4
POPSWinter Soldiers Hit the Streets A late April poll conducted by CNN/Opinion Research Corp. found that nearly three-quarters (68 percent) of respondents opposed the Iraq war. The strategy of the regional IVAW groups is clearly meant to capitalise on the growing opposition to the occupation of Iraq among the U.S. public. Christopher Diggins, a psychotherapist who attended the demonstration, reflected the feelings of many — that this strategy is important. “This tactic is better because you have to get the community involved,” Diggins told IPS. “You have to have community awareness and support.” “I want to show my solidarity for vets who are against the war, because it is the only way this war is going to stop,” he added. “It’s hard to have the war if nobody is going to fight.”
8
POPSMy Five Year Old Kid vs. Their Five Year Old War "I do not want to tell my kid when she's ten: this war has been going all of your life. I don't want to tell her that next year! I want to tell her, yes, there was a war for the first five years of your life, but then people had had enough! They knew voting for a fake anti-war candidate wasn't going to end the war, they knew watching TV and bitching about it wasn't going to end the war, and they finally voted with their feet. I want to tell my kid that on the fifth anniversary of the war, people said, ENOUGH! And hit the streets in San Francisco and in over forty other cities around the country, and reinvigorated an anti-war movement that brought the war to an end."
2
POPSHow to win in Iraq General Batiste is famous for being outspoken against the war and appearing in an anti-war ad for VoteVets.org. Lt. Hegseth is the executive director for Vets for Freedom. These two from opposite sides have come together to lay out the way forward if we want success in Iraq and the war on terror.
5
POPSSunday anti-war rally at capitol As an Iraq vet, I have a request to our president: that he admit failure, fall on his sword and go home to Texas – and take Dick Cheney with him." Rick Hanson of Military Families Speak Out has a 21-year-old son serving in the marines, who is now in his second deployment in Iraq. Hanson said: "The solution will not come from ... the arrogance of blaming the Iraqi people for incompetence, but from the humility of acknowledging that we should not have invaded Iraq in the first place. ... We need to bring our troops home now ... and take care of them when they get here."
9
POPSMurder at peace rally by the police The March continued onto the Capitol’s South lawn where approximately 5000 people joined the die in. Then people starting jumping over the barricade at foot of the Capitol steps and 200 people were arrested. Police pepper sprayed numerous onlookers who were only observing the events. About 50 feet from my husband the police had thrown a 57 year old Vietnam Vet down on the ground and proceeded to arrest him, unknowing they had crushed the man’s pacemaker and he had a heart attack on the balcony of the Capital building where they were holding the arrested protesters until busses came. The EMT’s were unable to revive him, resulting in the man’s death.
1
POPSWe must stand up and recognize the truth in this country We must fight the warmongers in this country. If you know anything of what happened in pre world war 2 in Germany. You know that what is happening now is just a repeat of that history. The only difference is we don't have Jews to go after. Instead we are going after our troops who have seen the reality.
0
POPSVets Back Man in Trouble Over Protest Says it all: "Someone in the Marine Corps needs to exercise a little common sense" Well I totaly agree, but there are not many ones that are willing to exercise that because they lost most of their own in boot camp. We aren't called Devil Dogs for the fun of it folks, I am offend myself that he did this to the uniforms, but it is his right to do so.
3
POPSVets to Gather March 17 to Protect the Wall - Vietnam Vets Momorial in Wash. DC It wasn’t the anti-war message that got their backs up so much as it was the location that activists picked to start a march to the Pentagon - the Vietnam Veterans Memorial - and what happened during an anti-war rally held Jan. 27. On that day, a small group of over-exuberant protesters spray-painted slogans on the Capitol steps. The veterans fear a repeat performance that could damage the memorial, something they say they will not allow. ======================================================= Regardless of what you think of the war in Iraq, or feel about Bush, DO NOT TAKE IT OUT on the other sacred memorials honoring past soldiers.
2
Pops
Newest Clips
Latest Comments
Most Pops
Print
Save
Turn on live update