The following is a Counterpoint
By Alan M. Mullis
On March 17 in Washington, something very big happened. America showed up at an anti-war rally. Why did the News & Record choose to take a slanted AP article and then edit out all pro-troop parts of the story?
The pro-troop groups outnumbered the anti-war protesters three to one. Unofficial estimates had the protesters at 10,000 and the pro-troop groups at 30,000. Interestingly enough, the statement that the pro-troop groups were fewer than protesters came from the protesters and was readily repeated, even though totally false.
There were no instances of protesters defiling national war memorials because the Capitol police made a presence at the request of a pro-troop group, Gathering of Eagles. In addition, 30,000 patriots guarded the memorials. No pro-troop counter-protesters or memorial guards were present at the Pentagon, so that is where they rushed the police.
The so called anti-war protesters were made up of communist, socialist and anti-American groups. This anti-war protest was an anti-United States, anti-military protest. These "pro-terrorist" groups are attempting to recruit liberals and young people to follow their treasonous propaganda to defeat. Go to their Web sites and see for yourself. These people don't protest genocide in any part of the world. They don't protest the killing of Americans anytime, anywhere. They think that Sept. 11 was a plot of the U.S. government to start a war with the peace-loving Muslim citizens of the Middle East.
The pro-troop groups that assembled around the Vietnam memorial came to say one thing: "Never Again!"
Never again will we sit back as these groups spit on and defile our heroes as they return from defending the very freedom that we all enjoy.
Never again will we sit back as traitors dishonor the sacrifices our military members have made for the sake of our country.
You have the right to speak your mind. Our soldiers have died for 250 years to give you that right. But, by God, you do not have a right to be treasonous or treacherous.
Jane Fonda was a no-show. She wasn't brave enough to face the veterans she betrayed. The Hollywood elites left Cindy Sheehan and her collection of misfits to the weather and the disdain of the honest, hard-working patriotic Americans that want truth and right to prevail, along with our troops.
The writer lives in Jamestown.
Editor's note: We didn't edit out any counter-protesters from that story the writer refers to.