[whataretheysaying] Mary Madigan: "[Our troops have] chosen to keep us safe. They deserve our respect and support."

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Posted by Mary Madigan:
"[Our troops have] chosen to keep us safe. They deserve our respect and support."
http://whataretheysaying.powerblogs.com/posts/1167842235.shtml


   Liberal Hawk Pamela Hall, quoted in this International Herald Tribune
   Article: [1]Grandmothers hold Manhattan vigil to spotlight Iraq war
   deaths:

     With curious tourists snapping pictures, members of Grandmothers
     Against the War read the names of the dead from New York, New
     Jersey and Connecticut...The grandmothers then walked to the
     military recruiting center in Times Square to continue their
     demonstration, holding signs reading "3,000 U.S. lives for a lie"
     and "Stop recruiting our children."

   ["Grandmothers against the war" - that puts a clever spin on the fact
   that the "hope I die before I get old" anti-war movement is currently
   powered by Ensure.]

     We're outraged and heartbroken, and we want it to stop," said Joan
     Wile, 75, the groups' director...

     "It doesn't support our troops' intelligence and patriotism," Hall
     said of the vigil. "They've chosen to keep us safe. They deserve
     our respect and support."

     Just feet away, two counter-protesters with a group called United
     American Committee held U.S. flags and their own signs, with
     messages such as "We Shall Stay the Course. Keep the Promise. No
     surrender" and "Warning: Leftist protesters trying to demoralize
     our troops."

     Pamela Hall, who leads the group's New York chapter, said the
     anti-war group's messages were "anti-patriotic and disrespectful."

     "It doesn't support our troops' intelligence and patriotism," Hall
     said of the vigil. "They've chosen to keep us safe. They deserve
     our respect and support."

   Kudos to Pamela and the United American Committee!

References

   1. http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/01/02/america/NA_GEN_US_Grandmothers_Vigil.php