Posted on 03/15/2008 6:38:31 PM PDT by NavyCanDo
About 150 people -- those opposed to the Iraq War and those supporting it -- gathered noisily outside a Tacoma Mall office building on Saturday.
A group known as World Can't Wait had organized an anti-war protest to mark the coming fifth anniversary of the Iraq War. But long before their protest was scheduled to begin, counter-protesters arrived.
The counter-protesters surrounded an office building that houses military recruiting offices, which anti-war protesters had said they planned to "shut down." They shouted "God bless our troops" and waved American flags.
(Excerpt) Read more at king5.com ...
At The mall it was business as usual, full of shoppers stimulating the economy with their hard earned dollars. If the protesters goal was to interrupt commerce, they failed miserably. They also failed to shut down the recruiting office. The office they were in front of was closed anyway. The Army recruiter around the corner of the building was open for business, and even gave out donuts and coffee for the Support the Troops people. And for the military being ordered to stay away? No Way! There were many many young men walking around with military haircuts, many of who walked over and thanked us for what we were doing, several even staying with us. Many more of their families honked as they drove by our line of flags. And the Police did a fantastic job keeping the ant-war goons confined to a small area near the recruiting station, making sure they could not block access to the opened office or cross onto Mall property.
My message the anti-military punks is this: Tacoma is a Military town, and damn proud of them. Go protest some place else you losers.
Thanx for the post.
Ping. You were there. Post your observations.
Way to go, Navy. This is great news. Thanks for the post and for being there.
Thank you BUMP!
Pictures? ;”)
Thanks for posting this, and thanks for your service.
I read your Freep page...that was a wonderful tribute to your dad. They were great men, those men of that generation. We owe it to them to live up to the standard they set...
Nice job folks ! God bless each and everyone who took the time to be out there. I know it is very hard for some of us as unlike the lefties, we have jobs. These fine defenders of our freedom deserve every avaliable ounce of love and support we can give !
Thanks for being there!
Thanks for the post and what you and others did today. Sounds like a big success!
Nice work bump.
Lol, one of my kids went to UW, another might - they say this is par for the course up there, the instructors actually encourage these moonbats to protest.
Thank you for being out there! Good show.
I didn't take any, but do watch the King5 video on the link. The news did a fair job, except when they said there was no real difference between the two groups - That was BS. Few of them looked like normal decent people. Many went for the anarchist look, with scarves over their faces and black hooded sweater shirts, that sort of thing.
But the news saying the counter protesters out numbered the protesters was music to the ears. I was not expecting to hear that.
“Lol, one of my kids went to UW, another might “
The UW is bad, but nothing compared to Evergreen State in Olympia where most of these came from.
Evergreen State... Nazi U.
Good for you! Did you get a reaction when you left?
Great job!!
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