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I did ask a few of those at the anti-war rally a few questions, but for some reason everyone I asked, and I approached people at random, seemed to be a moonbat, or nutroot. Some of the answers I got to queries about the President being impeached were that he started an illegal war, it is a war of aggression, was against international law, 650,000 Iraqi civilians killed, and the 3000+ Americans. Then there was the crowd that wanted the truth about 11 September, 2001. Now these were a bunch of nut jobs, I talked to two of them just to see if they any had legitimate questions about the accounts of what happened. They didn’t. Their questions, and concerns ranged from, secret societies doing it, the same societies that killed President John Kennedy, no airplane striking the Pentagon, it was a missile, there were bombs that went off at the exact some time as the planes hit the World Trade Center, WTC building number seven being taken down even though it had minimal damage, and the person who owned the WTC making money off of the attack. Other complaints were that there was no wreckage of debris of any kind, or human remains at Shanksville, PA. No sky scraper had ever fell after only a few minutes of burning, that the whole thing would have never come down like it did, the floors pan caking, as the floors below would have stopped them. Further, why did Mohamed Atta’s passport survive? Why was the engine at the Pentagon not from a 747, but when told it wasn’t a 747 the hit the Pentagon I was told I was wrong, and that people who had told me they saw a plane hit the Pentagon were wrong also. How well did I know them, and who did they work for? The most outrageous claim about 11 September, 2001 was that the Vice President was in the White House basement bunker, and as Norman Meneta told the 9-11 Commission, he was told by the VP the order stands, when the plane that hit the Pentagon was 50 miles out, when it was 30 miles out the order still stood, and at 10 was asked if he had heard anything to indicate the order didn’t stand. So, the VP allowed the plane to hit the Pentagon without using the Anti Aircraft Artillery that has ringed the Pentagon since JKF and the Cuban missile crisis.

When it came to flags the GoE was awash in American flags. They were also handing the out to anyone who wanted one, I didn’t take, one not because I didn’t want one, but I had no way to carry it and take notes from the people of whom I asked questions. In the anti-war side I saw no American flags, but was told by a couple of people I know that there were many in this area, and I will take their word for it. However, the flags I saw were Palestinian flags, Sadam era Iraqi flags, one flag with a hammer and sickle, although this was a very small flag and on a coat not being carried, and a greenish flag with a peace sign on it. Then there were the T-shirts with the mandatory picture of Che. The protesters also seemed to be very anti Israeli and pro Palestine, with posters with a picture of someone who had been shot and the caption reading shot in the back of the head by an Israeli sniper. My question, if I had bothered to ask it would have been how do you know it was a sniper and not just a stray round from the gun battle between the Israelis and the PLO, HAMAS, or Hezbolla? The A.N.S.W.E.R. crowds also seems to be infatuated with Fidel Castro and Hugo Chavez. Now I didn’t ask if they thought they would be able to protest if either of them were in charge or if the protesters were in Cuba or Venezuela so I can’t say what I might have been told. For those whop might ask, Yes I do question the patriotism of many of the protesters.

The vets at the rally were almost entirely grey beards, many bikers, you could tell from their vests and the patches on them. All of the clubs these bikers belonged to had a patriotic name like the Patriot Guard, American Combat Veterans, Vietnam Vets, etc. there were more but those are the only ones I noted. I saw some active duty soldiers, one could tell as they were in fatigues with they unit emblems, name, and service, Army, Marines, etc. There were also many people wearing leather coats with their service embroidered on them. There was one touching scene I saw, a young soldier, walked by a group of grey beard vets, and as they chatted amongst themselves this young man said to them “Gentlemen, welcome home” to which one of the grey beards, tearing up, said to his buddy “Damn, I’ve waited 40 years to hear that stuff” his response was a bit more profane, but this being a family blog I will leave it to your imagination as to what he said.

I also talked to a few of families with sons or daughters in Iraq, and they said they were there because they knew their children would want them to be, and because their children would be at the GoE rally if they were not over there. They were also very proud of their children, and rightly so. These people, with the GoE, came from far and wide they were there from Florida to Alaska, and all points in between. Many rode bikes or came in caravans, groups of vets came in buses, they came from Dover, DE, or Huston, TX, just looking at the chapter cities for the veteran organizations, and the Bike clubs was like reading a list of American cities, large and small.

These are just my observations I have looked a Michele Malikns blog and she has a more extensive report on the day, I was there for about 3 hours, she was there for 6. Further she arrived earlier then I did, so she saw the media, which was gone by the time I got there. Further Human Events online states that the National Park Service estimates the GoE had 30,000 people and that A.N.S.W.E.R. had 10,000, so the Vets out numbered the antis by 3 to 1, a good showing, and probably will not get any traction in the media. I hope this gives a clear snap shot of what I saw.

"Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats." ~~ H. L. Mencken

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