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Actually the peace vigilers are not only high school and college students, but also lawyers, librarians, teachers, accountants, pastors, horticulturalists, artists, and yes, veterans. Our average age is probably 40. It is not helpful to be disingenuous in this conversation by misrepresenting and then discounting the opinions of those with whom you disagree.
2. I have on several occassions joined the men and women supporting our troops. Many are veterans themselves or have family members serving in Iraq. The anti war protesters are usually very young high school or college kids. I have yet to meet a veteran among the group. They speak of peace, but yet have no knowledge of war. The young soldiers who put it on the line everday in Iraq and Afganistan are the best qualified to speak of peace, having earned that right by fire.
3. The anti-war protesters are very supportive of the veterans - in fact several are veterans themselves. It is the 'contras' who don't understand the constitution and how fitting it is to honor the rights supported by our dead military at a memorial for them. Since the anti Iraq war protest started they have honored the war dead by trying to get current military personnel out of an illegal war. Many of the people who drive by think it's all one protest against the war. The 'contras' actually have been a big help in recruiting more peace mongers. The Montrose anti war group is one of the fastest growing in the area.
4. I have driven by these two groups of protesters many times and regardless of how you feel about the issue, you have to take a moment to realize that it's only in a great country like ours that two opposing sides of a heated issue can protest without violence, arrests or Government intervention. We have the right to do it, to voice our opinions. Isn't that what so many of our boys in the military died for. I say go ahead, protest at the memorial. It's a right our founding fathers fought for and many people around the world do not have the right to do. It should cause us to think.
5. Nobody disagrees with the protestors right to protest. Please have the decency to do so at a location away from the memorial to our nation's fallen soldiers. If you want to gather there for the purpose of honoring these men and women, I will bring my own flag and support you. Otherwise, please do not involve them.
6. At Memorial Day events I've attended at our memorial there are always things said that I disagree with. That we must fight in Iraq (as in Vietnam), to defend ourselves/our freedoms, that we invaded Iraq due to 9-11, that we must support a false or futile mission to support our troops -- lies, not divergent opinions, esp. shameful when uttered by public officials who should know better. Yet I have no fear of the flag being dishonored. I have too much respect for the strength of our country's founding principles, symbolized by the flag.
7. If you support the troops as you say you do then support us by supporting our mission. You don't know how much you hurt morale by your ignorance. Talk to a veteran and ask him/her how they feel about it. You may just be surprised. If you think of us as war mongers remember that no one wants peace as much as we do (the ones actually doing the fighting). We are a volunteer military and all of the new boots signed up after 9-11, and the saltier guys reenlisted to go back and fight. Do not go back to a Sept. 10th mentality. I will Never Forget and unfortunately I will Never Forgive those who attacked us on Sept. 11th.
8. Wow, I think I discovered the 28% who still support Bush and think this country is headed in the right direction. They live in Montrose. If you voted for Bush you should apologize to the rest of us, be ashamed and keep your mouth shut. You've scrwed up enough stuff already. I know you have fewer targets to bash now, but please leave the protestors alone. They're at least showing some guts. Americans don't want to lose more good Americans like those vets. We want peace. I'll always defend America, but I won't die for greedy lying politicians.
9. divide and conquer war tactics are nothing new. Thanks Bushy who never served his country until he was inserted into the peoples house. The truth will win in the end. If it is about winning with the bullies.
10. Abby Hoffman said: "You measure democracy by the it gives its dissidents, not the freeedom it gives its assimilated conformists." This is a poignant quote now because 40 years later, we find ourselves at the same crossroads we thought we left behind. But times are different, and protesting the war does not mean hating the troops. The current administration has made our troops scapegoats more than any protester could. Blind allegiance to bad policy is not patriotism in any sense that George Washington, Samuel Adams or Thomas Jefferson would have recognized.
Submitted by: Paige, Montrose
2. I have on several occassions joined the men and women supporting our troops. Many are veterans themselves or have family members serving in Iraq. The anti war protesters are usually very young high school or college kids. I have yet to meet a veteran among the group. They speak of peace, but yet have no knowledge of war. The young soldiers who put it on the line everday in Iraq and Afganistan are the best qualified to speak of peace, having earned that right by fire.
Submitted by: Chuck D. La Crescenta
3. The anti-war protesters are very supportive of the veterans - in fact several are veterans themselves. It is the 'contras' who don't understand the constitution and how fitting it is to honor the rights supported by our dead military at a memorial for them. Since the anti Iraq war protest started they have honored the war dead by trying to get current military personnel out of an illegal war. Many of the people who drive by think it's all one protest against the war. The 'contras' actually have been a big help in recruiting more peace mongers. The Montrose anti war group is one of the fastest growing in the area.
Submitted by: Sharon W
4. I have driven by these two groups of protesters many times and regardless of how you feel about the issue, you have to take a moment to realize that it's only in a great country like ours that two opposing sides of a heated issue can protest without violence, arrests or Government intervention. We have the right to do it, to voice our opinions. Isn't that what so many of our boys in the military died for. I say go ahead, protest at the memorial. It's a right our founding fathers fought for and many people around the world do not have the right to do. It should cause us to think.
Submitted by: Suzanne
5. Nobody disagrees with the protestors right to protest. Please have the decency to do so at a location away from the memorial to our nation's fallen soldiers. If you want to gather there for the purpose of honoring these men and women, I will bring my own flag and support you. Otherwise, please do not involve them.
Submitted by: A Veteran
6. At Memorial Day events I've attended at our memorial there are always things said that I disagree with. That we must fight in Iraq (as in Vietnam), to defend ourselves/our freedoms, that we invaded Iraq due to 9-11, that we must support a false or futile mission to support our troops -- lies, not divergent opinions, esp. shameful when uttered by public officials who should know better. Yet I have no fear of the flag being dishonored. I have too much respect for the strength of our country's founding principles, symbolized by the flag.
Submitted by: Roberta Medford
7. If you support the troops as you say you do then support us by supporting our mission. You don't know how much you hurt morale by your ignorance. Talk to a veteran and ask him/her how they feel about it. You may just be surprised. If you think of us as war mongers remember that no one wants peace as much as we do (the ones actually doing the fighting). We are a volunteer military and all of the new boots signed up after 9-11, and the saltier guys reenlisted to go back and fight. Do not go back to a Sept. 10th mentality. I will Never Forget and unfortunately I will Never Forgive those who attacked us on Sept. 11th.
Submitted by: James
8. Wow, I think I discovered the 28% who still support Bush and think this country is headed in the right direction. They live in Montrose. If you voted for Bush you should apologize to the rest of us, be ashamed and keep your mouth shut. You've scrwed up enough stuff already. I know you have fewer targets to bash now, but please leave the protestors alone. They're at least showing some guts. Americans don't want to lose more good Americans like those vets. We want peace. I'll always defend America, but I won't die for greedy lying politicians.
Submitted by: trespassinthru
9. divide and conquer war tactics are nothing new. Thanks Bushy who never served his country until he was inserted into the peoples house. The truth will win in the end. If it is about winning with the bullies.
Submitted by: donna
10. Abby Hoffman said: "You measure democracy by the it gives its dissidents, not the freeedom it gives its assimilated conformists." This is a poignant quote now because 40 years later, we find ourselves at the same crossroads we thought we left behind. But times are different, and protesting the war does not mean hating the troops. The current administration has made our troops scapegoats more than any protester could. Blind allegiance to bad policy is not patriotism in any sense that George Washington, Samuel Adams or Thomas Jefferson would have recognized.
Submitted by: Dave