Thousands Protest Iraq War Policy

Activists March On The Pentagon; Smaller Demonstrations Across The Country

(CBS/AP)  Denouncing a conflict entering its fifth year, protesters across the country raised their voices Saturday against U.S. policy in Iraq and marched by the thousands to the Pentagon in the footsteps of an epic demonstration four decades ago against another divisive war.

A counterprotest was staged, too, on a day of dueling signs and sentiments such as “Illegal Combat” and “Peace Through Strength,” and songs like “The Battle Hymn of the Republic” and “War (What's It Good For?).”

“What I want to see come out of this administration and any administration is the troops — and then we can have some peace in the world if we have the troops,” one protester told CBS Radio News correspondent Tom Foty.

Thousands crossed the Potomac River from the Lincoln Memorial to rally loudly but peacefully near the Pentagon. “We're here in the shadow of the war machine,” said anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan. “It's like being in the shadow of the death star. They take their death and destruction and they export it around the world. We need to shut it down.”

Smaller protests were held in other U.S. cities, stretching to Tuesday's four-year anniversary of the Iraq invasion. In Los Angeles, Vietnam veteran Ed Ellis, 59, hoped the demonstrations would be the “tipping point” against a war that has killed more than 3,200 U.S. troops and engulfed Iraq in a deadly cycle of violence.

“It's all moving in our direction, it's happening,” he predicted at the Hollywood rally. “The administration, their get-out-of-jail-free card, they don't get one anymore.”

Overseas, tens of thousands marched in Madrid as Spaniards called not only for the U.S. to get out of Iraq but to close the prison for terrorist suspects at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. Smaller protests were staged in Greece and Turkey.

Speakers at the Pentagon rally criticized the Bush administration at every turn but blamed congressional Democrats, too, for refusing to cut off money for the war.

“This is a bipartisan war,” New York City labor activist Michael Letwin told the crowd. “The Democratic party cannot be trusted to end it.”

Five people were arrested after the demonstration when they walked onto a bridge that had been closed off to accommodate the protest and then refused orders to leave so police could reopen it to traffic, Pentagon police spokeswoman Cheryl Irwin said. They were cited and released, she said.

President Bush was at Camp David in Maryland for the weekend. Spokesman Blair Jones said of the protests: “Our Constitution guarantees the right to peacefully express one's views. The men and women in our military are fighting to bring the people of Iraq the same rights and freedoms.”

People traveled from afar in stormy weather to join the march.

“Too many people have died and it doesn't solve anything,” said Ann O'Grady, who drove through snow with her husband, Tom, and two children, 13 and 10, from Athens, Ohio. “I feel bad carrying out my daily activities while people are suffering, Americans and Iraqis.”

Police on horseback and foot separated the two groups of demonstrators, who shouted at each other from opposite sides of Constitution Avenue in view of the Lincoln Memorial before the anti-war group marched. Barriers also kept them apart.

But war protester Susanne Shine of Boone, N.C., found herself in a crowd of counterdemonstrators, and came out in tears, with her sign in shreds. “They ripped up my peace sign,” she said, after police escorted her, her husband and two adult daughters from the group. “It was really pretty scary for me.”

Protesters walked in a blustery, cold wind across the Potomac River with motorcycles clearing their way and police boats and helicopters watching.

Police no longer give official estimates but said privately that perhaps 10,000 to 20,000 anti-war demonstrators marched, with a smaller but still sizable number of counterprotesters also out in force. An hour into the three-hour Pentagon rally, with the temperature near freezing, protesters had peeled away to a point where fewer than 1,000 were left.

Protesters met at the starting point of the Oct. 21, 1967, march on the Pentagon, which began peacefully but turned ugly in clashes between authorities and more radical elements of the estimated crowd of 50,000 on the plaza in front of the Defense Department's headquarters. More than 600 were arrested that day.

That protest has lived on in the popular imagination because of the crowd's attempts to lift the Pentagon off the ground with their chants; they fell short of their fanciful goal.

Veterans lined up at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and waved U.S, POW-MIA and military-unit flags.

“They’ve got no business using our wall as a backdrop for their anti-war demonstration,” one veteran told Eve Chen of CBS radio station WTOP.

Not all were committed to the U.S. course in Iraq, however.

“I'm not sure I'm in support of the war,” said William “Skip” Publicover of Charleston, S.C., who was a swift boat gunner in Vietnam and lost two friends whose names are etched on the memorial's wall. “I learned in Vietnam that it's difficult if not impossible to win the hearts and minds of the people.”

But Larry Stimeling, 57, a Vietnam veteran from Morton, Ill., said the loss of public support for the Iraq war mirrors what happened in Vietnam and leaves troops without the backing they need.

“We didn't lose the war in Vietnam, we lost it right here on this same ground,” he said, pointing to the grass on the National Mall. “It's the same thing now.”

Opening weekend events, more than 200 were arrested in a demonstration late Friday in front of the White House and charged with disobeying a lawful order or crossing a police line.

[petesis]

This is what America is still about. These protestors are finally showing some courage as a group. Bravo. (There have been many acts of courage by individuals).

[feelfree1]

Please support the March 17, 2007 march on the Pentagon, demanding that the cowards, liars, and traitors who occupy that building abandon the illegal war of aggression against Iraq, cancel plans for an illegal war of aggression against Iran, and calling for the impeachment, sentencing, and imprisonment of the megalomaniacal Bush regime.

www.notinourname.net/content/view/16/1/

Don%u2019t forget the huge rallies planned for March 18th, 2007, in a city or town near you. Our rights must be constantly exercised, or they will wither and atrophy.

Please consider signing the following petition, calling for an immediate end to the U.S. inflicted debacle in Iraq.

www.ipetitions.com/petition/OutNow

For incomparable coverage of these, and other various worldwide actions, please visit:

www.indymedia.org/en/index.shtml

[tuckerndfw]

I, along with about 1,000 of my closest friends, participated in a public protest in Crawford, Texas prior to the invasion of Iraq.

The FBI & CIA already have my picture on file, they don't need another one. But, I support the protestors in their efforts.

US combat forces should not be playing policeman in Iraq. When and if Iraqis want a police force, they can hire & train their own. Without US combat forces getting in their way. Performing police work is not that difficult and it is ridiculous to claim it requires years to train a police force. That is just an excuse used by the warmongers to justify continuing to incite violence in Iraq. And, to further fan the flames of sectarian violence.

It is highly unlikely that Iraqis want Jews & Christians imposing their "values" on them at the point of a gun. And, I can't say I blame them.

Remove US combat forces from Iraq and Iraqis will figure out a way to form their own version of a government that represents the people.

[perception5]

If you want to watch a few thousands fools protest check out c-span. These people are some of the most extreme liars in America today. These few thousand protesters are so contaminated they actually have signs that say Bush and Chenney took down the twin towers on 9/11............... sad indeed............

[david1737]

Funny we've been seeing massive protests all along. Check the dates and numbers. Here's an example from 2004:

"Estimates of crowd size ranged from 120,000 (unnamed police spokesman) to over 500,000 (organizers, second unnamed police source)."

April 2003:

"In Washington, the march route took the group of 30,000 past offices of several mass media organizations, and companies such as Bechtel and Halliburton."

Oct 2003:

"The Washington DC rally attracted 20,000 (BBC estimate) protesters."

It took a couple of minute to find this. Don't forget this is not a new trend.

[david1737]

perception5...

If you want to hear some liars and fools. Listen to Hannity, Limbaugh, and Fox News.

[fascistusa]

The Protesters are wasting their time.

WE NEED TO GET THE ELITE. THE RICH. THE PEOPLE WHO RUN THIS FASCIST NATION.

[dirtydog55]

It's unfortunate that the voters elected a moron and let him have free reign to get us into this mess.

It's also unfortunate that we will be there a very long time rebuilding and protecting the pipelines that will move oil from northern Iraq to Israel. We already have U.S. bases in the Kirkuk area for the purpose of protecting the existing non-functioning pipeline.

With the Israeli lobby in Washington for foreign aid and military support, the next president will have little say in the matter.

However, I hope I'm wrong...

sources:
http://www.jewishsf.com/bk030418/i22b.shtml

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=332835&contrassID=2&subContrassID=1&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y

If you think for an instant that the Israelis don't have a tremendous amount of influence in the U.S., think again.

[mcvet]

If you want to watch a few thousands fools protest check out c-span. These people are some of the most extreme liars in America today. These few thousand protesters are so contaminated they actually have signs that say Bush and Chenney took down the twin towers on 9/11............... sad indeed............
Posted by perception5 at 02:42 PM : Mar 17, 200

Why is this sad? What is it about people expressing THIER opinions that scares you Nazi's so bad? For someone, given the e-mails just released in the Justice Department Scandal to call anyone else a Liar is beyond belief. It is good to know though that you Clowns haven't changed your attitudes in over 200 years. You "Conservatives" had the EXACT SAME response to the PROTESTERS who threw the Tea in Boston Harbor. Nice to know some things, even as vile as FASCISM, doesn't change. Sieg Heil.

[tuckerndfw]

to call anyone else a Liar is beyond belief.

. . .

Nice to know some things, even as vile as FASCISM, doesn't change. Sieg Heil.

Posted by MCVet at 02:57 PM : Mar 17, 2007

It appears perception5 at 02:42 PM : Mar 17, 2007 is a troll. There is no way a person with the limited intellect required to access the I'net could possibly support George Bush AND consider lying to be offensive.

George Bush is a pathological liar and he has yet to (intentionally) tell the truth. His "Freudian slips" are far more truthful than anything he intentionally says.

His supporters are either being paid to post their drivel, they are trolls looking for attention, or, they are insane.

There are no other available options.

And, the Bush administration is as close to a fascist regime we've seen (ignoring less well known fascist regimes) since the days of Nazi Germany.

[emhawks]

Impeach/indict Bush & Cheney.

Begin a phased withdrawal of American troops from Iraq in 2007. The Iraq war is am illegal war of aggression.

Do not begin any war with Iran.

Do not rest until we find the truth of 9/11. Don't blindly accept the government's version of what happen, which is (to me) an "official" conspiracy theory. We must not rest until the true perpetrators of 9/11 have been brought to justice.

"Dissent is the highest form of patriotism."
- Thomas Jefferson

REOPEN THE 9/11 INVESTIGATION

GOD BLESS AMERICA!! THE WORLD'S GREATEST COUNTRY WITH THE WORLD'S
GREATEST PEOPLE!!

[jerr11]

It was a war of choice right from the start. The plan was simple:

First, plant the seeds of fear (the next attack might be in the form of a mushroom cloud!)

Next, doctor the intel (and out any CIA operative who might try to expose the deception)

Then, invade Iraq, (forget Afghanistan and the War on Terror because there ain't no oil in Kabul)

Next, send billions of American taxpayer money over to rebuild the country.

And here's the brilliant stroke of genius, send Halliburton over to harvest the no-bid contracts. What an unexpected windfall! ;-)

And to those who would oppose this scheme, question their patriotism.

Call them "cut-and-run" cowards.


All in all, a brilliant scheme hatched by the two posterboys of bravery and courage, "Alabama Bush" and "Deferment Cheney!"

[macusweil]

clueless in DC

[perception5]

A few thousand Bush haters protest in DC while millions watch a St. Patricks day parade in NY City........... Looks like the majority still have some common sense about about the world..... not like the extreme intolorant haters in DC

[hawksprings]

MCVet, you sure know nazi slogans and strategy well. You must have some connection with it.
All Perception did was make an observation and you jump all over him and attack him as a nazi.

How Hitler-like of you.

[dallison7]

This is just one of many rallies to come. The movement will grow. It was the people of America who got us out of Vietnam and it will be the people who get us out of this mess. I just hope it doesn't take as long, every life is precious.

GOD BLESS AMERICA
GOD**** BUSH/CHENEY

[feelfree1]

Christians join in opposition to the Bush butchers:

March 16, 2007 (WASHINGTON) - Thousands of people gathered for a Christian anti-war worship service Friday night at the Washington National Cathedral, kicking off a weekend of protests around the country to mark the fourth anniversary of the war in Iraq.

http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=nation_world&id=5130079

[scott4261]

I will say at the outset that I was opposed to the invasion of Iraq from the beginning. Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden were enemies. Iraq had absolutely nothing to do with 9/11 and I don't think this war was worth one drop of American blood.

In my hometown of Little Rock, an anti-war protest is occuring as I write this. I would have been a partcipant today, but I'm at work and I cannot afford to be unemployed in the Bush economy.

[stevex47]

jerr11,

That pretty much sums up this administrations legacy...well said.

[thgdriver]

The protesters real mouthpiece, Hanoi Jane Fonda, was strangely absent. They have time to protest, they should have time to all get jobs.

[dogband]

No one should be allowed to protest. When the leader of a monarchy decides to go to war, all of the citizens of that country should blindly follow him till the bitter end. If any independent citizens actually do think, and come to the conclusion that a war is wrong, then the right wingers should just toss out names like Jane Fonda, and say if folks have time to protest they should get real jobs. Amen. No one should ever be allowed to protest anything in a monarchy, and criticise the king.

What? Huh? This is a democracy? Well I guess folks have a right to demonstrate against a war if they so choose. Actually ... its their job as members of a democracy to peacefully demonstrate. So all you folks that don't want anti-war demonstrations can just [1] live with the rules of this democracy, [2] move the hell out of the USA, or [3] stick it up your behind.

[dico111]

People, most of you are DUPES of the wicked king/ who can that be? Could it be Shadow Party leader SOROS, ya think...Theone behind PAYING people to protest the war. People how much longer will you not look into the lies and manipulation of the real wicked king.. boy they did a good job herding the sheep, you really tow the party line.with a small token of money, perhaps a bus ticket. They have hoodwinked you and tied you down..to believe the bait and switch. You are being used as Lenin said " like the horse and cart" use them and dispose of them. Learn your real history people.
SOROS did this in Russia, all over Eastern Europe, his monied tenticles are everywhere, now he wants America, for his European conquests are way too easy. He has found fertile ground in university trained dupes, wake up people before they completely own you, they
already own the Democtatic Party, they bought them in 2004.
His tenticles( paid cronies) are everywhere, now he wants America, for his European conquests are way too easy. He has found fertile ground in university trained dupes, wake up people before they completely own you, they
already own the Democtatic Party, they bought them in 2004.
Do the homework and reserch they would not allow you to do in school, perhaps a good start is researching "The Shadow Party"

[dico111]

People, most of you are DUPES of the wicked king/ who can that be? Could it be Shadow Party leader SOROS, ya think... The protestors are on the payroll, but people how much longer will you not look into the lies and manipulation of the real wicked king.. boy they did a good job herding the sheep, you really tow the party line.. they have hoodwinked you and tied you down..to believe the bait and switch. You are being used as Lenin said " like the horse and cart" use them and dispose of them. Learn your real history people.
SOROS did this in Russia, all over Eastern Europe, his monied tenticles are everywhere, now he wants America, for his European conquests are way too easy. He has found fertile ground in university trained dupes, wake up people before they completely own you, they
already own the Democtatic Party, they bought them in 2004.
Do the homework and reserch they would not allow you to do in school, perhaps a good start is researching "The Shadow Party"

[edrid]

I took your site off my bookmarks list because your stupid advertisements cover up the story text. There doesn't seem to be any way to clear it.

[j0hnwi11iams]

Please tell me again how the US wasn't DUPED into supporting this stupid war? This administration is in the last throes of its credibility.

[fascistusa]

We are all SLAVES in a Fascist Country.

The Elite RULE America.

War makes the Power Elite MONEY. Lots and Lots of MONEY.

YOU NEED TO ATTACK THE ELITE. Trump. Rockerfeller. Gates. ALL OF CONGRESS. Corporate COES.

TAKE BACK OUR COUNTRY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[dico111]

People, most of you are DUPES of the wicked king/ who can that be? Could it be Shadow Party leader SOROS, ya think... The protestors are on the payroll, but people how much longer will you not look into the lies and manipulation of the real wicked king.. boy they did a good job herding the sheep, you really tow the party line.. they have hoodwinked you and tied you down..to believe the bait and switch. You are being used as Lenin said " like the horse and cart" use them and dispose of them. Learn your real history people.
SOROS did this in Russia, all over Eastern Europe, his monied tenticles are everywhere, now he wants America, for his European conquests are way too easy. He has found fertile ground in university trained dupes, wake up people before they completely own you, they
already own the Democtatic Party, they bought them in 2004.
Do the homework and reserch they would not allow you to do in school, perhaps a good start is researching "The Shadow Party"

[feelfree1]

Find an event near you, and join millions of people around the world in 1000+ demonstrations of contempt for the Bush regime pirates, and calling for and end to the Bush regime/PNAC-driven debacle in Iraq:

www.unitedforpeace.org/article.php?id=3545

Sign a petition to ge out NOW!

www.ipetitions.com/petition/OutNow

[pinehillhous]

So Mr. Bush ran and hid in Thurmont and on his way one of his entourage(and SUV slid off the road) was involved in an accident. The weather was bad here in Maryland with snow , sleet and freezing rain. There was bumper to bumper traffic..so what does the president's driver do???? Traffic was backed up and moving slowly on the interstate, so his idiot driver decides to drive on the shoulder in treacherous weather so that the president can make his escape to the north faster. How safety conscious was that Mr. President???


Bravo to all the brave Americans protesting the atrocities we are forcing on the people of Iraq.
I am with them there in spirit.
I have one major question for president Bush...
If we cannot even take care of our injured veterans properly when they come back to the"good ole usa", HOME, then why would you send another 21,000 troops over ...
What about all the innocent civilians both in Iraq and here that are being destroyed by this attack.And I use the word attack..because it is not a war..
Innocent peoples lives..being destroyed for what?
Are we too not becoming terrorists by trying to force our demcratic system upon these people??
My sympathies go out to the thousands of family members and friends who have lost a loved one.
thank God the end in near!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

[feelfree1]

From a related article:

ARLINGTON, Va., March 17 (Reuters) - Thousands of anti-war demonstrators, some carrying yellow and black signs reading "U.S. out of Iraq now!" marched on the Pentagon on Saturday, one of several protests worldwide to mark four years of war.
%u2026
On a stage in the Pentagon parking lot, speaker after speaker demanded the end of the war in Iraq and some called for President George W. Bush's impeachment. A flag-draped coffin was displayed near the stage bearing a picture of a young soldier killed in Iraq.
%u2026
%u2018JAIL TO THE CHIEF'
In the anti-war protest, one sign near the front read, "The worst tyrants ever: Napoleon, Hitler and Bush." Others read, "Jail to the chief" and "Impeach Bush for war crimes." Many protesters chanted "Troops out now."'
***
For an event near you, please see:

www.unitedforpeace.org/article.php?id=3545

[iceman_1960]

Bush: ""Unfortunately, some in Congress are using this bill as an opportunity to micromanage our military commanders"

Like they've been managing the war so well on their own.

Four years, a longer time than Roosevelt and Truman needed to defeat the Axis Powers... four years and counting to subdue a nation the size of Texas.

They could use some intelligent micromanaging.

Bush isn't worth sh**it as a leader or as an American.

[rohink-2009]

Bush: ""Unfortunately, some in Congress are using this bill as an opportunity to micromanage our military commanders"

Like they've been managing the war so well on their own.

Four years, a longer time than Roosevelt and Truman needed to defeat the Axis Powers... four years and counting to subdue a nation the size of Texas.

They could use some intelligent micromanaging.

Bush isn't worth sh**it as a leader or as an American.
Posted by Iceman_

Please take over, you seem to know so much. You could fix everything.

[iceman_1960]

Here's the Master Strategist, the Great Brain at work.

Hear the words of George W. Bush, the "man" who "planned" the Iraq fiasco, speaking on an unrelated topic (same brain, though):

"I'm a strong proponent of the restoration of the wetlands, for a lot of reasons. There's a practical reason, though, when it comes to hurricanes: The stronger the wetlands, the more likely the damage of the hurricane."

- George W. Bush, discussing post Katrina wetland improvements, New Orleans, March 1, 2007.

[feelfree1]

From another related article:

"Iraq war protests across Spain"

"...anti-war demonstrators marched in Spanish cities on Saturday in what organisers said were Europe's biggest protests to mark four years of conflict in Iraq."

"The largest demonstration was in Madrid where organisers estimated around 400,000 protestors..."

http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/411425/1027128

[rohink-2009]

Four years, a longer time than Roosevelt and Truman needed to defeat the Axis Powers... four years and counting to subdue a nation the size of Texas.

We are not fighting to subdue a nation the size of Texas. It's somethng much stronger and wider than that. Wake up

[iceman_1960]

"Please take over, you seem to know so much. You could fix everything." - rohink

I could blindfold a monkey, get him drunk and have him throw darts at a dartboard, and he'd end up making better choices than your hero Dubya.

Trouble is, the Secret Service agents would think it WAS Dubya.

[rohink-2009]

I could blindfold a monkey, get him drunk and have him throw darts at a dartboard, and he'd end up making better choices than your hero Dubya.

Trouble is, the Secret Service agents would think it WAS Dubya.
Posted by Iceman

See, you "got" it wrong. Dubya ain't my hero. You just seem to know it all and I thought you could be all our hero.

[skyk-2009]

Well as a Vietnam Vet I welcome you, ALL of you to my little personal HELL. Welcome to the world of Civil War. As one of those people who has walked in the boots of those in the eye of this ENDLESS storm let me tell you what HELL is really like. Those Fuzzy Faced Kids you send into the HELL of Combat, they are people. You really get to know them to, the longer your in a Civil War like this though you get so you DO NOT become friends. It's hard to explain how you feel in the middle of people who you KNOW nothing about or know who's going to KILL you. You see the Enemy could be the Brother of the guy beside you. These Young Kids we put in this HELL are no different than we were... no I'll take that back fella's you are WORSE OFF than we were because YOU will have to live with the parts of guys who are living. I have their names on a wall and the memory of who they were. I think my way is better. As the weeks grow into months, as the tours reach 5 or 6 because there are no replcements. You will find yourselves hating the people even more because those you have trained? You don't know if they are on your side or not. All this is because TWO very Evil and Corrupt Men used LIES and Love of Country to take us to war that did not have to be.

[iceman_1960]

"Four years, a longer time than Roosevelt and Truman needed to defeat the Axis Powers... four years and counting to subdue a nation the size of Texas.

We are not fighting to subdue a nation the size of Texas. It's somethng much stronger and wider than that. Wake up"
Posted by rohink

You're the one who needs to wake up, rohink.

The real comparison was to the Axis Powers, not Texas. It took less time than this to overcome what had been the strongest Navy in the Pacific at the start of the war, that of Japan.

While simultaneously fighting Germany.

If you missed that point, you're comatose.

P.S. Texas is slightly larger than Iraq in area, with a somewhat smaller population.

[skyk-2009]

Please take over, you seem to know so much. You could fix everything.
Posted by rohink at 07:27 PM : Mar 17, 2007

I'll give you even odds he'll do better than the CONSTANT SCREW UP you people keep supporting. Bush is a Fraud and INCOMPETENT. What kind of LEADER gets involved in a War intending to NEVER leave? That's INSANE and we, the average Joe out here, we're paying for it. Now I don't mind giving a guy a chance but this guy has had his limit. Now as far as I can see it's time the guttless wonder get himself out of the way and let someone go get those responsible to the attack on this nation and we get back to doing what this nation has always done. DEFEND IT, you know the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

[skyk-2009]

We are not fighting to subdue a nation the size of Texas. It's somethng much stronger and wider than that. Wake up
Posted by rohink at 07:33 PM : Mar 17, 2007
+ report this comment

BULL SH#*!! This is a war started by a very INCOMPETENT LITTLE MAN who hasn't gotten anything right yet. ALL I see different from when this MORON started is NOW the entire world hates us. Now I don't care how much you like your King, in THIS nation he's an employee...a VERY incompetent one. Now we have a choice here. We can continue to BELIEVE someone who doesn't seem to be able to tell the TRUTH or we let others lead. I vote for Congress. They seem to have a better grip on things right now.

[iceman_1960]

That Iraq is much stronger than Texas is a debatable point.

But I wouldn't start that debate in a Galveston bar if I were you.

It might get messy.

[skyk-2009]

See, you "got" it wrong. Dubya ain't my hero. You just seem to know it all and I thought you could be all our hero.
Posted by rohink at 07:36 PM : Mar 17, 2007

Really? LOL Now you won't be a fascist in sheeps clothing would you. If memory serves I believe you have CONSISTENTLY supported Sir Lies-A-Lot. LOL

[skyk-2009]

Why shouldn't Congress Lead? They have the right and power to override the veto of Sir Lies-A-Lot don't they? There is ONLY one reason the founders put that into the Constitution and THIS is it. They knew that regardless of how good our luck was, sooner or later, we would run into a clinker. Well folks I gets you can call him George "Clinker" Bush. LOL

[feelfree1]

Related:

"There was an estimated 50,000 people protesting in Washington. This was the second anti-war protest in D.C. this year. Protestors said they will continue to come back and march in Washington until the war ends."

www.wavy.com/Global/story.asp?S=6242019&nav=23ii

[rohink-2009]

Really? LOL Now you won't be a fascist in sheeps clothing would you. If memory serves I believe you have CONSISTENTLY supported Sir Lies-A-Lot. LOL
Posted by skyk

Please quit with the name calling. I am not a Dubya supporter. All I'm saying if you thing you could do a better job, then try to do it instead of spewing vile hateful things. besides, I wasn't talking to you anyway.

[skyk-2009]

The protesters real mouthpiece, Hanoi Jane Fonda, was strangely absent. They have time to protest, they should have time to all get jobs.
Posted by thgdriver at 05:16 PM : Mar 17, 2007

That's right. She wasn't there! Bet that really made you mad didn't it. There went your chance to call everyone at that function one of Janes best friends... what was it the Third Reich used to call it... yeah Guilt by association. Man did they kill a lot of good Germans like that. There's a great memorial of their sacrifice in Berlin if you ever get to visit the place. Oh! While you're there ASK the citizens of Berlin WHAT about American do they feel is FASCIST. IF they ask you to look in a mirrow you'll have your answer. Sieg Heil.

[iceman_1960]

I'm not minimizing the terrible casualties, but
Bush has got to stop misleading the voters by calling this "a time of war."

Iraq won't be a war until Congress says it's a war. That's what the Constitution says in clear language.

This is an "authorization to use force" situation, not a war. That's what Congress did. It authorized the use of force. It didn't declare war.

That those are two separate things, is seen in American history. In the run-up to the Spanish-American War, Congress first authorized President McKinley to use force, and then in a later separate vote, formally declared war on Spain.

This is "time of authorized use of force," not time of war.

[skyk-2009]

Please quit with the name calling. I am not a Dubya supporter. All I'm saying if you thing you could do a better job, then try to do it instead of spewing vile hateful things. besides, I wasn't talking to you anyway.
Posted by rohink at 07:58 PM : Mar 17, 2007

Mr. I'm a disabled Combat Veteran who is here for one reason. I see an INCOMPETENT Southern Fascist, who has YET to tell me the truth about a War that didn't have to happen. Don't give me this ***. Now this Congress ALREADY has shown oversight and a willingness to take on the Gestapo and Herr Bush. It's damned well time we stood by them. THEY appear to be a lot better capible of leading this nation at the present. Sieg HEIL!!

[skyk-2009]

Please quit with the name calling. I am not a Dubya supporter. All I'm saying if you thing you could do a better job, then try to do it instead of spewing vile hateful things. besides, I wasn't talking to you anyway.
Posted by rohink at 07:58 PM : Mar 17, 2007

If you think telling a Bush supporter they are a fascist, by the way, is somehow Name Calling, YOU need to get out more. If I didn't hear him and his party referred to as FASCIST at least 25-30 times last week I'd be fooled. It's not NAME CALLING if it's FACT!! Anyone who tells me people like Pat Robertson, Jerry Falwell, Rush Limbaugh, Hannity, O'Reily aren't fascist. I challenge you to put it before the German People... they know a fascist. See what they think.