Praise, Anger at Pro-War Rally in D.C.

[Jon8503]

Do these people really think that 400 people or less represent America vs. over 100,000. These people must be idiots & that is not counting all the other protesters around the US and other countries.

September 25,2005 | WASHINGTON -- Support for U.S. troops fighting abroad mixed with anger toward anti-war demonstrators at home as hundreds of people, far fewer than organizers had expected, rallied Sunday on the National Mall just a day after a massive protest against the war in Iraq.

"No matter what your ideals are, our sons and daughters are fighting for our freedom," said Marilyn Faatz, who drove from New Jersey to attend the rally. "We are making a mockery out of this. And we need to stand united, but we are not."

About 400 people gathered near a stage on an eastern segment of the mall, a large patchwork American flag serving as a backdrop. Amid banners and signs proclaiming support for U.S. troops, several speakers hailed the effort to bring democracy to Iraq and Afghanistan and denounced those who protest it.

Many demonstrators focused their ire at Cindy Sheehan, the California woman whose protest near President Bush's Texas home last summer galvanized the anti-war movement. Sheehan was among the speakers at Saturday's rally near the Washington Monument on the western part of the mall, an event that attracted an estimated 100,000 people.

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[Maraya1969]

1. Ask Marilyn how fighting in Iraq is protecting our freedom?

I'm sick of this bullshit line. Remind these idiots that terrorists are living in the USA as I write this. We need to stop this absurd rhetoric.

[iconoclastic cat]

3. Yep. I trolled at Redstate and nobody could explain that logic.

They have nothing but red herrings.

[forintegrity]

I was there and never saw ONE war supporters

All I saw was a sea of peaceful anti-war demonstrators!

The friend I was with said she saw MAYBE a handful!

Seems they have inflated the numbers here, but downsize when it comes to the majority!!!

[forintegrity]

2. delete the repeat, sorry