Comments on: Hundreds Protest 2,000th DeathDozens Arrested in D.C.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 29 Oct 2005 11:30:15 +0000

I draw a small distinction on this sort of thing, one between the poor bastards who signed up right after 9/11 with the intent to go to Afghanistan, only to find out later (at least those who survived) that they were misled, versus the guys signing up now, who should know better.

But I do get your point.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 29 Oct 2005 02:12:36 +0000

Nobody but nobody has anything against the poor GI.

Actually … I do. Let’s get serious. I don’t care how “uneducated” (generally a condescending term used by progressives to somehow rationalize “ordinary” people going out to murder brown civilians) or poor you are. Poor in America isn’t jack compared to poor in Iraq, or Afghanistan, or Grenada, or … you get the picure.

You wanna enroll in the military, then get on a plane and fly to Iraq with a gun in your hand? Well, actions have consequences. US troops are a willing part of the racist, imperial war machine. Pawns? Maybe. But willing pawns. Save the mass protests for those who are actually innocent.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 06:04:04 +0000

They DID know it could happen, but hoped it would happen only as a last resort.

I supported the thing myself, for the first five months, with flags flying out my passenger door window, right up until the truth got out.

And even if it had been justified, why the failure to send the 300,000 plus troops which General Shinseki called for?

As has been said by many others, this guy Bush could not have failed more if Osama himself put him up to it.

Nobody but nobody has anything against the poor GI.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 27 Oct 2005 14:22:34 +0000

I am not saying that I agree with the war on terrorism and I am not saying that it isn’t horrific the number of people that have died in this war (I know people that have been to Iraq and have survived, been hurt, died).
But at the same time these men and women went into the military knowing that there is a possibility of them having to go to war. It is a part of their job. When they signed up, they knew it could it happen. So instead of protesting everything that is going on with the war, lets give our military officials the love and support that they need while they are there and get over ourselves!

By: Jason Kucsma

Jason Kucsma — Thu, 27 Oct 2005 12:57:01 +0000

Hey good Clamor readers! We know the DC protest was just one of hundreds. Post comments here about your own local protests as well!!!