and pretty much had the same opinion! :-)
Who are they for? The Islamists killing our troops.
Are they against Iraqi democracy?
What are they protesting? If they want peace then the U.S. has to stay. But perhaps they want to see another Vietnam type
holocaust.
I'll never understand how they claim to be peace protestors.
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