[antimedia] antimedia: The Gathering of Eagles

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The Gathering of Eagles
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   Today's Gathering of Eagles was a great success! I hardly know where
   to begin. There were tons of vets in attendance - so many that the
   protesters were intimidated by them. We were standing in line waiting
   to go into the Wall, and anti-war protesters were passing by us
   heading east. To a man (or woman) they were silent and carried their
   protest signs pointed down toward the ground and facing in so no one
   could see what they said. I think they were stunned and intimidated by
   the size of the crowd of veterans!
   Around every memorial, the WWII memorial, the Korean War Memorial, the
   Wall, the three grunts and the nurses, vets were standing guard.
   Silent and respectful, they made it very obvious that no one was going
   to be defacing our memorials today. The protesters left their show and
   headed toward the Pentagon like sheep - no shouting, no braggadocio,
   no false bravado. And every step they took they had to face proud
   vets, some disabled, some not, many old, standing like a gauntlet of
   honor through which the cowards had to pass. And pass they did,
   quietly and quickly. They knew they were outnumbered. They knew they
   were outclassed. They knew they were beaten.
   One of the highlights of the day was a WWII vet who spoke briefly. It
   was very cold today in Washington, cloudy and windy, a blustery day.
   He said he hadn't been this cold since March of 1945, when he was in
   some forest in Germany (don't recall the name) killing the enemy. For
   me, that said it all. The communists who put these anti-war marches
   together have no concept of the price of freedom. They don't
   understand that sometimes it's necessary to kill the enemy so that men
   can be free. But the vets understood. And they cheered. Loudly.
   It was a good day to be a vet. A good day to be welcomed home. The
   Vietnam Vets are a force to be reckoned with, and they will change the
   course of this nation. Never again will we allow the cowards an
   uncontested platform to spread their lies.