Tomorrow I march on the Pentagon.

[Moonliner]

On my way back I just started walking and thinking to myself. By the time I made it as far as the Lincoln Memorial I was feeling all philosophical thinking about war, sacrifice, good, evil, and our countries place in the world.



So I decided to walk through the Vietnam and WWII war memorials.


The wall was moving as always.

Apparently last time ANSWER had a demonstration in DC someone spray painted Anti-War graffiti on the wall. As peace loving as I am, I’d still kick the ass of anyone I saw trying that sh*t. A large number of Vets were standing guard at the two memorials watching for any trouble. I took the time to thank them for their service and for watching over the wall.


It took me a couple more hours of just walking around the National Mall before I was ready to head back home. All in all it was a very different experience than what I had expected going into it.




If you are interested you can visit my SmugMug gallery for all the photos.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Originally Posted by Moonliner

All in all it was a very different experience than what I had expected going into it.

Just wondering - what did you expect?

[Moonliner]

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

Just wondering - what did you expect?

I expected the typical fringe "9-11 was an inside job" and "Hang the president" people you always see at these things, I just did not expect to see them running the event. I don't feel that anti-troop rhetoric and spray painting the Vietnam war memorial is helping achieve an end to this unjust war.

I did not mention it in my report, but after I left the main group part of my walking around was holding my own private protest march. Unlike the main group I took my march directly to the source of the problem and it ain't the pentagon or "big pharma" like many of the marchers were saying. (Yes, some where blaming the war in Iraq on pharmaceutical companies )

Nope, I went directly to the source of the problem...