It’s been a while since posting, I know. Quite a bit has happened. A natural disaster, a supreme court chief justice died and we here in the U.S. also had another anniversary to remember. 9/11. I wonder how many actually had some kind of observance. I spent the day on the firing line training Marines, but even we took the time out to remember.
Since my last post, both of my children have started school, I was on the hook to go to New Orleans and we had some family members move in with us. It’s been a dizzying few weeks to say the least, but we march on…
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"In one city block, Marines might be engaged in high-intensity warfare against a well-trained and well-equipped enemy. In another, they might be up against light, irregular forces fighting a guerrilla-style campaign. In yet another area, Marines might be peace-keeping and distributing humanitarian aid. Three city blocks and three very different types of military activity - hence the "three-block war". General Charles C. Krulak, 31st Commandant USMC
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How do you think her son would feel?
Sheehan Arrested During Anti-War Protest
WASHINGTON - Cindy Sheehan, the California woman who became a leader of the anti-war movement following her son's death in Iraq, was arrested Monday along with dozens of others protesting outside the White House.
Sheehan, carrying a photo of her son in his Army uniform, was among hundreds of protesters who marched around the White House and then down the two-block pedestrian walkway on Pennsylvania Avenue. When they reached the front of the White House, dozens sat down — knowing they would be arrested — and began singing and chanting "Stop the war now!"
Police warned them three times that they were breaking the law by failing to move along, then began making arrests. One man climbed over the White House fence and was quickly subdued by Secret Service agents.
Sheehan, 48, was the first taken into custody. She smiled as she was carried to the curb, then stood up and walked to a police vehicle while protesters chanted, "The whole world is watching."
About 50 people were arrested in the first hour, with dozens of others waiting to be taken away. All cooperated with police.
Sgt. Scott Fear, spokesman for the U.S. Park Police, said they would be charged with demonstrating without a permit, which is a misdemeanor.
Park Police Sgt. L.J. McNally said Sheehan and the others would be taken to a processing center where they would be fingerprinted and photographed, then given a ticket and released. The process would take several hours, he said.
Sheehan's 24-year-old son, Casey, was killed in an ambush in Sadr City, Iraq, last year. She attracted worldwide attention last month with her 26-day vigil outside President Bush's Texas ranch.
The demonstration is part of a broader anti-war effort on Capitol Hill organized by United for Peace and Justice, an umbrella group. Representatives from anti-war groups were meeting Monday with members of Congress to urge them to work to end the war and bring home the troops.
White House press secretary Scott McClellan said Bush is "very much aware" of the protesters and "recognizes that there are differences of opinion" on Iraq.
"It's the right of the American people to peacefully express their views. And that's what you're seeing here in Washington, D.C.," McClellan said. "They're well-intentioned, but the president strongly believes that withdrawing ... would make us less safe and make the world more dangerous."
The protest Monday followed a massive demonstration Saturday on the National Mall that drew a crowd of 100,000 or more, the largest such gathering in the capital since the war began in March 2003.
On Sunday, a rally supporting the war drew roughly 500 participants. Speakers included veterans of World War II and the war in Iraq, as well as family members of soldiers killed in Iraq.
"I would like to say to Cindy Sheehan and her supporters: Don't be a group of unthinking lemmings," said Mitzy Kenny of Ridgeley, W.Va., whose husband died in Iraq last year. She said the anti-war demonstrations "can affect the war in a really negative way. It gives the enemy hope."
Just a wee note about the number of "participants" that attend the "anit-war" rally vs the 500 who attended the rally "supporting the war."
In reality, those "supporting the war" do not support the war, but rather they support the ouster of Saddam. They realize that in order to have a lasting peace, war sometimes has to be waged.
I fully support our President and our troops but I detest war. But, I am not so stupid to think that peace will come by floating candles down a river or holding hands acroos these great United States of America.
I have always marvled at that fact that so many "peace activists" can congregate at one time at one spot. I wish I had that type of time - and apparently money - to go to different events across these great United States as the "peace activists" apparently have.
As a Viet Nam vet, I am sickend by the likes of "Cindy" and her ilk. I made a promise to myself that as long as I live I will support the current men and women of our GREAT military.
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