The anti-war rallies around the country 9/24/05 were obviously not aimed at our soldiers. How can you have anything but the utmost respect for people of your own generation willing to give their life for the safety of our country?
What the majority of Americans now understand is that the civilian leadership has intentionally misled and incompetently handled this entire invasion/occupation in a way that is hard to describe except for 'criminal'.
It is not the military, or even war, that is objectional. I consider myself pacifist, but I recognize that national defense is an unavoidable reality. However... what is not just objectionable, but truly dangerous, is misleading the country into a war of aggression that violated international conventions and America's ideals, and then entangling our military assests in a nationalist insurgency. Meanwhile, our domestic situation is grim and our Treasury has been reduced to one big I.O.U. There needs to be complete and overwhelming opposition to this Administration's destructive policies. These protests and demonstrations are one step in holding the government leadership accountable for their failures.
Washington, DCWhat the majority of Americans now understand is that the civilian leadership has intentionally misled and incompetently handled this entire invasion/occupation in a way that is hard to describe except for 'criminal'.
It is not the military, or even war, that is objectional. I consider myself pacifist, but I recognize that national defense is an unavoidable reality. However... what is not just objectionable, but truly dangerous, is misleading the country into a war of aggression that violated international conventions and America's ideals, and then entangling our military assests in a nationalist insurgency. Meanwhile, our domestic situation is grim and our Treasury has been reduced to one big I.O.U. There needs to be complete and overwhelming opposition to this Administration's destructive policies. These protests and demonstrations are one step in holding the government leadership accountable for their failures.
• Pro-Peace: @100,000-300,000 People
• Pro-War: @200-400 People
"Please tell us more lies, Mr. President!!!!!""Blessed are the peacemakers,
for they will be called sons of God" (Matthew 5:9)
"War creates peace
like hate creates love."
- David Wilson
"Terrorism is the war of the poor,
War is the terrorism of the rich."
- Peter Ustinov
"A patriot must always be willing to defend
his country against his government."
- Edward Abbey
"Winning a thousand battles is not the supreme excellence.
The supreme excellence is to subdue the armies of your enemies
without even having to fight them."
- Sun Tzu
"If there is one principle more deeply rooted
in the mind of every American,
it is that we should have nothing to do with conquest."
- Thomas Jefferson
"I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can,
only as one who has seen
its brutality, its futility, its stupidity."
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
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