--- Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>Thanks for the defense, but you're off base somewhat. Many of the > current > protesters are ex-military who served in Nam. They don't protest > because it's > the cool thing of youthful growing up, but because they have been > there. The > one thing they learned is that war is real, people, except those like > our > Chief draft dodger, die. 50,000 in Viet Nam to learn one valuable > lesson: you > don't go to war unless there are damned good reasons for it. We were > lied to > when the troops were sent to Nam. Now we have a daddy's boy president > who has > done nothing but lie about the reasons for war. He's so bad at it that > from > week to week he can't remember what the reason is. Thus we started as > the War > Against Terrorism > The War Against Weapons of Mass Destruction > (designed to > make Americans look under their beds at night to make sure there isn't > a bug > bomb there) >The War to Make Iraq Comply With the UN Resolution. > The > War to > Disarm Iraq> The War to Free Iraq. Course no one in Iraq or even their > > neighbors, who had most to fear from Iraq, asked us to invade Iraq to > free > it's people. So just why are we in Iraq? > > Other protesters, if you watch the TV coverage seem to be elderly > Americans > who have lost one too many sons to war and down to earth stockbroker > types > and grandmothers. Look at the other side, labeled patriots. What do > you see > beer gutted jingoes with their SUVs parked in the background waving > signs > that say "support our troops." Support our troops is not a reason for > war. We > didn't send American troops 3,000 mile to risk their lives so a bunch > of beer > guts safely distanced from the fighting can have something to feel > good > about. Then there are the so-called Christians. You know the Jerry > Falwell > and Pat Robinson types who went of TV after the WTC attack claiming > that we > deserved it, it was a judgment from God for our immorality. Now they > screech > from their pulpits"support our troops and put $75 in the plate because > Jerry > needs a new suit to carry on God's work." Somewhere in all their > screaching > and sign waving the words of Christ got lost,:blessed are the > peacemakers for > they shall be called the childern of God."
I think the demographics of the protesters, certainly those overseas, varies quite signifiacntly by location. Admittedly, many of the protesters out here in the SanFran area are not Vietnam vets, but people in their 20s & 30s (obviously too young to have fought in vietnam). ===== ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lonni J. Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Step-by-step help: http://netllama.ipfox.com . __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop! http://platinum.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ General mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/general
