Antiwar protests all over the US
Kentucky.com has this report on the antiwar protests in America:
"This is a war of aggression," said Ed McManus, 54, a Marin County resident who served in the Navy during the Vietnam War but only recently began protesting the Iraq War. "Bush has admitted by his actions and his deeds that he is a war criminal."9News.com has news that a demonstration of around 2-300 people in Colorado, led to a confrontation not far from the state capital:
"We want George Bush to hear us," cried one of the speakers. "No more war! No more war!" That statement set off a rhythmic chant among the crowd that could be heard across Lincoln, Broadway, and Civic Center Park. A counter-demonstration, in support of the Bush administration and the war in Iraq, was planned for the courtyard in front of the City and County Building, but was poorly attended. Roger Hale, one of just three demonstrators, said only a smattering of people showed up and didn't stay long.Meanwhile, the Wilmington Star reports that around 3000 people turned up for a protest at Fort Bragg:
The demonstration in a town where life revolves around the sprawling Army base, home to the Army's Green Berets and the elite 82nd Airborne Division, was met by about 100 opponents waving American flags and banners.SFGate has this report on thousands turning out to demonstrate in San Francisco:
The San Francisco march drew protesters from throughout Northern California who carried mock coffins draped in American flags, images of maimed Iraqi children and umbrellas with peace signs. Drummers marched alongside protesters with signs bearing messages such as "Un-happy Anniversary USA," "Impeach Bush" and "military recruiters lie, our children die." "It's clear that the American public doesn't support this war," said David Mandel, 53, a lawyer from Sacramento. "As far as I'm concerned, there's an undercurrent of real dissatisfaction that hasn't found an outlet."And 2000 protesters descended on Hollywood to demonstrate against the illegal invasion and continued occupation of Iraq, according to ABC7:
"Everything has been peaceful," according to Harris, who estimated the crowd size at about 2,000 people. She said the turnout was "substantially reduced" from the size of previous anti-war demonstrations in Hollywood. The march took place under overcast skies, with a chance of rain through the afternoon.See all recent "A Logical Voice" posts
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Do They Still Protest WWII?
March 18, 2005
by Joe Mariani
March 20, 2005 will mark the second anniversary of the invasion of Iraq. The war lasted only three weeks before Saddam dropped out of sight and into a spider-hole... but for some hopefuls, it will never end. I'm not talking about the Ba'athist thugs who plot and struggle to regain the power -- built on fear and murder -- that they held over the Iraqi people for so long. I'm talking about the looney anti-war Left, who will spend the next few weeks continuing to protest a war that toppled a dictator, ended decades of evil tyranny and brutality, freed and gave hope to tens of millions, began the spread of democracy throughout the Middle East... and ended almost as quickly as it began. Yes, they're protesting a war that's already over.
When you think about it, it's almost laughable -- when it's not pitiful, that is. Caught in the grip of rabid Bush-hatred, these so-called "progressives" ignore all signs of long hoped-for progress in the Middle East to excoriate its author for bringing it about! Elections and free speech in countries that (in many cases) have never known such things fail to impress the "Not In Our Name" crowd. Where will these "anti-war" folks be in a few decades? It's as if there were still people actively protesting US involvement in WWII, even in light of the fact that Hitler is gone, the world is safe from the threat of Nazi domination and Germany has become a peaceful democracy. Imagine how ridiculous they would sound.
CARTHAGE, TUNISIA -- Carrying signs saying, "End The US Occupation of Germany" and, "War Is Not The Answer," the seven remaining members of Peace For Our Time, a group that once numbered in the dozens, have gathered once again. The group continues its protest against US involvement in World War II, at the spot on which it began 63 years ago in 1942.
"There was never any reason to invade Tunisia," said 82-year-old PFOT founder Scott Whiteflag, weakly shaking a fist in the air. "No Tunisians ever attacked America! We should have stayed at home and taken care of our own problems! The only people who attacked us were the Japanese, and Roosevelt didn't do nearly enough to find out why they hated us and offer them our apologies. Instead of trying to find a means of peaceful coexistence with Nazi Germany, a country that had never attacked us, he rashly led the country into an elective war based on lies about a German invasion of America. Roosevelt lied, and people died!"
The group Peace For Our Time takes its name from the statement made by Neville Chamberlain in 1938, after negotiating with Adolf Hitler. "My good friends, for the second time in our history, a British Prime Minister has returned from Germany bringing peace with honour. I believe it is peace for our time. Go home and get a nice quiet sleep." The group contends that Hitler was open to diplomacy and was "contained."
"We had no right to interfere with their culture," an unidentified member of the group insisted. "All those martial displays and Jew-killing was part of their heritage, and our unwanted interference just wasn't right. Just because we didn't agree with their laws against Jews, Slavs and Gypsies doesn't mean we had the right to go over there and invade a sovereign nation like that. Who died and made America the boss?"
"Of course Hitler was a bad person," said a grandmotherly woman named Ruth, "and it's a good thing he was removed from power -- don't get us wrong there! However, we protest the manner in which we were misled into the war, and the hundreds of thousands of American dead!" Ruth also accused General Patton of committing war crimes against the German people, and demanded that he be posthumously stripped of his rank as well as his decorations and awards.
Another member of the group whose walker bore a taped-on sign reading, "Containment Was Working!" collapsed at that moment.
"Poor Charlie!" exclaimed Ruth. "Now only the six of us are left to protest the way Mr. Roosevelt pushed us into war with his filthy Lend-Lease Act."
For the last sixty years, Whiteflag and his group have been funded by a cartel of Swiss bankers living in Argentina.
Joe Mariani
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Joe Mariani is a computer consultant born and raised in New Jersey. He lives in Pennsylvania, where the gun laws are less restrictive and taxes are lower. Joe always thought of himself as politically neutral until he saw how far left the left had really gone after 9/11. His essays and links to articles are available at http://guardian.blogdrive.com/.
Anonymous, perhaps you don't remember the reasons we were all given for invading Iraq. It was apparently all to do with those weapons of mass destruction, remember those? Perhaps you don't know that the war is ongoing, with people still being killed daily. Maybe the pro peace demonstrators do not like being lied to, and seeing so many people dying, of course the anti peace people don't really care about that.
A red herring oped is the best you can give us? Please.
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