Posted on 01/28/2007 5:37:22 PM PST by kristinn
I'm angry. I'm angry at the 'antiwar' protesters who heaped abuse on our troops. And I'm angry at the people who couldn't be bothered to stand up for our troops yesterday.
Tens of thousands of anti-American leftists and their dupes marched on our nation's capital calling for America's defeat in the war on terror in Iraq.
Only about forty people could be bothered to turn out in support of America's victory in Iraq. Among those forty was a civilian POW held by the North Vietnamese communists and several Iraq war veterans--including wounded warriors who left the hospital to stand up for their brothers in arms on the home front.
Why did former POW Mike Benge and Iraq vet Joshua Sparling only find a few dozen people willing to stand with them? Why, as the anti-American left is heading toward repeating their victory in Vietnam, are so many people sitting on their asses and doing nothing to stop them?
Why, when Joshua Sparling was spat on, cursed at and threatened by 'peace marchers', were there so few people there to defend his honor?
Why was Jane Fonda allowed to desecrate the Navy Memorial and only face token opposition?
Why did Mike Benge see thousands more people showing up to cheer Jane Fonda than there were to denounce her?
Those who were there to support these patriots will be posting their observations and photos on this thread. I've said my piece.
You left off the /sarcasm
At least I'm hoping that you did.
Please tell me you did.
Yep..and if you want big turn our you will have to follow the model of the enemy....offer low cost rides on big "party" buses to DC for "sightseeing" and get a celebrity to turn out.
I'm sure someone can organize this quickly on the web and link to all the Conservative blogs.
It can't be done on just the web though, there will have to be real paper flyers passed out on the campuses.
free dixie,sw
All the liberals have to do is climb out of their parents basements and hop on a Soros bus. Normal people have jobs and families they just can't "quit".
Social handouts allow the left to do anything any time they want, and the pro-Americans are forced to support them while they do it.
We desperately need social program reform. These people should be off the streets and earning their own keep, instead of biting the very hands that feed and protect them.
Well said.
They sure seem to have an "impact" on the media and the Congress.
But I told myself it probably didn't matter, one person against some moonbats in a Jersey Shore town and slept in.
Turns out that two people showed up to demonstarte against the moonbats, an Iraq war widow and her baby. I very much regret letting that woman do that alone with her child. I've contacted the media who covered her and organizations like the Gold Star Mothers to try and contact her so I could apologize.
So as far as their rallies go, it was only 40% the size of their "big rally".
Webb: Protestors signify public united against Iraq War plan
Virginia Democratic Sen Jim Webb said protestors who flooded the streets of the District Saturday represented a public more unified against the course of the war in Iraq than during the Vietnam War protests during the late 1960' and early '70s.
So much for your ice cream theory.
Those guys are the ones that told Josh Sparling they were going to come back with a gun and shoot him.
For all those who use this "excuse" may I offer a novel idea? Use your vacation time to attend the rallys! (I do.) Bring your children with you, let them see the democratic process in action! One Freeper brought his 7 year old to Walter Reed this Friday;we've had other youngsters. For me, one of the saddest experience of this weekend (in addition to the hideously low turnout of conservative supporters) was the number of young children--5 and up holding signs. Sure they didn't fully understand what they were doing, but they were learning from their parents to put into practice their beliefs. If you truly can't travel to a rally, start SOMETHING near you.
Dear AZZHAT - Joshua Sparling was there of his own volition. He wheeled himself from Massachusetts Ave and North Capitol St NW to the hill (I walked with him). Joshua was there with his friends and family. kristinn had nothing to do with his presence.
I look forward to your future after action reports. Please be sure to ping me.
It's a thought.
If they go to college, the university usually or often pays for it from the student fees.
Could you work with Sean Hannity to put something on a national scale together?
ditto that...it's a good day to die and I'll defend any man or woman spit on while having served or serving.
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