I’m back from the March. Thanks to all of you who sent me messages of support!
I don’t think I was quite ready for my fellow protestors. To be honest don’t remember ever hearing of “
ANSWER” before this march and as I suspect some of you already know, ANSWER is a tad liberal, what I believe Mr. Bill O’Riley would call “kool aid drinkers” . While I am firmly against the war in Iraq and President Bush, I’m not quite ready to burn him in effigy or as some signs suggested, hang him as a war criminal nor do I think President Bush was the mastermind behind 9/11.
As I mixed with the crowd I started feeling a bit uneasy with some of the sentiments being voiced. After a bit I started thinking to myself “My enemies enemy is my friend” but I don’t know that I really believed it. Pressing on I did see at good number of people who I think had views closer to my own. Such as this lady who was marching for all the members of her family (all their names are on her shirt)
There were also many signs supporting the troops and urging Bush to wake up. Of course there was a lot of press there from around the world.
As the press is want to do, they were looking for the most outrageous, outspoken and camera friendly photo-ops. There were a lot for them to pick from.
One interesting thing I did notice, as I reached the stage area there were not a lot of people there. The vast majority of protestors (including myself) made the march, got to the pentagon parking lot, took a look around and then headed back up the road. I like to think these were the more moderate thinkers.
Also out in force where the Anti-Anti War Protestors. They seemed to be comprised primarily of various veterans groups.
As a group they were much more angry and outspoken than the Anti-War protestors
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