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Home Front: Culture Wars
To CNN, this is news
2004-03-15
More than 60 people gathered Monday in Washington for a march to the White House, calling for an end to U.S. military action in Iraq. The protest, the second day of a two-day demonstration against the Bush administration, drew mostly peace activists, along with a few relatives of U.S. troops, organizers said. Relatives of U.S. troops killed in Iraq gathered Monday outside Walter Reed Army Medical Center for an emotional protest.
From what I could gather, there were maybe 15 people protesting - big deal.
The protesters are marching from the hospital, where many wounded troops are treated, to Lafayette Park across Washington’s Pennsylvania Avenue from the White House -- a nearly six-mile trek.
There were also a few counterprotesters calling the demonstrators "traitors" and yelling, "Stop the left-wing violence."
WTOP said they were Freepers. If so, good for them!
In Iraq, meanwhile, three American civilian workers were killed and two wounded Monday in a drive-by shooting in the northern city of Mosul, coalition military officials said. On Sunday, several hundred protesters took part in a march from Dover, Delaware, to nearby Dover Air Force Base, where remains of U.S. troops first arrive from Iraq. The facility includes the U.S. military’s main mortuary. Some protesters complained about the Bush administration’s policy of refusing the news media access to Dover, saying the White House is trying to hide the horrors of the war. Organizers of the anti-war march told CNN that, in addition to calling for an end to U.S. military efforts in Iraq, they wanted to honor the dead and bring attention to the plight of the nearly 2,800 wounded in action. More than 400 other U.S. soldiers were wounded in non-hostile incidents, according to the Defense Department.
That’s about average for a military group of 125,000 during a a year. We had that many people injured in Germany every year, just in normal traffic accidents, home-related injuries, etc. Another 300-400 were regularly injured in training accidents and incidents. If you train like you’re going to fight, people will get hurt. It’s a part of being in the military.

While CNN is carrying on about these small protests, they completely ignored this.
Posted by:Old Patriot

#3  .com, why not call it ‘Tards March 2004!’ 60 people? How did they know they were protestors and not simply lost tourists (or some kind of mix)? This is laughable as a story. CNN really must be pained for anti-Bush material if this is what they are covering. I heard a rumor from some one in Europe who knows some one that heard that Bush threw gum on the sidewalk when he was 8. Ok CNN run with that one. Pathetic!
Posted by: Cyber Sarge (VRWC CA Chapter)   2004-3-15 7:11:06 PM  

#2  Decisions! Decisions! Do we cover the 60 'tards who march and screech our editorial agenda -- or the umpteen thousands who don't... Shhh! Don't bother us... We're thinking!
Posted by: .com   2004-3-15 5:14:08 PM  

#1  Dont forget the One Hundrend Thousand to One Million Iraqi's who protested in December against terrorism which CNN (and the other alphabet-soup news organizations) failed to report.
Posted by: CrazyFool   2004-3-15 5:00:06 PM  

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