Group rallies to support Iraq war
Chanting such slogans as “surrender is not an option” and waving American flags, a few hundred people from across the country rallied and paraded in downtown Washington to back the war in Iraq.
The demonstration was sponsored by Eagles UP!, an organization founded by veterans in the wake of a war protest about a year ago that drew thousands to Washington.
The demonstrators said they represent many others who believe there needs to be a counterweight to the antiwar movement.
“We cannot be the silent majority again,” Larry Hoffa of Mequon, Wis., a retired Marine who serves as Southeast coordinator of Eagles UP!, said at the rally on the grounds of the Washington Monument.
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