Posted on 03/15/2008 8:53:29 AM PDT by NavyCanDo
TACOMA, Wash. Local military families are being advised to avoid the Tacoma Mall March 15 as local groups plan to protest the Iraq War.
The group "World Can't Wait" is organizing protests at a recruiting station near the mall to mark the fifth anniversary of the war.
But warnings to stay away have been going out to military families for days now - including one from Fort Lewis seeking to prevent a clash between protestors and military families.
Maggie Loveless, a spokesperson for the World Can't Wait, says this is going to be a big, non violent protest designed to shut the recruiting center down.
"Military recruiters are indoctrinating people They're luring young people in. College students, high school students. In particular poor and minority students," she said. "Into their military to commit war crimes."
(Excerpt) Read more at king5.com ...
That's the key to showing where we're really coming from, and to discern ourselves from the feel-good Kumbaya crowd.
"And the mission" draws the line in the sand.
It's wonderful to see so many Patriots gathered and overwhelmed the protesters.
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